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"
And
they
did
so
.
You
can
not
have
forgotten
the
singular
knife
which
was
found
in
the
dead
man
's
hand
,
a
knife
which
certainly
no
sane
man
would
choose
for
a
weapon
.
It
was
,
as
Dr.
Watson
told
us
,
a
form
of
knife
which
is
used
for
the
most
delicate
operations
known
in
surgery
.
And
it
was
to
be
used
for
a
delicate
operation
that
night
.
You
must
know
,
with
your
wide
experience
of
turf
matters
,
Colonel
Ross
,
that
it
is
possible
to
make
a
slight
nick
upon
the
tendons
of
a
horse
's
ham
,
and
to
do
it
subcutaneously
,
so
as
to
leave
absolutely
no
trace
.
A
horse
so
treated
would
develop
a
slight
lameness
,
which
would
be
put
down
to
a
strain
in
exercise
or
a
touch
of
rheumatism
,
but
never
to
foul
play
.
"
"
Villain
!
Scoundrel
!
"
cried
the
colonel
.
"
We
have
here
the
explanation
of
why
John
Straker
wished
to
take
the
horse
out
on
to
the
moor
.
So
spirited
a
creature
would
have
certainly
roused
the
soundest
of
sleepers
when
it
felt
the
prick
of
the
knife
.
It
was
absolutely
necessary
to
do
it
in
the
open
air
.
"
"
I
have
been
blind
!
"
cried
the
colonel
.
"
Of
course
that
was
why
he
needed
the
candle
and
struck
the
match
.
"
"
Undoubtedly
.
But
in
examining
his
belongings
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
discover
not
only
the
method
of
the
crime
but
even
its
motives
.
As
a
man
of
the
world
,
Colonel
,
you
know
that
men
do
not
carry
other
people
's
bills
about
in
their
pockets
.
We
have
most
of
us
quite
enough
to
do
to
settle
our
own
.
I
at
once
concluded
that
Straker
was
leading
a
double
life
and
keeping
a
second
establishment
.
The
nature
of
the
bill
showed
that
there
was
a
lady
in
the
case
,
and
one
who
had
expensive
tastes
.
Liberal
as
you
are
with
your
servants
,
one
can
hardly
expect
that
they
can
buy
twenty-guinea
walking
dresses
for
their
ladies
.
I
questioned
Mrs.
Straker
as
to
the
dress
without
her
knowing
it
,
and
,
having
satisfied
myself
that
it
had
never
reached
her
,
I
made
a
note
of
the
milliner
's
address
and
felt
that
by
calling
there
with
Straker
's
photograph
I
could
easily
dispose
of
the
mythical
Derbyshire
.
"
From
that
time
on
all
was
plain
.
Straker
had
led
out
the
horse
to
a
hollow
where
his
light
would
be
invisible
.
Simpson
in
his
flight
had
dropped
his
cravat
,
and
Straker
had
picked
it
up
--
with
some
idea
,
perhaps
,
that
he
might
use
it
in
securing
the
horse
's
leg
.
Once
in
the
hollow
,
he
had
got
behind
the
horse
and
had
struck
a
light
;
but
the
creature
,
frightened
at
the
sudden
glare
,
and
with
the
strange
instinct
of
animals
feeling
that
some
mischief
was
intended
,
had
lashed
out
,
and
the
steel
shoe
had
struck
Straker
full
on
the
forehead
.
He
had
already
,
in
spite
of
the
rain
,
taken
off
his
overcoat
in
order
to
do
his
delicate
task
,
and
so
,
as
he
fell
,
his
knife
gashed
his
thigh
.
Do
I
make
it
clear
?
"
"
Wonderful
!
"
cried
the
colonel
.
"
Wonderful
!
You
might
have
been
there
!
"
"
My
final
shot
was
,
I
confess
,
a
very
long
one
.
It
struck
me
that
so
astute
a
man
as
Straker
would
not
undertake
this
delicate
tendon-nicking
without
a
little
practise
.
What
could
he
practise
on
?
My
eyes
fell
upon
the
sheep
,
and
I
asked
a
question
which
,
rather
to
my
surprise
,
showed
that
my
surmise
was
correct
.
