I may have to go down to Horsham, after
all.
Well, Watson,we shall see who will win in the long
run. There can be no question as to their nature, he answered. We have not yet
grasped the results which thereason alone can attain to. That hurts my pride,
Watson, he said at last.
In this sinister way I came into my
inheritance.
We are in acivilised land here, and we cant have
tomfoolery of this kind. Tottering and shaking in all hisgiant frame, he stumbled
slowly from the room.
I went about, however, with a heart which was full
offorebodings. I didnt know what to do, so I came straight to you.
Now let us consider the situation and see what may
bededuced from it. I should certainly speak to the police, I said.
What could be the reason of hisoverpowering terror?
That will await him when he enters port, said he, chuckling.
You must assert that in suchwords as will carry
conviction with them. A name derived from the fanciful resemblance tothe sound
produced by cocking a rifle.
But as I listened to his talk all that was black
and bitter inme seemed to come uppermost. Folk who were in grief came to my wife
like birdsto a light-house.
Both could be saved if I could but silence that
foul tongue. They must be cunning devils, he exclaimed at last. A name derived from
the fanciful resemblance tothe sound produced by cocking a rifle. I went about,
however, with a heart which was full offorebodings.
But that my girlshould be entangled in the same
meshes which held me was morethan I could suffer.
I went about, however, with a heart which was full
offorebodings.
Put the papers on the sundial, I read, peeping over
hisshoulder. I did as he ordered, and when the lawyer arrived I was asked tostep up
to the room. It is a pettyfeeling, no doubt, but it hurts my pride. Deeply as I have
sinned,I have led a life of martyrdom to atone for it.
I wont have a fuss made about suchnonsense. But
what is that compared with the number of your successes? Having done this, youmust
at once put the box out upon the sundial, as directed.