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The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter

           Theporterwassoscaredthathewasgoingtofetchme,butGodfreystoppedhim,hadadrinkofwater,andpulledhimselftogether.Thenhewentdownstairs,saidafewwordstothemanwhowaswaitinginthehall,andthetwoofthemwentofftogether.Thelastthattheportersawofthem,theywerealmostrunningdownthestreetinthedirectionoftheStrand.ThismorningGodfrey’sroomwasempty,hisbedhadneverbeensleptin,andhisthingswerealljustasIhadseenthemthenightbefore.Hehadgoneoffatamoment’snoticewiththisstranger,andnowordhascomefromhimsince.Idon’tbelievehewillevercomeback.Hewasasportsman,wasGodfrey,downtohismarrow,andhewouldn’thavestoppedhistrainingandletinhisskipperifitwerenotforsomecausethatwastoostrongforhim.No:Ifeelasifheweregoneforgood,andweshouldneverseehimagain.”

           SherlockHolmeslistenedwiththedeepestattentiontothissingularnarrative.

           “Whatdidyoudo?”heasked.

           “IwiredtoCambridgetolearnifanythinghadbeenheardofhimthere.Ihavehadananswer.Noonehasseenhim.”

           “CouldhehavegotbacktoCambridge?”

           “Yes,thereisalatetrain—quarter-pasteleven.”

           “But,sofarasyoucanascertain,hedidnottakeit?”

           “No,hehasnotbeenseen.”

           “Whatdidyoudonext?”

           “IwiredtoLordMount-James.”

           “WhytoLordMount-James?”

           “Godfreyisanorphan,andLordMount-Jamesishisnearestrelative—hisuncle,Ibelieve.”

           “Indeed.Thisthrowsnewlightuponthematter.LordMount-JamesisoneoftherichestmeninEngland.

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