<s> CAN YOU REMEMBER ANY OTHER LITTLE THINGS ABOUT MR. HOSMER ANGEL </s><s> QUOTE HE WAS A VERY SHY MAN MR. HOLMES </s><s> HE WOULD RATHER WALK WITH ME IN THE EVENING THAN IN THE DAYLIGHT FOR HE SAID THAT HE HATED TO BE CONSPICUOUS </s><s> VERY RETIRING AND GENTLEMANLY HE WAS </s><s> EVEN HIS VOICE WAS GENTLE </s><s> HE'D HAD THE QUINSY AND SWOLLEN GLANDS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG HE TOLD ME AND IT HAD LEFT HIM WITH A WEAK THROAT AND A HESITATING WHISPERING FASHION OF SPEECH </s><s> HE WAS ALWAYS WELL DRESSED VERY NEAT AND PLAIN BUT HIS EYES WERE WEAK JUST AS MINE ARE AND HE WORE TINTED GLASSES AGAINST THE GLARE </s><s> WELL AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MR. WINDIBANK YOUR STEPFATHER RETURNED TO FRANCE </s><s> MR. HOSMER ANGEL CAME TO THE HOUSE AGAIN AND PROPOSED THAT WE SHOULD MARRY BEFORE FATHER CAME BACK </s><s> HE WAS IN DREADFUL EARNEST AND MADE ME SWEAR WITH MY HANDS ON THE TESTAMENT THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED I WOULD ALWAYS BE TRUE TO HIM </s><s> MOTHER SAID HE WAS QUITE RIGHT TO MAKE ME SWEAR AND THAT IT WAS A SIGN OF HIS PASSION </s><s> MOTHER WAS ALL IN HIS FAVOUR FROM THE FIRST AND WAS EVEN FONDER OF HIM THAN I WAS </s><s> THEN WHEN THEY TALKED OF MARRYING WITHIN THE WEEK I BEGAN TO ASK ABOUT FATHER BUT THEY BOTH SAID NEVER TO MIND ABOUT FATHER BUT JUST TO TELL HIM AFTERWARDS AND MOTHER SAID SHE WOULD MAKE IT ALL RIGHT WITH HIM </s><s> I DIDN'T QUITE LIKE THAT MR. HOLMES </s><s> IT SEEMED FUNNY THAT I SHOULD ASK HIS LEAVE AS HE WAS ONLY A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN ME BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ON THE SLY SO L. WROTE TO FATHER AT BORDEAUX WHERE THE COMPANY HAS ITS FRENCH OFFICES BUT THE LETTER CAME BACK TO ME ON THE VERY MORNING OF THE WEDDING </s><s> IT MISSED HIM THEN </s><s> QUOTE YES SIR FOR HE HAD STARTED TO ENGLAND JUST BEFORE IT ARRIVED QUOTE </s><s> HA THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE </s><s> YOUR WEDDING WAS ARRANGED THEN FOR THE FRIDAY </s><s> WAS IT TO BE IN CHURCH </s><s> YES SIR BUT VERY QUIETLY </s><s> IT WAS TO BE AT SAINT SAVIOUR'S NEAR KING'S CROSS AND WE WERE TO HAVE BREAKFAST AFTERWARDS AT THE SAINT PANCRAS HOTEL </s><s> HOSMER CAME FOR US IN A HANSOM BUT AS THERE WERE TWO OF US HE PUT US BOTH INTO IT AND STEPPED HIMSELF INTO A FOUR WHEELER WHICH HAPPENED TO BE THE ONLY OTHER CAB IN THE STREET </s><s> WE GOT TO THE CHURCH FIRST AND WHEN THE FOUR WHEELER DROVE UP WE WAITED FOR HIM TO STEP OUT BUT HE NEVER DID AND WHEN THE CABMAN GOT DOWN FROM THE BOX AND LOOKED THERE WAS NO ONE THERE </s><s> THE CABMAN SAID THAT HE COUID NOT IMAGINE WHAT HAD BECOME OF HIM FOR HE HAD SEEN HIM GET IN WITH HIS OWN EYES </s><s> THAT WAS LAST FRIDAY MR. HOLMES AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD ANYTHING SINCE THEN TO THROW ANY LIGHT UPON WHAT BECAME OF HIM </s><s> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN VERY SHAMEFULLY TREATED SAID HOLMES </s><s> QUOTE OH NO SIR </s><s> HE WAS TOO GOOD AND KIND TO LEAVE ME SO </s><s> WHY ALL THE MORNING HE WAS SAYING TO ME THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED I WAS TO BE TRUE AND THAT EVEN IF SOMETHING QUITE UNFORESEEN OCCURRED TO SEPARATE US I WAS ALWAYS TO REMEMBER THAT I WAS PLEDGED TO HIM AND THAT HE WOULD CLAIM HIS PLEDGE SOONER OR LATER </s><s> IT SEEMED STRANGE TALK FOR A WEDDING MORNING BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE GIVES A MEANING TO IT </s><s> MOST CERTAINLY IT DOES </s><s> YOUR OWN OPINION IS THEN THAT SOME UNFORESEEN CATASTROPHE HAS OCCURRED TO HIM </s><s> YES SIR </s><s> I BELIEVE THAT HE FORESAW SOME DANGER OR ELSE HE WOULD NOT HAVE TALKED SO </s><s> AND THEN I THINK THAT WHAT HE FORESAW HAPPENED </s><s> QUOTE BUT YOU HAVE NO NOTION AS TO WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN QUOTE </s><s> NONE </s><s> ONE MORE QUESTION </s><s> HOW DID YOUR MOTHER TAKE THE MATTER </s><s> SHE WAS ANGRY AND SAID THAT I WAS NEVER TO SPEAK OF THE MATTER AGAIN </s><s> AND YOUR FATHER </s><s> DID YOU TELL HIM QUOTE </s><s> YES AND HE SEEMED TO THINK WITH ME THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED AND THAT I SHOULD HEAR OF HOSMER AGAIN </s><s> AS HE SAID WHAT INTEREST COULD ANYONE HAVE IN BRINGING ME TO THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH AND THEN LEAVING ME </s><s> NOW IF HE HAD BORROWED MY MONEY OR IF HE HAD MARRIED ME AND GOT MY MONEY SETTLED ON HIM THERE MIGHT BE SOME REASON BUT HOSMER WAS VERY INDEPENDENT ABOUT MONEY AND NEVER WOULD LOOK AT A SHILLING OF MINE </s><s> AND YET WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED </s><s> AND WHY COULD HE NOT WRITE </s><s> OH IT DRIVES ME HALF MAD TO THINK OF IT AND I CAN'T SLEEP A WINK AT NIGHT </s><s> SHE PULLED A LITTLE HANDKERCHIEF OUT OF HER MUFF AND BEGAN TO SOB HEAVILY INTO IT </s><s> I SHALL GLANCE INTO THE CASE FOR YOU SAID HOLMES RISING AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE SHALL REACH SOME DEFINITE RESULT </s><s> LET THE WEIGHT OF THE MATTER REST UPON ME NOW AND DO NOT LET YOUR MIND DWELL UPON IT FURTHER </s><s> ABOVE ALL TRY TO LET MR. HOSMER ANGEL VANISH FROM YOUR MEMORY AS HE HAS DONE FROM YOUR LIFE </s><s> THEN YOU DON'T THINK I'LL SEE HIM AGAIN </s><s> QUOTE L. FEAR NOT QUOTE </s><s> THEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HIM </s><s> YOU WILL LEAVE THAT QUESTION IN MY HANDS </s><s> I SHOULD LIKE AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF HIM AND ANY LETTERS OF HIS WHICH YOU CAN SPARE </s><s> I ADVERTISED FOR HIM IN LAST SATURDAY'S CHRONICLE SAID SHE </s><s> HERE IS THE SLIP AND HERE ARE FOUR LETTERS FROM HIM </s><s> QUOTE THANK YOU </s><s> AND YOUR ADDRESS </s><s> NUMBER THIRTY ONE LYON PLACE CAMBERWELL </s><s> MR. ANGEL'S ADDRESS YOU NEVER HAD I UNDERSTAND </s><s> WHERE IS YOUR FATHER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS </s><s> HE TRAVELS FOR WESTHOUSE AND MARBANK THE GREAT CLARET IMPORTERS OF FENCHURCH STREET </s><s> QUOTE THANK YOU </s><s> YOU HAVE MADE YOUR STATEMENT VERY CLEARLY </s><s> YOU WILL LEAVE THE PAPERS HERE AND REMEMBER THE ADVICE WHICH I HAVE GIVEN YOU </s><s> LET THE WHOLE INCIDENT BE A SEALED BOOK AND DO NOT ALLOW IT TO AFFECT YOUR LIFE </s><s> YOU ARE VERY KIND MR. HOLMES BUT I CANNOT DO THAT </s><s> I SHALL BE TRUE TO HOSMER </s><s> HE SHALL FIND ME READY WHEN HE COMES BACK </s><s> FOR ALL THE PREPOSTEROUS HAT AND THE VACUOUS FACE THERE WAS SOMETHING NOBLE IN THE SIMPLE FAITH OF OUR VISITOR WHICH COMPELLED OUR RESPECT </s><s> SHE LAID HER LITTLE BUNDLE OF PAPERS UPON THE TABLE AND WENT HER WAY WITH A PROMISE TO COME AGAIN WHENEVER SHE MIGHT BE SUMMONED </s><s> SHERLOCK HOLMES SAT SILENT FOR A FEW MINUTES WITH HIS FINGERTIPS STILL PRESSED TOGETHER HIS LEGS STRETCHED OUT IN FRONT OF HIM AND HIS GAZE DIRECTED UPWARD TO THE CEILING </s><s> THEN HE TOOK DOWN FROM THE RACK THE OLD AND OILY CLAY PIPE WHICH WAS TO HIM AS A COUNSELLOR AND HAVING LIT IT HE LEANED BACK IN HIS CHAIR WITH THE THICK BLUE CLOUD WREATHS SPINNING UP FROM HIM AND A LOOK OF INFINITE LANGUOR IN HIS FACE </s><s> QUITE AN INTERESTING STUDY THAT MAIDEN HE OBSERVED </s><s> I FOUND HER MORE INTERESTING THAN HER LITTLE PROBLEM WHICH BY THE WAY IS RATHER A TRITE ONE </s><s> YOU WILL FIND PARALLEL CASES IF YOU CONSULT MY INDEX IN ANDOVER IN SEVENTY SEVEN AND THERE WAS SOMETHING OF THE SORT AT THE HAGUE LAST YEAR </s><s> OLD AS IS THE IDEA HOWEVER THERE WERE ONE OR TWO DETAILS WHICH WERE NEW TO ME </s><s> BUT THE MAIDEN HERSELF WAS MOST INSTRUCTIVE QUOTE </s><s> YOU APPEARED TO READ A GOOD DEAL UPON HER WHICH WAS QUITE INVISIBLE TO ME I REMARKED </s><s> NOT INVISIBLE BUT UNNOTICED WATSON </s><s> YOU DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK AND SO YOU MISSED ALL THAT WAS IMPORTANT </s><s> I CAN NEVER BRING YOU TO REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEVES THE SUGGESTIVENESS OF THUMB NAILS OR THE GREAT ISSUES THAT MAY HANG FROM A BOOT LACE </s><s> NOW WHAT DID YOU GATHER FROM THAT WOMAN'S APPEARANCE </s><s> DESCRIBE IT </s><s> WELL SHE HAD A SLATE COLOURED BROAD BRIMMED STRAW HAT WITH A FEATHER OF A BRICKISH RED </s><s> HER JACKET WAS BLACK WITH BLACK BEADS SEWN UPON IT AND A FRINGE OF LITTLE BLACK JET ORNAMENTS </s><s> HER DRESS WAS BROWN RATHER DARKER THAN COFFEE COLOUR WITH A LITTLE PURPLE PLUSH AT THE NECK AND SLEEVES </s><s> HER GLOVES WERE GRAYISH AND WERE WORN THROUGH AT THE RIGHT FOREFINGER </s><s> HER BOOTS I DIDN'T OBSERVE </s><s> SHE HAD SMALL ROUND HANGING GOLD EARRINGS AND A GENERAL AIR OF BEING FAIRLY WELL TO DO IN A VULGAR COMFORTABLE EASY GOING WAY </s><s> SHERLOCK HOLMES CLAPPED HIS HANDS SOFTLY TOGETHER AND CHUCKLED </s><s> QUOTE PON MY WORD WATSON YOU ARE COMING ALONG WONDERFULLY </s><s> YOU HAVE REALLY DONE VERY WELL INDEED </s><s> IT IS TRUE THAT YOU HAVE MISSED EVERYTHING OF IMPORTANCE BUT YOU HAVE HIT UPON THE METHOD AND YOU HAVE A QUICK EYE FOR COLOUR </s><s> NEVER TRUST TO GENERAL IMPRESSIONS MY BOY BUT CONCENTRATE YOURSELF UPON DETAILS </s><s> MY FIRST GLANCE IS ALWAYS AT A WOMAN'S SLEEVE </s><s> IN A MAN IT IS PERHAPS BETTER FIRST TO TAKE THE KNEE OF THE TROUSER </s><s> AS YOU OBSERVE THIS WOMAN HAD PLUSH UPON HER SLEEVES WHICH IS A MOST USEFUL MATERIAL FOR SHOWING TRACES </s><s> THE DOUBLE LINE A LITTLE ABOVE THE WRIST WHERE THE TYPEWRITIST PRESSES AGAINST THE TABLE WAS BEAUTIFULLY DEFINED </s><s> THE SEWING MACHINE OF THE HAND TYPE LEAVES A SIMILAR MARK BUT ONLY ON THE LEFT ARM AND ON THE SIDE OF IT FARTHEST FROM THE THUMB INSTEAD OF BEING RIGHT ACROSS THE BROADEST PART AS THIS WAS </s><s> I THEN GLANCED AT HER FACE AND OBSERVING THE DINT OF A PINCE NEZ AT EITHER SIDE OF HER NOSE I VENTURED A REMARK UPON SHORT SIGHT AND TYPEWRITING WHICH SEEMED TO SURPRISE HER </s><s> IT SURPRISED ME </s><s> BUT SURELY IT WAS OBVIOUS </s><s> I WAS THEN MUCH SURPRISED AND INTERESTED ON GLANCING DOWN TO OBSERVE THAT THOUGH THE BOOTS WHICH SHE WAS WEARING WERE NOT UNLIKE EACH OTHER THEY WERE REALLY ODD ONES THE ONE HAVING A SLIGHTLY DECORATED TOE CAP AND THE OTHER A PLAIN ONE </s><s> ONE WAS BUTTONED ONLY IN THE TWO LOWER BUTTONS OUT OF FIVE AND THE OTHER AT THE FIRST THIRD AND FIFTH </s><s> NOW WHEN YOU SEE THAT A YOUNG LADY OTHERWISE NEATLY DRESSED HAS COME AWAY FROM HOME WITH ODD BOOTS HALF BUTTONED IT IS NO GREAT DEDUCTION TO SAY THAT SHE CAME AWAY IN A HURRY </s><s> AND WHAT ELSE </s><s> I ASKED KEENLY INTERESTED AS I ALWAYS WAS BY MY FRIEND'S INCISIVE REASONING </s><s> QUOTE I NOTED IN PASSING THAT SHE HAD WRITTEN A NOTE BEFORE LEAVING HOME BUT AFTER BEING FULLY DRESSED </s><s> YOU OBSERVED THAT HER RIGHT GLOVE WAS TORN AT THE FOREFINGER BUT YOU DID NOT APPARENTLY SEE THAT BOTH GLOVE AND FINGER WERE STAINED WITH VIOLET INK </s><s> SHE HAD WRITTEN IN A HURRY AND DIPPED HER PEN TOO DEEP </s><s> IT MUST HAVE BEEN THIS MORNING OR THE MARK WOULD NOT REMAIN CLEAR UPON THE FINGER </s><s> ALL THIS IS AMUSING THOUGH RATHER ELEMENTARY BUT I MUST GO BACK TO BUSINESS WATSON </s><s> WOULD YOU MIND READING ME THE ADVERTISED DESCRIPTION OF MR. HOSMER ANGEL </s><s> I HELD THE LITTLE PRINTED SLIP TO THE LIGHT </s><s> MISSING IT SAID ON THE MORNING OF THE FOURTEENTH A GENTLEMAN NAMED HOSMER ANGEL </s><s> ABOUT FIVE FEET SEVEN INCHES IN HEIGHT STRONGLY BUILT SALLOW COMPLEXION BLACK HAIR A LITTLE BALD IN THE CENTRE BUSHY BLACK SIDE WHISKERS AND MOUSTACHE TINTED GLASSES SLIGHT INFIRMITY OF SPEECH </s><s> WAS DRESSED WHEN LAST SEEN IN BLACK FROCK COAT FACED WITH SILK BLACK WAISTCOAT GOLD ALBERT CHAIN AND GRAY HARRIS TWEED TROUSERS WITH BROWN GAITERS OVER ELASTIC SIDED BOOTS </s><s> KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN AN OFFICE IN LEADENHALL STREET </s><s> ANYBODY BRINGING </s><s> THAT WILL DO SAID HOLMES </s><s> AS TO THE LETTERS HE CONTINUED GLANCING OVER THEM THEY ARE VERY COMMONPLACE </s><s> ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE IN THEM TO MR. ANGEL SAVE THAT HE QUOTES BALZAC ONCE </s><s> THERE IS ONE REMARKABLE POINT HOWEVER WHICH WILL NO DOUBT STRIKE YOU QUOTE </s><s> THEY ARE TYPEWRITTEN I REMARKED </s><s> NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE SIGNATURE IS TYPEWRITTEN </s><s> LOOK AT THE NEAT LITTLE HOSMER ANGEL AT THE BOTTOM </s>