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The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

           ButBeppowascondemnedtoayear’simprisonment,andinthemeanwhilehissixbustswerescatteredoverLondon.Hecouldnottellwhichcontainedhistreasure.Onlybybreakingthemcouldhesee.Evenshakingwouldtellhimnothing,forastheplasterwaswetitwasprobablethatthepearlwouldadheretoit—as,infact,ithasdone.Beppodidnotdespair,andheconductedhissearchwithconsiderableingenuityandperseverance.ThroughacousinwhoworkswithGelder,hefoundouttheretailfirmswhohadboughtthebusts.HemanagedtofindemploymentwithMorseHudson,andinthatwaytrackeddownthreeofthem.Thepearlwasnotthere.Then,withthehelpofsomeItalianemployee,hesucceededinfindingoutwheretheotherthreebustshadgone.ThefirstwasatHarker’s.Therehewasdoggedbyhisconfederate,whoheldBepporesponsibleforthelossofthepearl,andhestabbedhiminthescufflewhichfollowed.”

           “Ifhewashisconfederate,whyshouldhecarryhisphotograph?”Iasked.

           “Asameansoftracinghim,ifhewishedtoinquireabouthimfromanythirdperson.Thatwastheobviousreason.Well,afterthemurderIcalculatedthatBeppowouldprobablyhurryratherthandelayhismovements.Hewouldfearthatthepolicewouldreadhissecret,andsohehastenedonbeforetheyshouldgetaheadofhim.Ofcourse,IcouldnotsaythathehadnotfoundthepearlinHarker’sbust.

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