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The Red-headed League

           ItrustthatIamnotmoredensethanmyneighbours,butIwasalwaysoppressedwithasenseofmyownstupidityinmydealingswithSherlockHolmes. HereIhadheardwhathehadheard,Ihadseenwhathehadseen,andyetfromhiswordsitwasevidentthathesawclearlynotonlywhathadhappenedbutwhatwasabouttohappen,whiletomethewholebusinesswasstillconfusedandgrotesque. AsIdrovehometomyhouseinKensingtonIthoughtoveritall,fromtheextraordinarystoryofthered-headedcopieroftheEncyclopediadowntothevisittoSaxe-CoburgSquare,andtheominouswordswithwhichhehadpartedfromme. Whatwasthisnocturnalexpedition,andwhyshouldIgoarmed? Wherewerewegoing,andwhatwerewetodo? IhadthehintfromHolmesthatthissmooth-facedpawnbroker’sassistantwasaformidablemanamanwhomightplayadeepgame. Itriedtopuzzleitout,butgaveitupindespairandsetthematterasideuntilnightshouldbringanexplanation. 

           Itwasaquarter-pastninewhenIstartedfromhomeandmademywayacrossthePark,andsothroughOxfordStreettoBakerStreet. Twohansomswerestandingatthedoor,andasIenteredthepassageIheardthesoundofvoicesfromabove. OnenteringhisroomIfoundHolmesinanimatedconversationwithtwomen,oneofwhomIrecognizedasPeterJones,theofficialpoliceagent,whiletheotherwasalong,thin,sad-facedman,withaveryshinyhatandoppressivelyrespectablefrock-coat. 

           "Ha!Ourpartyiscomplete,"saidHolmes,buttoninguphispea-jacketandtakinghisheavyhuntingcropfromtherack. "Watson,IthinkyouknowMr.Jones,ofScotlandYard? LetmeintroduceyoutoMr.Merryweather,whoistobeourcompanioninto-night’sadventure." 

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