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"
And
yet
,
"
said
I
,
"
even
now
I
fail
to
understand
what
the
theory
of
the
police
can
be
.
"
"
I
am
afraid
that
whatever
theory
we
state
has
very
grave
objections
to
it
,
"
returned
my
companion
.
"
The
police
imagine
,
I
take
it
,
that
this
Fitzroy
Simpson
,
having
drugged
the
lad
,
and
having
in
some
way
obtained
a
duplicate
key
,
opened
the
stable
door
and
took
out
the
horse
,
with
the
intention
,
apparently
,
of
kidnapping
him
altogether
.
His
bridle
is
missing
,
so
that
Simpson
must
have
put
this
on
.
Then
,
having
left
the
door
open
behind
him
,
he
was
leading
the
horse
away
over
the
moor
when
he
was
either
met
or
overtaken
by
the
trainer
.
A
row
naturally
ensued
.
Simpson
beat
out
the
trainer
's
brains
with
his
heavy
stick
without
receiving
any
injury
from
the
small
knife
which
Straker
used
in
self-defence
,
and
then
the
thief
either
led
the
horse
on
to
some
secret
hiding-place
,
or
else
it
may
have
bolted
during
the
struggle
,
and
be
now
wandering
out
on
the
moors
.
That
is
the
case
as
it
appears
to
the
police
,
and
improbable
as
it
is
,
all
other
explanations
are
more
improbable
still
.
However
,
I
shall
very
quickly
test
the
matter
when
I
am
once
upon
the
spot
,
and
until
then
I
can
not
really
see
how
we
can
get
much
further
than
our
present
position
.
"
It
was
evening
before
we
reached
the
little
town
of
Tavistock
,
which
lies
,
like
the
boss
of
a
shield
,
in
the
middle
of
the
huge
circle
of
Dartmoor
.
Two
gentlemen
were
awaiting
us
in
the
station
--
the
one
a
tall
,
fair
man
with
lion-like
hair
and
beard
and
curiously
penetrating
light
blue
eyes
;
the
other
a
small
,
alert
person
,
very
neat
and
dapper
,
in
a
frock-coat
and
gaiters
,
with
trim
little
side-whiskers
and
an
eyeglass
.
The
latter
was
Colonel
Ross
,
the
well-known
sportsman
;
the
other
,
Inspector
Gregory
;
a
man
who
was
rapidly
making
his
name
in
the
English
detective
service
.
"
I
am
delighted
that
you
have
come
down
,
Mr.
Holmes
,
"
said
the
colonel
.
"
The
inspector
here
has
done
all
that
could
possibly
be
suggested
,
but
I
wish
to
leave
no
stone
unturned
in
trying
to
avenge
poor
Straker
and
in
recovering
my
horse
.
"
"
Have
there
been
any
fresh
developments
?
"
asked
Holmes
.
"
I
am
sorry
to
say
that
we
have
made
very
little
progress
,
"
said
the
inspector
.
"
We
have
an
open
carriage
outside
,
and
as
you
would
no
doubt
like
to
see
the
place
before
the
light
fails
,
we
might
talk
it
over
as
we
drive
.
"
A
minute
later
we
were
all
seated
in
a
comfortable
landau
and
were
rattling
through
the
quaint
old
Devonshire
city
.
Inspector
Gregory
was
full
of
his
case
and
poured
out
a
stream
of
remarks
,
while
Holmes
threw
in
an
occasional
question
or
interjection
.
Colonel
Ross
leaned
back
with
his
arms
folded
and
his
hat
tilted
over
his
eyes
,
while
I
listened
with
interest
to
the
dialogue
of
the
two
detectives
.
Gregory
was
formulating
his
theory
,
which
was
almost
exactly
what
Holmes
had
foretold
in
the
train
.
"
The
net
is
drawn
pretty
close
round
Fitzroy
Simpson
,
"
he
remarked
,
"
and
I
believe
myself
that
he
is
our
man
.
At
the
same
time
I
recognize
that
the
evidence
is
purely
circumstantial
,
and
that
some
new
development
may
upset
it
.
"
"
How
about
Straker
's
knife
?
"
