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"
That
must
have
been
difficult
,
Holmes
,
when
the
elm
was
no
longer
there
.
"
"
Well
,
at
least
I
knew
that
if
Brunton
could
do
it
,
I
could
also
.
Besides
,
there
was
no
real
difficulty
.
I
went
with
Musgrave
to
his
study
and
whittled
myself
this
peg
,
to
which
I
tied
this
long
string
with
a
knot
at
each
yard
.
Then
I
took
two
lengths
of
a
fishing-rod
,
which
came
to
just
six
feet
,
and
I
went
back
with
my
client
to
where
the
elm
had
been
.
The
sun
was
just
grazing
the
top
of
the
oak
.
I
fastened
the
rod
on
end
,
marked
out
the
direction
of
the
shadow
,
and
measured
it
.
It
was
nine
feet
in
length
.
"
Of
course
the
calculation
now
was
a
simple
one
.
If
a
rod
of
six
feet
threw
a
shadow
of
nine
,
a
tree
of
sixty-four
feet
would
throw
one
of
ninety-six
,
and
the
line
of
the
one
would
of
course
be
the
line
of
the
other
.
I
measured
out
the
distance
,
which
brought
me
almost
to
the
wall
of
the
house
,
and
I
thrust
a
peg
into
the
spot
.
You
can
imagine
my
exultation
,
Watson
,
when
within
two
inches
of
my
peg
I
saw
a
conical
depression
in
the
ground
.
I
knew
that
it
was
the
mark
made
by
Brunton
in
his
measurements
,
and
that
I
was
still
upon
his
trail
.
"
From
this
starting-point
I
proceeded
to
step
,
having
first
taken
the
cardinal
points
by
my
pocket-compass
.
Ten
steps
with
each
foot
took
me
along
parallel
with
the
wall
of
the
house
,
and
again
I
marked
my
spot
with
a
peg
.
Then
I
carefully
paced
off
five
to
the
east
and
two
to
the
south
.
It
brought
me
to
the
very
threshold
of
the
old
door
.
Two
steps
to
the
west
meant
now
that
I
was
to
go
two
paces
down
the
stone-flagged
passage
,
and
this
was
the
place
indicated
by
the
Ritual
.
"
Never
have
I
felt
such
a
cold
chill
of
disappointment
,
Watson
.
For
a
moment
it
seemed
to
me
that
there
must
be
some
radical
mistake
in
my
calculations
.
The
setting
sun
shone
full
upon
the
passage
floor
,
and
I
could
see
that
the
old
,
foot-worn
gray
stones
with
which
it
was
paved
were
firmly
cemented
together
,
and
had
certainly
not
been
moved
for
many
a
long
year
.
Brunton
had
not
been
at
work
here
.
I
tapped
upon
the
floor
,
but
it
sounded
the
same
all
over
,
and
there
was
no
sign
of
any
crack
or
crevice
.
But
,
fortunately
,
Musgrave
,
who
had
begun
to
appreciate
the
meaning
of
my
proceedings
,
and
who
was
now
as
excited
as
myself
,
took
out
his
manuscript
to
check
my
calculations
.
"
'
And
under
,
"
he
cried
.
'
You
have
omitted
the
"
and
under
.
"
'
"
I
had
thought
that
it
meant
that
we
were
to
dig
,
but
now
,
of
course
,
I
saw
at
once
that
I
was
wrong
.
'
There
is
a
cellar
under
this
then
?
"
I
cried
.
"
'
Yes
,
and
as
old
as
the
house
.
Down
here
,
through
this
door
.
'
