<s> PON MY WORD I AM INCLINED TO AGREE WITH MASTER ALEC SAID THE OFFICIAL </s><s> IT MAY BE THE EFFECT OF THIS ILLNESS BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT </s><s> HIS WORDS WERE CUT SHORT BY A SUDDEN SCREAM OF HELP </s><s> HELP </s><s> MURDER </s><s> WITH A THRILL I RECOGNIZED THE VOICE AS THAT OF MY FRIEND </s><s> I RUSHED MADLY FROM THE ROOM ON TO THE LANDING </s><s> THE CRIES WHICH HAD SUNK DOWN INTO A HOARSE INARTICULATE SHOUTING CAME FROM THE ROOM WHICH WE HAD FIRST VISITED </s><s> I DASHED IN AND ON INTO THE DRESSING ROOM BEYOND </s><s> THE TWO CUNNINGHAMS WERE BENDING OVER THE PROSTRATE FIGURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE YOUNGER CLUTCHING HIS THROAT WITH BOTH HANDS WHILE THE ELDER SEEMED TO BE TWISTING ONE OF HIS WRISTS </s><s> IN AN INSTANT THE THREE OF US HAD TORN THEM AWAY FROM HIM AND HOLMES STAGGERED TO HIS FEET VERY PALE AND EVIDENTLY GREATLY EXHAUSTED </s><s> ARREST THESE MEN INSPECTOR HE GASPED </s><s> QUOTE ON WHAT CHARGE QUOTE </s><s> THAT OF MURDERING THEIR COACHMAN WILLIAM KIRWAN </s><s> THE INSPECTOR STARED ABOUT HIM IN BEWILDERMENT </s><s> OH COME NOW MR. HOLMES SAID HE AT LAST I'M SURE YOU DON'T REALLY MEAN TO </s><s> TUT MAN LOOK AT THEIR FACES CRIED HOLMES CURTLY </s><s> NEVER CERTAINLY HAVE I SEEN A PLAINER CONFESSION OF GUILT UPON HUMAN COUNTENANCES </s><s> THE OLDER MAN SEEMED NUMBED AND DAZED WITH A HEAVY SULLEN EXPRESSION UPON HIS STRONGLY MARKED FACE </s><s> THE SON ON THE OTHER HAND HAD DROPPED ALL THAT JAUNTY DASHING STYLE WHICH HAD CHARACTERIZED HIM AND THE FEROCITY OF A DANGEROUS WILD BEAST GLEAMED IN HIS DARK EYES AND DISTORTED HIS HANDSOME FEATURES </s><s> THE INSPECTOR SAID NOTHING BUT STEPPING TO THE DOOR HE BLEW HIS WHISTLE </s><s> TWO OF HIS CONSTABLES CAME AT THE CALL </s><s> I HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE MR. CUNNINGHAM SAID HE </s><s> I TRUST THAT THIS MAY ALL PROVE TO BE AN ABSURD MISTAKE BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT AH WOULD YOU </s><s> DROP IT QUOTE </s><s> HE STRUCK OUT WITH HIS HAND AND A REVOLVER WHICH THE YOUNGER MAN WAS IN THE ACT OF COCKING CLATTERED DOWN UPON THE FLOOR </s><s> KEEP THAT SAID HOLMES QUIETLY PUTTING HIS FOOT UPON IT YOU WILL FIND IT USEFUL AT THE TRIAL </s><s> BUT THIS IS WHAT WE REALLY WANTED </s><s> HE HELD UP A LITTLE CRUMPLED PIECE OF PAPER </s><s> THE REMAINDER OF THE SHEET CRIED THE INSPECTOR </s><s> PRECISELY </s><s> AND WHERE WAS IT </s><s> QUOTE WHERE I WAS SURE IT MUST BE </s><s> I'LL MAKE THE WHOLE MATTER CLEAR TO YOU PRESENTLY </s><s> I THINK COLONEL THAT YOU AND WATSON MIGHT RETURN NOW AND I WILL BE WITH YOU AGAIN IN AN HOUR AT THE FURTHEST </s><s> THE INSPECTOR AND I MUST HAVE A WORD WITH THE PRISONERS BUT YOU WILL CERTAINLY SEE ME BACK AT LUNCHEON TIME </s><s> SHERLOCK HOLMES WAS AS GOOD AS HIS WORD FOR ABOUT ONE O'CLOCK HE REJOINED US IN THE COLONEL'S SMOKING ROOM </s><s> HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A LITTLE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN WHO WAS INTRODUCED TO ME AS THE MR. ACTON WHOSE HOUSE HAD BEEN THE SCENE OF THE ORIGINAL BURGLARY </s><s> I WISHED MR. ACTON TO BE PRESENT WHILE I DEMONSTRATED THIS SMALL MATTER TO YOU SAID HOLMES FOR IT IS NATURAL THAT HE SHOULD TAKE A KEEN INTEREST IN THE DETAILS </s><s> I AM AFRAID MY DEAR COLONEL THAT YOU MUST REGRET THE HOUR THAT YOU TOOK IN SUCH A STORMY PETREL AS I AM </s><s> ON THE CONTRARY ANSWERED THE COLONEL WARMLY I CONSIDER IT THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE TO HAVE BEEN PERMITTED TO STUDY YOUR METHODS OF WORKING </s><s> I CONFESS THAT THEY QUITE SURPASS MY EXPECTATIONS AND THAT I AM UTTERLY UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR YOUR RESULT </s><s> I HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE VESTIGE OF A CLUE </s><s> QUOTE I AM AFRAID THAT MY EXPLANATION MAY DISILLUSION YOU BUT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY HABIT TO HIDE NONE OF MY METHODS EITHER FROM MY FRIEND WATSON OR FROM ANYONE WHO MIGHT TAKE AN INTELLIGENT INTEREST IN THEM </s><s> BUT FIRST AS I AM RATHER SHAKEN BY THE KNOCKING ABOUT WHICH I HAD IN THE DRESSING ROOM </s><s> I THINK THAT I SHALL HELP MYSELF TO A DASH OF YOUR BRANDY COLONEL </s><s> MY STRENGTH HAS BEEN RATHER TRIED OF LATE </s><s> I TRUST YOU HAD NO MORE OF THOSE NERVOUS ATTACKS </s><s> SHERLOCK HOLMES LAUGHED HEARTILY </s><s> WE WILL COME TO THAT IN ITS TURN SAID HE </s><s> I WILL LAY AN ACCOUNT OF THE CASE BEFORE YOU IN ITS DUE ORDER SHOWING YOU THE VARIOUS POINTS WHICH GUIDED ME IN MY DECISION </s><s> PRAY INTERRUPT ME IF THERE IS ANY INFERENCE WHICH IS NOT PERFECTLY CLEAR TO YOU </s><s> IT IS OF THE HIGHEST IMPORTANCE IN THE ART OF DETECTION TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUT OF A NUMBER OF FACTS WHICH ARE INCIDENTAL AND WHICH VITAL </s><s> OTHERWISE YOUR ENERGY AND ATTENTION MUST BE DISSIPATED INSTEAD OF BEING CONCENTRATED </s><s> NOW IN THIS CASE THERE WAS NOT THE SLIGHTEST DOUBT IN MY MIND FROM THE FIRST THAT THE KEY OF THE WHOLE MATTER MUST BE LOOKED FOR IN THE SCRAP OF PAPER IN THE DEAD MAN'S HAND </s><s> QUOTE BEFORE GOING INTO THIS I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT IF ALEC CUNNINGHAM'S NARRATIVE WAS CORRECT AND IF THE ASSAILANT AFTER SHOOTING WILLIAM KIRWAN HAD INSTANTLY FLED THEN IT OBVIOUSLY COULD NOT BE HE WHO TORE THE PAPER FROM THE DEAD MAN'S HAND </s><s> BUT IF IT WAS NOT HE IT MUST HAVE BEEN ALEC CUNNINGHAM HIMSELF FOR BY THE TIME THAT THE OLD MAN HAD DESCENDED SEVERAL SERVANTS WERE UPON THE SCENE </s><s> THE POINT IS A SIMPLE ONE BUT THE INSPECTOR HAD OVERLOOKED IT BECAUSE HE HAD STARTED WITH THE SUPPOSITION THAT THESE COUNTY MAGNATES HAD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MATTER </s><s> NOW I MAKE A POINT OF NEVER HAVING ANY PREJUDICES AND OF FOLLOWING DOCILELY WHEREVER FACT MAY LEAD ME AND SO IN THE VERY FIRST STAGE OF THE INVESTIGATION I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING A LITTLE ASKANCE AT THE PART WHICH HAD BEEN PLAYED BY MR. ALEC CUNNINGHAM </s><s> AND NOW I MADE A VERY CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE CORNER OF PAPER WHICH THE INSPECTOR HAD SUBMITTED TO US </s><s> IT WAS AT ONCE CLEAR TO ME THAT IT FORMED PART OF A VERY REMARKABLE DOCUMENT </s><s> HERE IT IS </s><s> DO YOU NOT NOW OBSERVE SOMETHING VERY SUGGESTIVE ABOUT IT </s><s> IT HAS A VERY IRREGULAR LOOK SAID THE COLONEL </s><s> MY DEAR SIR CRIED HOLMES THERE CANNOT BE THE LEAST DOUBT IN THE WORLD THAT IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY TWO PERSONS DOING ALTERNATE WORDS </s><s> WHEN I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE STRONG T'S OF AT AND TO AND ASK YOU TO COMPARE THEM WITH THE WEAK ONES OF QUARTER AND TWELVE YOU WILL INSTANTLY RECOGNIZE THE FACT </s><s> A VERY BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THESE FOUR WORDS WOULD ENABLE YOU TO SAY WITH THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE THAT THE LEARN AND THE MAYBE ARE WRITTEN IN THE STRONGER HAND AND THE WHAT IN THE WEAKER </s><s> QUOTE BY JOVE IT'S AS CLEAR AS DAY QUOTE CRIED THE COLONEL </s><s> WHY ON EARTH SHOULD TWO MEN WRITE A LETTER IN SUCH A FASHION </s><s> OBVIOUSLY THE BUSINESS WAS A BAD ONE AND ONE OF THE MEN WHO DISTRUSTED THE OTHER WAS DETERMINED THAT WHATEVER WAS DONE EACH SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL HAND IN IT </s><s> NOW OF THE TWO MEN IT IS CLEAR THAT THE ONE WHO WROTE THE AT AND TO WAS THE RINGLEADER </s><s> HOW DO YOU GET AT THAT </s><s> WE MIGHT DEDUCE IT FROM THE MERE CHARACTER OF THE ONE HAND AS COMPARED WITH THE OTHER </s><s> BUT WE HAVE MORE ASSURED REASONS THAN THAT FOR SUPPOSING IT </s><s> IF YOU EXAMINE THIS SCRAP WITH ATTENTION YOU WILL COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE MAN WITH THE STRONGER HAND WROTE ALL HIS WORDS FIRST LEAVING BLANKS FOR THE OTHER TO FILL UP </s><s> THESE BLANKS WERE NOT ALWAYS SUFFICIENT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SECOND MAN HAD A SQUEEZE TO FIT HIS QUARTER IN BETWEEN THE AT AND THE TO SHOWING THAT THE LATTER WERE ALREADY WRITTEN </s><s> THE MAN WHO WROTE ALL HIS WORDS FIRST IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MAN WHO PLANNED THE AFFAIR QUOTE </s><s> EXCELLENT CRIED MR. ACTON </s><s> BUT VERY SUPERFICIAL SAID HOLMES </s><s> WE COME NOW HOWEVER TO A POINT WHICH IS OF IMPORTANCE </s><s> YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THE DEDUCTION OF A MAN'S AGE FROM HIS WRITING IS ONE WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO CONSIDEIABLE ACCURACY BY EXPERTS </s><s> IN NORMAL CASES ONE CAN PLACE A MAN IN HIS TRUE DECADE WITH TOLERABLE CONFIDENCE </s><s> I SAY NORMAL CASES BECAUSE ILL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL WEAKNESS REPRODUCE THE SIGNS OF OLD AGE EVEN WHEN THE INVALID IS A YOUTH </s><s> IN THIS CASE LOOKING AT THE BOLD STRONG HAND OF THE ONE AND THE RATHER BROKEN BACKED APPEARANCE OF THE OTHER WHICH STILL RETAINS ITS LEGIBILITY ALTHOUGH THE T'S HAVE BEGUN TO LOSE THEIR CROSSING WE CAN SAY THAT THE ONE WAS A YOUNG MAN AND THE OTHER WAS ADVANCED IN YEARS WITHOUT BEING POSITIVELY DECREPIT </s><s> EXCELLENT CRIED MR. ACTON AGAIN </s><s> QUOTE THERE IS A FURTHER POINT HOWEVER WHICH IS SUBTLER AND OF GREATER INTEREST </s><s> THERE IS SOMETHING IN COMMON BETWEEN THESE HANDS </s><s> THEY BELONG TO MEN WHO ARE BLOOD RELATIVES </s><s> IT MAY BE MOST OBVIOUS TO YOU IN THE GREEK E'S BUT TO ME THERE ARE MANY SMALL POINTS WHICH INDICATE THE SAME THING </s><s> I HAVE NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT A FAMILY MANNERISM CAN BE TRACED IN THESE TWO SPECIMENS OF WRITING </s><s> I AM ONLY OF COURSE GIVING YOU THE LEADING RESULTS NOW OF MY EXAMINATION OF THE PAPER </s><s> THERE WERE TWENTY THREE OTHER DEDUCTIONS WHICH WOULD BE OF MORE INTEREST TO EXPERTS THAN TO YOU </s><s> THEY ALL TEND TO DEEPEN THE IMPRESSION UPON MY MIND THAT THE CUNNINGHAMS FATHER AND SON HAD WRITTEN THIS LETTER </s><s> HAVING GOT SO FAR MY NEXT STEP WAS OF COURSE TO EXAMINE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE CRIME AND TO SEE HOW FAR THEY WOULD HELP US </s><s> I WENT UP TO THE HOUSE WITH THE INSPECTOR AND SAW ALL THAT WAS TO BE SEEN </s><s> THE WOUND UPON THE DEAD MAN WAS AS I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE WITH ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE FIRED FROM A REVOLVER AT THE DISTANCE OF SOMETHING OVER FOUR YARDS </s><s> THERE WAS NO POWDERBLACKENING ON THE CLOTHES </s><s> EVIDENTLY THEREFORE ALEC CUNNINGHAM HAD LIED WHEN HE SAID THAT THE TWO MEN WERE STRUGGLING WHEN THE SHOT WAS FIRED </s><s> AGAIN BOTH FATHER AND SON AGREED AS TO THE PLACE WHERE THE MAN ESCAPED INTO THE ROAD </s><s> AT THAT POINT HOWEVER AS IT HAPPENS THERE IS A BROADISH DITCH MOIST AT THE BOTTOM </s><s> AS THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF BOOT MARKS ABOUT THIS DITCH I WAS ABSOLUTELY SURE NOT ONLY THAT THE CUNNINGHAMS HAD AGAIN LIED BUT THAT THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANY UNKNOWN MAN UPON THE SCENE AT ALL </s><s> AND NOW I HAVE TO CONSIDER THE MOTIVE OF THIS SINGULAR CRIME </s><s> TO GET AT THIS I ENDEAVOURED FIRST OF ALL TO SOLVE THE REASON OF THE ORIGINAL BURGLARY AT MR. ACTON'S </s><s> I UNDERSTOOD FROM SOMETHING WHICH THE COLONEL TOLD US THAT A LAWSUIT HAD BEEN GOING ON BETWEEN YOU MR. ACTON AND THE CUNNINGHAMS </s><s> OF COURSE IT INSTANTLY OCCURRED TO ME THAT THEY HAD BROKEN INTO YOUR LIBRARY WITH THE INTENTION OF GETTING AT SOME DOCUMENT WHICH MIGHT BE OF IMPORTANCE IN THE CASE </s><s> PRECISELY SO SAID MR. ACTON </s><s> THERE CAN BE NO POSSIBLE DOUBT AS TO THEIR INTENTIONS </s><s> I HAVE THE CLEAREST CLAIM UPON HALF OF THEIR PRESENT ESTATE AND IF THEY COULD HAVE FOUND A SINGLE PAPER WHICH FORTUNATELY WAS IN THE STRONG BOX OF MY SOLICITORS THEY WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE CRIPPLED OUR CASE QUOTE </s><s> THERE YOU ARE SAID HOLMES SMILING </s><s> IT WAS A DANGEROUS RECKLESS ATTEMPT IN WHICH I SEEM TO TRACE THE INFLUENCE OF YOUNG ALEC </s><s> HAVING FOUND NOTHING THEY TRIED TO DIVERT SUSPICION BY MAKING IT APPEAR TO BE AN ORDINARY BURGLARY TO WHICH END THEY CARRIED OFF WHATEVER THEY COULD LAY THEIR HANDS UPON </s><s> THAT IS ALL CLEAR ENOUGH BUT THERE WAS MUCH THAT WAS STILL OBSCURE </s><s> WHAT I WANTED ABOVE ALL. WAS TO GET THE MISSING PART OF THAT NOTE </s><s> I WAS CERTAIN THAT ALEC HAD TORN IT OUT OF THE DEAD MAN'S HAND AND ALMOST CERTAIN THAT HE MUST HAVE THRUST IT INTO THE POCKET OF HIS DRESSING GOWN </s><s> WHERE ELSE COULD HE HAVE PUT IT </s><s> THE ONLY QUESTION WAS WHETHER IT WAS STILL THERE </s><s> IT WAS WORTH AN EFFORT TO FIND OUT AND FOR THAT OBJECT WE ALL WENT UP TO THE HOUSE </s><s> THE CUNNINGHAMS JOINED US. AS YOU DOUBTLESS REMEMBER OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN DOOR </s><s> IT WAS OF COURSE OF THE VERY FIRST IMPORTANCE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE REMINDED OF THE EXISTENCE OF THIS PAPER OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NATURALLY DESTROY IT WITHOUT DELAY </s><s> THE INSPECTOR WAS ABOUT TO TELL THEM THE IMPORTANCE WHICH WE ATTACHED TO IT WHEN BY THE LUCKIEST CHANCE IN THE WORLD I TUMBLED DOWN IN A SORT OF FIT AND SO CHANGED THE CONVERSATION </s><s> GOOD HEAVENS CNED THE COLONEL LAUGHING DO YOU MEAN TO SAY ALL OUR SYMPATHY WAS WASTED AND YOUR FIT AN IMPOSTURE </s><s> QUOTE SPEAKING PROFESSIONALLY IT WAS ADMIRABLY DONE QUOTE CRIED I LOOKING IN AMAZEMENT AT THIS MAN WHO WAS FOREVER CONFOUNDING ME WITH SOME NEW PHASE OF HIS ASTUTENESS </s><s> IT IS AN ART WHICH IS OFTEN USEFUL SAID HE </s><s> WHEN I RECOVERED I MANAGED BY A DEVICE WHICH HAD PERHAPS SOME LITTLE MERIT OF INGENUITY TO GET OLD CUNNINGHAM TO WRITE THE WORD TWELVE SO THAT I MIGHT COMPARE IT WITH THE TWELVE UPON THE PAPER </s><s> OH WHAT AN ASS I HAVE BEEN </s><s> I EXCLAIMED </s><s> I COULD SEE THAT YOU WERE COMMISERATING ME OVER MY WEAKNESS SAID HOLMES LAUGHING </s><s> I WAS SORRY TO CAUSE YOU THE SYMPATHETIC PAIN WHICH I KNOW THAT YOU FELT </s><s> WE THEN WENT UPSTAIRS TOGETHER AND HAVING ENTERED THE ROOM AND SEEN THE DRESSING GOWN HANGING UP BEHIND THE DOOR I CONTRIVED BY UPSETTING A TABLE TO ENGAGE THEIR ATTENTION FOR THE MOMENT AND SLIPPED BACK TO EXAMINE THE POCKETS </s><s> I HAD HARDLY GOT THE PAPER HOWEVER WHICH WAS AS I HAD EXPECTED IN ONE OF THEM WHEN THE TWO CUNNINGHAMS WERE ON ME AND WOULD I VERILY BELIEVE HAVE MURDERED ME THEN AND THERE BUT FOR YOUR PROMPT AND FRIENDLY AID </s><s> AS IT IS I FEEL THAT YOUNG MAN'S GRIP ON MY THROAT NOW AND THE FATHER HAS TWISTED MY WRIST ROUND IN THE EFFORT TO GET THE PAPER OUT OF MY HAND </s><s> THEY SAW THAT I MUST KNOW ALL ABOUT IT YOU SEE AND THE SUDDEN CHANGE FROM ABSOLUTE SECURITY TO COMPLETE DESPAIR MADE THEM PERFECTLY DESPERATE </s><s> QUOTE I HAD A LITTLE TALK WITH OLD CUNNINGHAM AFTERWARDS AS TO THE MOTIVE OF THE CRIME </s><s> HE WAS TRACTABLE ENOUGH THOUGH HIS SON WAS A PERFECT DEMON READY TO BLOW OUT HIS OWN OR ANYBODY ELSE'S BRAINS IF HE COULD HAVE GOT TO HIS REVOLVER </s><s> WHEN CUNNINGHAM SAW THAT THE CASE AGAINST HIM WAS SO STRONG HE LOST ALL HEART AND MADE A CLEAN BREAST OF EVERYTHING </s><s> IT SEEMS THAT WILLIAM HAD SECRETLY FOLLOWED HIS TWO MASTERS ON THE NIGHT WHEN THEY MADE THEIR RAID UPON MR. ACTON'S AND HAVING THUS GOT THEM INTO HIS POWER PROCEEDED UNDER THREATS OF EXPOSURE TO LEVY BLACKMAIL UPON THEM </s><s> MR. ALEC HOWEVER WAS A DANGEROUS MAN TO PLAY GAMES OF THAT SORT WITH </s><s> IT WAS A STROKE OF POSITIVE GENIUS ON HIS PART TO SEE IN THE BURGLARY SCARE WHICH WAS CONVULSING THE COUNTRYSIDE AN OPPORTUNITY OF PLAUSIBLY GETTING RID OF THE MAN WHOM HE FEARED </s><s> WILLIAM WAS DECOYED UP AND SHOT. AND HAD THEY ONLY GOT THE WHOLE OF THE NOTE AND PAID A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THEIR ACCESSORIES IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT SUSPICION MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN AROUSED </s><s> AND THE NOTE </s><s> I ASKED </s><s> SHERLOCK HOLMES PLACED THE SUBJOINED PAPER BEFORE US </s><s> IF YOU WILL ONLY COME AROUND TO THE EAST GATE YOU WILL WILL VERY MUCH SURPRISE YOU AND BE OF THE GREATEST SERVICE TO YOU AND ALSO TO ANNIE MORRISON </s><s> BUT SAY NOTHING TO ANYONE UPON THE MATTER </s><s> IT IS VERY MUCH THE SORT OF THING THAT I EXPECTED SAID HE </s><s> OF COURSE WE DO NOT YET KNOW WHAT THE RELATIONS MAY HAVE BEEN BETWEEN ALEC CUNNINGHAM WILLIAM KIRWAN AND ANNIE MORRISON </s><s> THE RESULT SHOWS THAT THE TRAP WAS SKILFULLY BAITED </s><s> I AM SURE THAT YOU CANNOT FAIL TO BE DELIGHTED WITH THE TRACES OF HEREDITY SHOWN IN THE P'S AND IN THE TAILS OF THE G'S </s><s> THE ABSENCE OF THE I. DOTS IN THE OLD MAN'S WRITING IS ALSO MOST CHARACTERISTIC </s><s> WATSON I THINK OUR QUIET REST IN THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN A DISTINCT SUCCESS AND I SHALL CERTAINLY RETURN MUCH INVIGORATED TO BAKER STREET TO MORROW </s>