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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
.
The
questions
treated
in
it
were
purely
naval
.
At
the
end
were
the
signatures
of
the
high
dignitaries
who
had
signed
it
.
I
glanced
my
eyes
over
it
,
and
then
settled
down
to
my
task
of
copying
.
"
It
was
a
long
document
,
written
in
the
French
language
,
and
containing
twenty-six
separate
articles
.
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
.
I
was
feeling
drowsy
and
stupid
,
partly
from
my
dinner
and
also
from
the
effects
of
a
long
day
's
work
.
A
cup
of
coffee
would
clear
my
brain
.
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
.
I
rang
the
bell
,
therefore
,
to
summon
him
.
"
To
my
surprise
,
it
was
a
woman
who
answered
the
summons
,
a
large
,
coarse-faced
,
elderly
woman
,
in
an
apron
.
She
explained
that
she
was
the
commissionaire
's
wife
,
who
did
the
charing
,
and
I
gave
her
the
order
for
the
coffee
.
"
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
.
My
coffee
had
not
yet
come
,
and
I
wondered
what
the
cause
of
the
delay
could
be
.
Opening
the
door
,
I
started
down
the
corridor
to
find
out
.
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
.
It
ended
in
a
curving
staircase
,
with
the
commissionaire
's
lodge
in
the
passage
at
the
bottom
.
Halfway
down
this
staircase
is
a
small
landing
,
with
another
passage
running
into
it
at
right
angles
.
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
.
Here
is
a
rough
chart
of
the
place
.
"
"
Thank
you
,
I
think
that
I
quite
follow
you
,
"
said
Sherlock
Holmes
.
"
It
is
of
the
utmost
importance
that
you
should
notice
this
point
.
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
.
I
took
off
the
kettle
and
blew
out
the
lamp
,
for
the
water
was
spurting
over
the
floor
.
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
.
"
'
Mr.
Phelps
,
sir
!
"
said
he
,
looking
at
me
in
bewilderment
.
"
'
I
came
down
to
see
if
my
coffee
was
ready
.
'
"
'
I
was
boiling
the
kettle
when
I
fell
asleep
,
sir
.
"
He
looked
at
me
and
then
up
at
the
still
quivering
bell
with
an
ever-growing
astonishment
upon
his
face
.
