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The Adventure of the Abbey Grange

           ThenIlashedherinherchair,andfrayedouttheendoftheropetomakeitlooknatural,elsetheywouldwonderhowintheworldaburglarcouldhavegotuptheretocutit.ThenIgatheredupafewplatesandpotsofsilver,tocarryouttheideaoftherobbery,andthereIleftthem,withorderstogivethealarmwhenIhadaquarterofanhour’sstart.Idroppedthesilverintothepond,andmadeoffforSydenham,feelingthatforonceinmylifeIhaddonearealgoodnight’swork.Andthat’sthetruthandthewholetruth,Mr.Holmes,ifitcostsmemyneck.”

           Holmessmokedforsometimeinsilence.Thenhecrossedtheroom,andshookourvisitorbythehand.

           “That’swhatIthink,”saidhe.“Iknowthateverywordistrue,foryouhavehardlysaidawordwhichIdidnotknow.Noonebutanacrobatorasailorcouldhavegotuptothatbell-ropefromthebracket,andnoonebutasailorcouldhavemadetheknotswithwhichthecordwasfastenedtothechair.Onlyoncehadthisladybeenbroughtintocontactwithsailors,andthatwasonhervoyage,anditwassomeoneofherownclassoflife,sinceshewastryinghardtoshieldhim,andsoshowingthatshelovedhim.YouseehoweasyitwasformetolaymyhandsuponyouwhenonceIhadstartedupontherighttrail.”

           “Ithoughtthepolicenevercouldhaveseenthroughourdodge.”

           “Andthepolicehaven’t,norwillthey,tothebestofmybelief.Now,lookhere,CaptainCrocker,thisisaveryseriousmatter,thoughIamwillingtoadmitthatyouactedunderthemostextremeprovocationtowhichanymancouldbesubjected

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