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The Adventure of the Empty House

           Fortherest,theman’slifemovedinanarrowandconventionalcircle,forhishabitswerequietandhisnatureunemotional.Yetitwasuponthiseasy-goingyoungaristocratthatdeathcame,inmoststrangeandunexpectedform,betweenthehoursoftenandeleven-twentyonthenightofMarch30,1894.

           RonaldAdairwasfondofcards—playingcontinually,butneverforsuchstakesaswouldhurthim.HewasamemberoftheBaldwin,theCavendish,andtheBagatellecardclubs.Itwasshownthat,afterdinneronthedayofhisdeath,hehadplayedarubberofwhistatthelatterclub.Hehadalsoplayedthereintheafternoon.Theevidenceofthosewhohadplayedwithhim—Mr.Murray,SirJohnHardy,andColonelMoran—showedthatthegamewaswhist,andthattherewasafairlyequalfallofthecards.Adairmighthavelostfivepounds,butnotmore.Hisfortunewasaconsiderableone,andsuchalosscouldnotinanywayaffecthim.Hehadplayednearlyeverydayatonecluborother,buthewasacautiousplayer,andusuallyroseawinner.Itcameoutinevidencethat,inpartnershipwithColonelMoran,hehadactuallywonasmuchasfourhundredandtwentypoundsinasitting,someweeksbefore,fromGodfreyMilnerandLordBalmoral.Somuchforhisrecenthistoryasitcameoutattheinquest.

           Ontheeveningofthecrime,hereturnedfromtheclubexactlyatten.Hismotherandsisterwereoutspendingtheeveningwitharelation.Theservantdeposedthatsheheardhimenterthefrontroomonthesecondfloor,generallyusedashissitting-room.Shehadlitafirethere,andasitsmokedshehadopenedthewindow.

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