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The Stapletons of Merripit House

           Theotherismywife,andIcananswerforitthatthesoundcouldnothavecomefromher." 

           Andyetheliedashesaidit,foritchancedthatafterbreakfastImetMrs.Barrymoreinthelongcorridorwiththesunfulluponherface. Shewasalarge,impassive,heavy-featuredwomanwithasternsetexpressionofmouth. Buthertell-taleeyeswereredandglancedatmefrombetweenswollenlids. Itwasshe,then,whoweptinthenight,andifshedidsoherhusbandmustknowit. Yethehadtakentheobviousriskofdiscoveryindeclaringthatitwasnotso. Whyhadhedonethis? Andwhydidsheweepsobitterly? Alreadyroundthispale-faced,handsome,black-beardedmantherewasgatheringanatmosphereofmysteryandofgloom. ItwashewhohadbeenthefirsttodiscoverthebodyofSirCharles,andwehadonlyhiswordforallthecircumstanceswhichleduptotheoldman’sdeath. WasitpossiblethatitwasBarrymoreafterallwhomwehadseeninthecabinRegentStreet? Thebeardmightwellhavebeenthesame. Thecabmanhaddescribedasomewhatshorterman,butsuchanimpressionmighteasilyhavebeenerroneous. HowcouldIsettlethepointforever? ObviouslythefirstthingtodowastoseetheGrimpenpostmaster,andfindwhetherthetesttelegramhadreallybeenplacedinBarrymore’sownhands. Betheanswerwhatitmight,IshouldatleasthavesomethingtoreporttoSherlockHolmes. 

           SirHenryhadnumerouspaperstoexamineafterbreakfast,sothatthetimewaspropitiousformyexcursion. Itwasapleasantwalkoffourmilesalongtheedgeofthemoor,leadingmeatlasttoasmallgrayhamlet, inwhichtwolargerbuildings,whichprovedtobetheinnandthehouseofDr.Mortimer,stoodhighabovetherest. Thepostmaster,whowasalsothevillagegrocer,hadaclearrecollectionofthetelegram. 

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