<s> THE JULY WHICH IMMEDIATELY SUCCEEDED MY MARRIAGE WAS MADE MEMORABLE BY THREE CASES OF INTEREST IN WHICH I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ASSOCIATED WITH SHERLOCK HOLMES AND OF STUDYING HIS METHODS </s><s> I FIND THEM RECORDED IN MY NOTES UNDER THE HEADINGS OF QUOTE THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN QUOTE QUOTE THE ADVENTURE OF THE NAVAL TREATY QUOTE AND QUOTE THE ADVENTURE OF THE TIRED CAPTAIN QUOTE </s><s> THE FIRST OF THESE HOWEVER DEALS WITH INTERESTS OF SUCH IMPORTANCE AND IMPLICATES SO MANY OF THE FIRST FAMILIES IN THE KINGDOM THAT FOR MANY YEARS IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE IT PUBLIC </s><s> NO CASE HOWEVER IN WHICH HOLMES WAS ENGAGED HAS EVER ILLUSTRATED THE VALUE OF HIS ANALYTICAL METHODS SO CLEARLY OR HAS IMPRESSED THOSE WHO WERE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM SO DEEPLY </s><s> I STILL RETAIN AN ALMOST VERBATIM REPORT OF THE INTERVIEW IN WHICH HE DEMONSTRATED THE TRUE FACTS OF THE CASE TO MONSIEUR DUBUGUE OF THE PARIS POLICE AND FRITZ VON WALDBAUM THE WELL KNOWN SPECIALIST OF DANTZIG BOTH OF WHOM HAD WASTED THEIR ENERGIES UPON WHAT PROVED TO BE SIDE ISSUES </s><s> THE NEW CENTURY WILL HAVE COME HOWEVER BEFORE THE STORY CAN BE SAFELY TOLD </s><s> MEANWHILE I PASS ON TO THE SECOND ON MY LIST WHICH PROMISED ALSO AT ONE TIME TO BE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND WAS MARKED BY SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHICH GIVE IT A QUITE UNIQUE CHARACTER </s><s> DURING MY SCHOOL DAYS I HAD BEEN INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH A LAD NAMED PERCY PHELPS WHO WAS OF MUCH THE SAME AGE AS MYSELF THOUGH HE WAS TWO CLASSES AHEAD OF ME </s><s> HE WAS A VERY BRILLIANT BOY AND CARRIED AWAY EVERY PRIZE WHICH THE SCHOOL HAD TO OFFER FINISHING HIS EXPLOITS BY WINNING A SCHOLARSHIP WHICH SENT HIM ON TO CONTINUE HIS TRIUMPHANT CAREER AT CAMBRIDGE </s><s> HE WAS I REMEMBER EXTREMELY WELL CONNECTED AND EVEN WHEN WE WERE ALL LITTLE BOYS TOGETHER WE KNEW THAT HIS MOTHER'S BROTHER WAS LORD HOLDHURST THE GREAT CONSERVATIVE POLITICIAN </s><s> THIS GAUDY RELATIONSHIP DID HIM LITTLE GOOD AT SCHOOL </s><s> ON THE CONTRARY IT SEEMED RATHER A PIQUANT THING TO US TO CHEVY HIM ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND AND HIT HIM OVER THE SHINS WITH A WICKET </s><s> BUT IT WAS ANOTHER THING WHEN HE CAME OUT INTO THE WORLD </s><s> I HEARD VAGUELY THAT HIS ABILITIES AND THE INFLUENCES WHICH HE COMMANDED HAD WON HIM A GOOD POSITION AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE AND THEN HE PASSED COMPLETELY OUT OF MY MIND UNTIL THE FOLLOWING LETTER RECALLED HIS EXISTENCE BRIARBRAE WOKING </s><s> MY DEAR WATSON I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER TADPOLE PHELPS WHO WAS IN THE FIFTH FORM WHEN YOU WERE IN THE THIRD </s><s> IT IS POSSIBLE EVEN THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THROUGH MY UNCLE'S INFLUENCE I OBTAINED A GOOD APPOINTMENT AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE AND THAT I WAS IN A SITUATION OF TRUST AND HONOUR UNTIL A HORRIBLE MISFORTUNE CAME SUDDENLY TO BLAST MY CAREER </s><s> THERE IS NO USE WRITING THE DETAILS OF THAT DREADFUL EVENT </s><s> IN THE EVENT OF YOUR ACCEDING TO MY REQUEST IT IS PROBABLE THAT I SHALL HAVE TO NARRATE THEM TO YOU </s><s> I HAVE ONLY JUST RECOVERED FROM NINE WEEKS OF BRAIN FEVER AND AM STILL EXCEEDINGLY WEAK </s><s> DO YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD BRING YOUR FRIEND MR. HOLMES DOWN TO SEE ME </s><s> I SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIS OPINION OF THE CASE THOUGH THE AUTHORITIES ASSURE ME THAT NOTHING MORE CAN BE DONE </s><s> DO TRY TO BRING HIM DOWN AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE </s><s> EVERY MINUTE SEEMS AN HOUR WHILE I LIVE IN THIS STATE OF HORRIBLE SUSPENSE </s><s> ASSURE HIM THAT IF I HAVE NOT ASKED HIS ADVICE SOONER IT WAS NOT BECAUSE I DID NOT APPRECIATE HIS TALENTS BUT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN OFF MY HEAD EVER SINCE THE BLOW FELL </s><s> NOW I AM CLEAR AGAIN THOUGH I DARE NOT THINK OF IT TOO MUCH FOR FEAR OF A RELAPSE </s><s> I AM STILL SO WEAK THAT I HAVE TO WRITE AS YOU SEE BY DICTATING </s><s> DO TRY TO BRING HIM </s><s> YOUR OLD SCHOOL FELLOW PERCY PHELPS </s><s> THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT TOUCHED ME AS I READ THIS LETTER SOMETHING PITIABLE IN THE REITERATED APPEALS TO BRING HOLMES </s><s> SO MOVED WAS I THAT EVEN HAD IT BEEN A DIFFICULT MATTER I SHOULD HAVE TRIED IT BUT OF COURSE I KNEW WELL THAT HOLMES LOVED HIS ART SO THAT HE WAS EVER AS READY TO BRING HIS AID AS HIS CLIENT COULD BE TO RECEIVE IT </s><s> MY WIFE AGREED WITH ME THAT NOT A MOMENT SHOULD BE LOST IN LAYING THE MATTER BEFORE HIM AND SO WITHIN AN HOUR OF BREAKFAST TIME I FOUND MYSELF BACK ONCE MORE IN THE OLD ROOMS IN BAKER STREET </s><s> HOLMES WAS SEATED AT HIS SIDE TABLE CLAD IN HIS DRESSING GOWN AND WORKING HARD OVER A CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION </s><s> A LARGE CURVED RETORT WAS BOILING FURIOUSLY IN THE BLUISH FLAME OF A BUNSEN BURNER AND THE DISTILLED DROPS WERE CONDENSING INTO A TWO LITRE MEASURE </s><s> MY FRIEND HARDLY GLANCED UP AS I ENTERED AND I SEEING THAT HIS INVESTIGATION MUST BE OF IMPORTANCE SEATED MYSELF IN AN ARMCHAIR AND WAITED </s><s> HE DIPPED INTO THIS BOTTLE OR THAT DRAWING OUT A FEW DROPS OF EACH WITH HIS GLASS PIPETTE AND FINALLY BROUGHT A TEST TUBE CONTAINING A SOLUTION OVER TO THE TABLE </s><s> IN HIS RIGHT HAND HE HELD A SLIP OF LITMUS PAPER </s><s> YOU COME AT A CRISIS WATSON SAID HE </s><s> IF THIS PAPER REMAINS BLUE ALL IS WELL </s><s> IF IT TURNS RED IT MEANS A MAN'S LIFE </s><s> HE DIPPED IT INTO THE TEST TUBE AND IT FLUSHED AT ONCE INTO A DULL DIRTY CRIMSON </s><s> HUM </s><s> I THOUGHT AS MUCH QUOTE HE CRIED </s><s> I WILL BE AT YOUR SERVICE IN AN INSTANT WATSON </s><s> YOU WILL FIND TOBACCO IN THE PERSIAN SLIPPER </s><s> HE TURNED TO HIS DESK AND SCRIBBLED OFF SEVERAL TELEGRAMS WHICH WERE HANDED OVER TO THE PAGE BOY </s><s> THEN HE THREW HIMSELF DOWN INTO THE CHAIR OPPOSITE AND DREW UP HIS KNEES UNTIL HIS FINGERS CLASPED ROUND HIS LONG THIN SHINS </s><s> A VERY COMMONPLACE LITTLE MURDER SAID HE </s><s> YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING BETTER I FANCY </s><s> YOU ARE THE STORMY PETREL OF CRIME WATSON </s><s> WHAT IS IT </s><s> I HANDED HIM THE LETTER WHICH HE READ WITH THE MOST CONCENTRATED ATTENTION </s><s> QUOTE IT DOES NOT TELL US VERY MUCH DOES IT QUOTE HE REMARKED AS HE HANDED IT BACK TO ME </s><s> HARDLY ANYTHING </s><s> AND YET THE WRITING IS OF INTEREST </s><s> BUT THE WRITING IS NOT HIS OWN </s><s> PRECISELY </s><s> IT IS A WOMAN'S </s><s> QUOTE A MAN'S SURELY QUOTE I CRIED </s><s> NO A WOMAN'S AND A WOMAN OF RARE CHARACTER </s><s> YOU SEE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF AN INVESTIGATION IT IS SOMETHING TO KNOW THAT YOUR CLIENT IS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO FOR GOOD OR EVIL HAS AN EXCEPTIONAL NATURE </s><s> MY INTEREST IS ALREADY AWAKENED IN THE CASE </s><s> IF YOU ARE READY WE WILL START AT ONCE FOR WOKING AND SEE THIS DIPLOMATIST WHO IS IN SUCH EVIL CASE AND THE LADY TO WHOM HE DICTATES HIS LETTERS </s><s> WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO CATCH AN EARLY TRAIN AT WATERLOO AND IN A LITTLE UNDER AN HOUR WE FOUND OURSELVES AMONG THE FIR WOODS AND THE HEATHER OF WOKING </s><s> BRIARBRAE PROVED TO BE A LARGE DETACHED HOUSE STANDING IN EXTENSIVE GROUNDS WITHIN A FEW MINUTES' WALK OF THE STATION </s><s> ON SENDING IN OUR CARDS WE WERE SHOWN INTO AN ELEGANTLY APPOINTED DRAWING ROOM WHERE WE WERE JOINED IN A FEW MINUTES BY A RATHER STOUT MAN WHO RECEIVED US WITH MUCH HOSPITALITY.L </s><s> HIS AGE MAY HAVE BEEN NEARER FORTY THAN THIRTY BUT HIS CHEEKS WERE SO RUDDY AND HIS EYES SO MERRY THAT HE STILL CONVEYED THE IMPRESSION OF A PLUMP AND MISCHIEVOUS BOY </s><s> I AM SO GLAD THAT YAU HAVE COME SAID HE SHAKING OUR HANDS WITH EFFUSION </s><s> PERCY HAS BEEN INQUIRING FOR YOU ALL MORNING </s><s> AH POOR OLD CHAP HE CLINGS TO ANY STRAW </s><s> HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER ASKED ME TO SEE YOU FOR THE MERE MENTION OF THE SUBJECT IS VERY PAINFUL TO THEM </s><s> QUOTE WE HAVE HAD NO DETAILS YET QUOTE OBSERVED HOLMES </s><s> I PERCEIVE THAT YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY </s><s> OUR ACQUAINTANCE LOOKED SURPRISED AND THEN GLANCING DOWN HE BEGAN TO LAUGH </s><s> OF COURSE YOU SAW THE J. H. MONOGRAM ON MY LOCKET SAID HE </s><s> FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT YOU HAD DONE SOMETHING CLEVER </s><s> JOSEPH HARRISON IS MY NAME AND AS PERCY IS TO MARRY MY SISTER ANNIE I SHALL AT LEAST BE A RELATION BY MARRIAGE </s><s> YOU WILL FIND MY SISTER IN HIS ROOM FOR SHE HAS NURSED HIM HAND AND FOOT THIS TWO MONTHS BACK </s><s> PERHAPS WE'D BETTER GO IN AT ONCE FOR I KNOW HOW IMPATIENT HE IS </s><s> THE CHAMBER INTO WHICH WE WERE SHOWN WAS ON THE SAME FLOOR AS THE DRAWING ROOM IT WAS FURNISHED PARTLY AS A SITTING AND PARTLY AS A BEDROOM WITH FLOWERS ARRANGED DAINTILY IN EVERY NOOK AND CORNER </s><s> A YOUNG MAN VERY PALE AND WORN WAS LYING UPON A SOFA NEAR THE OPEN WINDOW THROUGH WHICH CAME THE RICH SCENT OF THE GARDEN AND THE BALMY SUMMER AIR </s><s> A WOMAN WAS SITTING BESIDE HIM WHO RASE AS WE ENTERED </s><s> SHALL I LEAVE PERCY SHE ASKED </s><s> HE CLUTCHED HER HAND TO DETAIN HER </s><s> QUOTE HOW ARE YOU WATSON QUOTE SAID HE CORDIALLY </s><s> I SHOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN YOU UNDER THAT MOUSTACHE AND I DARESAY YOU WOULD NOT BE PREPARED TO SWEAR TO ME </s><s> THIS I PRESUME IS YOUR CELEBRATED FRIEND MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES </s><s> I INTRODUCED HIM IN A FEW WORDS AND WE BOTH SAT DOWN </s><s> THE STOUT YOUNG MAN HAD LEFT US BUT HIS SISTER STILL REMAINED WITH HER HAND IN THAT OF THE INVALID </s><s> SHE WAS A STRIKING LOOKING WOMAN A LITTLE SHORT AND THICK FOR SYMMETRY BUT WITH A BEAUTIFUL OLIVE COMPLEXION LARGE DARK ITALIAN EYES AND A WEALTH OF DEEP BLACK HAIR </s><s> HER RICH TINTS MADE THE WHITE FACE OF HER COMPANION THE MORE WORN AND HAGGARD BY THE CONTRAST </s><s> I WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME SAID HE RAISING HIMSELF UPON THE SOFA </s><s> I'LL PLUNGE INTO THE MATTER WITHOUT FURTHER PREAMBLE </s><s> I WAS A HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL MAN MR. HOLMES AND ON THE EVE OF BEING MARRIED WHEN A SUDDEN AND DREADFUL MISFORTUNE WRECKED ALL MY PROSPECTS IN LIFE </s><s> I WAS AS WATSON MAY HAVE TOLD YOU IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AND THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF MY UNCLE LORD HOLDHURST I ROSE RAPIDLY TO A RESPONSIBLE POSITION </s><s> WHEN MY UNCLE BECAME FOREIGN MINISTER IN THIS ADMINISTRATION HE GAVE ME SEVERAL MISSIONS OF TRUST AND AS I ALWAYS BROUGHT THEM TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION HE CAME AT LAST TO HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITY AND TACT </s><s> QUOTE NEARLY TEN WEEKS AGO TO BE MORE ACCURATE ON THE TWENTYTHIRD OF MAY HE CALLED ME INTO HIS PRIVATE ROOM AND AFTER COMPLIMENTING ME ON THE GOOD WORK WHICH I HAD DONE HE INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD A NEW COMMISSION OF TRUST FOR ME TO EXECUTE </s><s> THIS SAID HE TAKING A GRAY ROLL OF PAPER FROM HIS BUREAU IS THE ORIGINAL OF THAT SECRET TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ITALY OF WHICH I REGRET TO SAY SOME RUMOURS HAVE ALREADY GOT INTO THE PUBLIC PRESS </s><s> IT IS OF ENORMOUS IMPORTANCE THAT NOTHING FURTHER SHOULD LEAK OUT </s><s> THE FRENCH OR THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY WOULD PAY AN IMMENSE SUM TO LEARN THE CONTENTS OF THESE PAPERS </s><s> THEY SHOULD NOT LEAVE MY BUREAU WERE IT NOT THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO HAVE THEM COPIED </s><s> YOU HAVE A DESK IN YOUR OFFICE </s><s> YES SIR </s><s> THEN TAKE THE TREATY AND LOCK IT UP THERE </s><s> I SHALL GIVE DIRECTIONS THAT YOU MAY REMAIN BEHIND WHEN THE OTHERS GO SO THAT YOU MAY COPY IT AT YOUR LEISURE WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING OVERLOOKED </s><s> WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED RELOCK BOTH THE ORIGINAL AND THE DRAFT IN THE DESK AND HAND THEM OVER TO ME PERSONALLY TO MORROW MORNING </s><s> EXCUSE ME AN INSTANT SAID HOLMES </s><s> WERE YOU ALONE DURING THIS CONVERSATION </s><s> QUOTE ABSOLUTELY QUOTE </s><s> IN A LARGE ROOM </s><s> THIRTY FEET EACH WAY </s><s> IN THE CENTRE </s><s> YES ABOUT IT </s><s> AND SPEAKING LOW </s><s> QUOTE MY UNCLE'S VOICE IS ALWAYS REMARKABLY LOW </s><s> I HARDLY SPOKE AT ALL </s><s> THANK YOU SAID HOLMES SHUTTING HIS EYES PRAY GO ON </s><s> I DID EXACTLY WHAT HE INDICATED AND WAITED UNTIL THE OTHER CLERKS HAD DEPARTED </s><s> ONE OF THEM IN MY ROOM CHARLES GOROT HAD SOME ARREARS OF WORK TO MAKE UP SO I LEFT HIM THERE AND WENT OUT TO DINE </s><s> WHEN I RETURNED HE WAS GONE </s><s> I WAS ANXIOUS TO HURRY MY WORK FOR I KNEW THAT JOSEPH THE MR. HARRISON WHOM YOU SAW JUST NOW WAS IN TOWN AND THAT HE WOULD TRAVEL DOWN TO WOKING BY THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK TRAIN AND I WANTED IF POSSIBLE TO CATCH IT </s><s> WHEN I CAME TO EXAMINE THE TREATY I SAW AT ONCE THAT IT WAS OF SUCH IMPORTANCE THAT MY UNCLE HAD BEEN GUILTY OF NO EXAGGERATION IN WHAT HE SAID </s><s> WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS I MAY SAY THAT IT DEFINED THE POSITION OF GREAT BRITAIN TOWARDS THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE AND FORESHADOWED THE POLICY WHICH THIS COUNTRY WOULD PURSUE IN THE EVENT OF THE FRENCH FLEET GAINING A COMPLETE ASCENDENCY OVER THAT OF ITALY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN </s><s> THE QUESTIONS TREATED IN IT WERE PURELY NAVAL </s><s> AT THE END WERE THE SIGNATURES OF THE HIGH DIGNITARIES WHO HAD SIGNED IT </s><s> I GLANCED MY EYES OVER IT AND THEN SETTLED DOWN TO MY TASK OF COPYING </s><s> IT WAS A LONG DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CONTAINING TWENTY SIX SEPARATE ARTICLES </s><s> I COPIED AS QUICKLY AS I COULD BUT AT NINE O'CLOCK I HAD ONLY DONE NINE ARTICLES AND IT SEEMED HOPELESS FOR ME TO ATTEMPT TO CATCH MY TRAIN </s><s> I WAS FEELING DROWSY AND STUPID PARTLY FROM MY DINNER AND ALSO FROM THE EFFECTS OF A LONG DAY'S WORK </s><s> A CUP OF COFFEE WOULD CLEAR MY BRAIN </s><s> A COMMISSIONAIRE REMAINS ALL NIGHT IN A LITTLE LODGE AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS AND IS IN THE HABIT OF MAKING COFFEE AT HIS SPIRIT LAMP FOR ANY OF THE OFFICIALS WHO MAY BE WORKING OVERTIME </s><s> I RANG THE BELL THEREFORE TO SUMMON HIM </s><s> QUOTE TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS A WOMAN WHO ANSWERED THE SUMMONS A LARGE COARSE FACED ELDERLY WOMAN IN AN APRON </s><s> SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE WAS THE COMMISSIONAIRE'S WIFE WHO DID THE CHARING AND I GAVE HER THE ORDER FOR THE COFFEE </s><s> I WROTE TWO MORE ARTICLES AND THEN FEELING MORE DROWSY THAN EVER I ROSE AND WALKED UP AND DOWN THE ROOM TO STRETCH MY LEGS </s><s> MY COFFEE HAD NOT YET COME AND I WONDERED WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE DELAY COULD BE </s><s> OPENING THE DOOR I STARTED DOWN THE CORRIDOR TO FIND OUT </s><s> THERE WAS A STRAIGHT PASSAGE DIMLY LIGHTED WHICH LED FROM THE ROOM IN WHICH I HAD BEEN WORKING AND WAS THE ONLY EXIT FROM IT </s><s> IT ENDED IN A CURVING STAIRCASE WITH THE COMMISSIONAIRE'S LODGE IN THE PASSAGE AT THE BOTTOM </s><s> HALFWAY DOWN THIS STAIRCASE IS A SMALL LANDING WITH ANOTHER PASSAGE RUNNING INTO IT AT RIGHT ANGLES </s><s> THIS SECOND ONE LEADS BY MEANS OF A SECOND SMALL STAIR TO A SIDE DOOR USED BY SERVANTS AND ALSO AS A SHORT CUT BY CLERKS WHEN COMING FROM CHARLES STREET </s><s> HERE IS A ROUGH CHART OF THC PLACE </s><s> THANK YOU. L. THINK THAT I QUITE FOLLOW YOU SAID SHERLOCK HOLMES </s><s> IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT YOU SHOULD NOTICE THIS POINT </s><s> I WENT DOWN THE STAIRS AND INTO THE HALL WHERE I FOUND THE COMMISSIONAIRE FAST ASLEEP IN HIS BOX WITH THE KETTLE BOILING FURIOUSLY UPON THE SPIRIT LAMP </s><s> I TOOK OFF THE KETTLE AND BLEW OUT THE LAMP FOR THE WATER WAS SPURTING OVER THE FLOOR </s><s> THEN I PUT OUT MY HAND AND WAS ABOUT TO SHAKE THE MAN WHO WAS STILL SLEEPING SOUNDLY WHEN A BELL OVER HIS HEAD RANG LOUDLY AND HE WOKE WITH A START </s><s> MR. PHELPS SIR SAID HE LOOKING AT ME IN BEWILDERMENT </s><s> QUOTE I CAME DOWN TO SEE IF MY COFFEE WAS READY </s><s> I WAS BOILING THE KETTLE WHEN I FELL ASLEEP SIR </s><s> HE LOOKED AT ME AND THEN UP AT THE STILL QUIVERING BELL WITH AN EVER GROWING ASTONISHMENT UPON HIS FACE </s><s> IF YOU WAS HERE SIR THEN WHO RANG THE BELL HE ASKED </s><s> THE BELL </s><s> I CRIED </s><s> WHAT BELL IS IT </s><s> IT'S THE BELL OF THE ROOM YOU WERE WORKING IN </s><s> A COLD HAND SEEMED TO CLOSE ROUND MY HEART </s><s> SOMEONE THEN WAS IN THAT ROOM WHERE MY PRECIOUS TREATY LAY UPON THE TABLE </s>