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I
had
driven
some
distance
when
I
put
my
hand
into
the
pocket
in
which
I
usually
kept
Lucy
's
ring
,
and
found
that
it
was
not
there
.
I
was
thunderstruck
at
this
,
for
it
was
the
only
memento
that
I
had
of
her
.
Thinking
that
I
might
have
dropped
it
when
I
stooped
over
Drebber
's
body
,
I
drove
back
,
and
leaving
my
cab
in
a
side
street
,
I
went
boldly
up
to
the
house
--
for
I
was
ready
to
dare
anything
rather
than
lose
the
ring
.
When
I
arrived
there
,
I
walked
right
into
the
arms
of
a
police-officer
who
was
coming
out
,
and
only
managed
to
disarm
his
suspicions
by
pretending
to
be
hopelessly
drunk
.
"
That
was
how
Enoch
Drebber
came
to
his
end
.
All
I
had
to
do
then
was
to
do
as
much
for
Stangerson
,
and
so
pay
off
John
Ferrier
's
debt
.
I
knew
that
he
was
staying
at
Halliday
's
Private
Hotel
,
and
I
hung
about
all
day
,
but
he
never
came
out
.
26
fancy
that
he
suspected
something
when
Drebber
failed
to
put
in
an
appearance
.
He
was
cunning
,
was
Stangerson
,
and
always
on
his
guard
.
If
he
thought
he
could
keep
me
off
by
staying
indoors
he
was
very
much
mistaken
.
I
soon
found
out
which
was
the
window
of
his
bedroom
,
and
early
next
morning
I
took
advantage
of
some
ladders
which
were
lying
in
the
lane
behind
the
hotel
,
and
so
made
my
way
into
his
room
in
the
grey
of
the
dawn
.
I
woke
him
up
and
told
him
that
the
hour
had
come
when
he
was
to
answer
for
the
life
he
had
taken
so
long
before
.
I
described
Drebber
's
death
to
him
,
and
I
gave
him
the
same
choice
of
the
poisoned
pills
.
Instead
of
grasping
at
the
chance
of
safety
which
that
offered
him
,
he
sprang
from
his
bed
and
flew
at
my
throat
.
In
self-defence
I
stabbed
him
to
the
heart
.
It
would
have
been
the
same
in
any
case
,
for
Providence
would
never
have
allowed
his
guilty
hand
to
pick
out
anything
but
the
poison
.
"
I
have
little
more
to
say
,
and
it
's
as
well
,
for
I
am
about
done
up
.
I
went
on
cabbing
it
for
a
day
or
so
,
intending
to
keep
at
it
until
I
could
save
enough
to
take
me
back
to
America
.
I
was
standing
in
the
yard
when
a
ragged
youngster
asked
if
there
was
a
cabby
there
called
Jefferson
Hope
,
and
said
that
his
cab
was
wanted
by
a
gentleman
at
221B
,
Baker
Street
.
I
went
round
,
suspecting
no
harm
,
and
the
next
thing
I
knew
,
this
young
man
here
had
the
bracelets
on
my
wrists
,
and
as
neatly
snackled
27
as
ever
I
saw
in
my
life
.
That
's
the
whole
of
my
story
,
gentlemen
.
You
may
consider
me
to
be
a
murderer
;
but
I
hold
that
I
am
just
as
much
an
officer
of
justice
as
you
are
.
"
So
thrilling
had
the
man
's
narrative
been
,
and
his
manner
was
so
impressive
that
we
had
sat
silent
and
absorbed
.
Even
the
professional
detectives
,
blasé
as
they
were
in
every
detail
of
crime
,
appeared
to
be
keenly
interested
in
the
man
's
story
.
When
he
finished
we
sat
for
some
minutes
in
a
stillness
which
was
only
broken
by
the
scratching
of
Lestrade
's
pencil
as
he
gave
the
finishing
touches
to
his
shorthand
account
.
"
There
is
only
one
point
on
which
I
should
like
a
little
more
information
,
"
Sherlock
Holmes
said
at
last
.
"
Who
was
your
accomplice
who
came
for
the
ring
which
I
advertised
?
"
The
prisoner
winked
at
my
friend
jocosely
.
"
I
can
tell
my
own
secrets
,
"
he
said
,
"
but
I
do
n't
get
other
people
into
trouble
.
I
saw
your
advertisement
,
and
I
thought
it
might
be
a
plant
,
or
it
might
be
the
ring
which
I
wanted
.
My
friend
volunteered
to
go
and
see
.
I
think
you
'll
own
he
did
it
smartly
.
"
"
Not
a
doubt
of
that
,
"
said
Holmes
heartily
.
"
Now
,
gentlemen
,
"
the
Inspector
remarked
gravely
,
"
the
forms
of
the
law
must
be
complied
with
.
On
Thursday
the
prisoner
will
be
brought
before
the
magistrates
,
and
your
attendance
will
be
required
.
Until
then
I
will
be
responsible
for
him
.
"
He
rang
the
bell
as
he
spoke
,
and
Jefferson
Hope
was
led
off
by
a
couple
of
warders
,
while
my
friend
and
I
made
our
way
out
of
the
Station
and
took
a
cab
back
to
Baker
Street
.
We
had
all
been
warned
to
appear
before
the
magistrates
upon
the
Thursday
;
but
when
the
Thursday
came
there
was
no
occasion
for
our
testimony
.
A
higher
Judge
had
taken
the
matter
in
hand
,
and
Jefferson
Hope
had
been
summoned
before
a
tribunal
where
strict
justice
would
be
meted
out
to
him
.
On
the
very
night
after
his
capture
the
aneurism
burst
,
and
he
was
found
in
the
morning
stretched
upon
the
floor
of
the
cell
,
with
a
placid
smile
upon
his
face
,
as
though
he
had
been
able
in
his
dying
moments
to
look
back
upon
a
useful
life
,
and
on
work
well
done
.
