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Mr. Sidney Johnson,

Mr. Sidney Johnson, the senior clerk, met us at the office and
received us with that respect which my companion's card always
commanded. He was a thin, gruff, bespectacled man of middle age,
his cheeks haggard, and his hands twitching from the nervous
strain to which he had been subjected.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:29

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But surely, Holmes

But surely, Holmes, character goes for something? Then, again,
why should he leave the girl in the street and dart away to
commit a felony?
Exactly! There are certainly objections. But it is a
formidable case which they have to meet.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:28

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The idea was in his head

It was black enough before against this young man, but our
inquiries make it blacker, he remarked as the cab lumbered off.
His coming marriage gives a motive for the crime. He naturally
wanted money. The idea was in his head, since he spoke about it.
He nearly made the girl an accomplice in the treason by telling
her his plans. It is all very bad.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:27

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Yes, quite recently.

Yes, quite recently.
Now tell us of that last evening.
We were to go to the theatre. The fog was so thick that a cab
was useless. We walked, and our way took us close to the office.
Suddenly he darted away into the fog.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:25

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Only for the last week or so

Only for the last week or so. He was thoughtful and worried.
Once I pressed him about it. He admitted that there was
something, and that it was concerned with his official life. 'It
is too serious for me to speak about, even to you,' said he. I
could get nothing more.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:24

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I cannot explain it

I cannot explain it, Mr. Holmes, she said. I have not shut an
eye since the tragedy, thinking, thinking, thinking, night and
day, what the true meaning of it can be. Arthur was the most
single-minded, chivalrous, patriotic man upon earth. He would
have cut his right hand off before he would sell a State secret
confided to his keeping. It is absurd, impossible, preposterous
to anyone who knew him.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:23

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A small but well-kept

A small but well-kept house in the outskirts of the town
sheltered the bereaved mother. The old lady was too dazed with
grief to be of any use to us, but at her side was a white-faced
young lady, who introduced herself as Miss Violet Westbury, the
fiancee of the dead man, and the last to see him upon that fatal
night.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:22

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This is indeed

This is indeed an unexpected development, said my friend when
we had regained the cab. I wonder if the death was natural, or
whether the poor old fellow killed himself! If the latter, may
it be taken as some sign of self-reproach for duty neglected? We
must leave that question to the future. Now we shall turn to the
Cadogan Wests.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:19

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You cannot

You cannot throw any new light upon the affair?
I know nothing myself save what I have read or heard. I have no
desire to be discourteous, but you can understand, Mr. Holmes,
that we are much disturbed at present, and I must ask you to
hasten this interview to an end.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:19

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I assure you that

We had hoped that he might have given us some indications which
would have helped us to clear the matter up.
I assure you that it was all a mystery to him as it is to you
and to all of us. He had already put all his knowledge at the
disposal of the police. Naturally he had no doubt that Cadogan
West was guilty. But all the rest was inconceivable.

fdyorkgunnery - 5. Jul, 21:14

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Sonntag, 5. Juli 2009

Mr. Sidney Johnson,

But surely, Holmes

The idea was in his head

Yes, quite recently.

Only for the last week or so

I cannot explain it

A small but well-kept

This is indeed

You cannot

I assure you that

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