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“
Well
,
that
’
s
all
we
could
reasonably
expect
from
Morse
Hudson
,
”
said
Holmes
,
as
we
emerged
from
the
shop
.
“
We
have
this
Beppo
as
a
common
factor
,
both
in
Kennington
and
in
Kensington
,
so
that
is
worth
a
ten
-
mile
drive
.
Now
,
Watson
,
let
us
make
for
Gelder
&
Co
.
,
of
Stepney
,
the
source
and
origin
of
the
busts
.
I
shall
be
surprised
if
we
don
’
t
get
some
help
down
there
.
”
In
rapid
succession
we
passed
through
the
fringe
of
fashionable
London
,
hotel
London
,
theatrical
London
,
literary
London
,
commercial
London
,
and
,
finally
,
maritime
London
,
till
we
came
to
a
riverside
city
of
a
hundred
thousand
souls
,
where
the
tenement
houses
swelter
and
reek
with
the
outcasts
of
Europe
.
Here
,
in
a
broad
thoroughfare
,
once
the
abode
of
wealthy
City
merchants
,
we
found
the
sculpture
works
for
which
we
searched
.
Outside
was
a
considerable
yard
full
of
monumental
masonry
.
Inside
was
a
large
room
in
which
fifty
workers
were
carving
or
moulding
.
The
manager
,
a
big
blond
German
,
received
us
civilly
and
gave
a
clear
answer
to
all
Holmes
’
s
questions
.
A
reference
to
his
books
showed
that
hundreds
of
casts
had
been
taken
from
a
marble
copy
of
Devine
’
s
head
of
Napoleon
,
but
that
the
three
which
had
been
sent
to
Morse
Hudson
a
year
or
so
before
had
been
half
of
a
batch
of
six
,
the
other
three
being
sent
to
Harding
Brothers
,
of
Kensington
.
There
was
no
reason
why
those
six
should
be
different
from
any
of
the
other
casts
.
He
could
suggest
no
possible
cause
why
anyone
should
wish
to
destroy
them
—
in
fact
,
he
laughed
at
the
idea
.
Their
wholesale
price
was
six
shillings
,
but
the
retailer
would
get
twelve
or
more
.
The
cast
was
taken
in
two
moulds
from
each
side
of
the
face
,
and
then
these
two
profiles
of
plaster
of
Paris
were
joined
together
to
make
the
complete
bust
.
The
work
was
usually
done
by
Italians
,
in
the
room
we
were
in
.
When
finished
,
the
busts
were
put
on
a
table
in
the
passage
to
dry
,
and
afterwards
stored
.
That
was
all
he
could
tell
us
.
But
the
production
of
the
photograph
had
a
remarkable
effect
upon
the
manager
.
His
face
flushed
with
anger
,
and
his
brows
knotted
over
his
blue
Teutonic
eyes
.
“
Ah
,
the
rascal
!
”
he
cried
.
“
Yes
,
indeed
,
I
know
him
very
well
.
This
has
always
been
a
respectable
establishment
,
and
the
only
time
that
we
have
ever
had
the
police
in
it
was
over
this
very
fellow
.
It
was
more
than
a
year
ago
now
.
He
knifed
another
Italian
in
the
street
,
and
then
he
came
to
the
works
with
the
police
on
his
heels
,
and
he
was
taken
here
.
Beppo
was
his
name
—
his
second
name
I
never
knew
.
Serve
me
right
for
engaging
a
man
with
such
a
face
.
But
he
was
a
good
workman
—
one
of
the
best
.
”
“
What
did
he
get
?
”
“
The
man
lived
and
he
got
off
with
a
year
.
I
have
no
doubt
he
is
out
now
,
but
he
has
not
dared
to
show
his
nose
here
.
We
have
a
cousin
of
his
here
,
and
I
daresay
he
could
tell
you
where
he
is
.
”
“
No
,
no
,
”
cried
Holmes
,
“
not
a
word
to
the
cousin
—
not
a
word
,
I
beg
of
you
.
The
matter
is
very
important
,
and
the
farther
I
go
with
it
,
the
more
important
it
seems
to
grow
.
When
you
referred
in
your
ledger
to
the
sale
of
those
casts
I
observed
that
the
date
was
June
3rd
of
last
year
.
Could
you
give
me
the
date
when
Beppo
was
arrested
?
”
“
I
could
tell
you
roughly
by
the
pay
-
list
,
”
the
manager
answered
.
“
Yes
,
”
he
continued
,
after
some
turning
over
of
pages
,
“
he
was
paid
last
on
May
20th
.
”
“
Thank
you
,
”
said
Holmes
.
“
I
don
’
t
think
that
I
need
intrude
upon
your
time
and
patience
any
more
.
”
With
a
last
word
of
caution
that
he
should
say
nothing
as
to
our
researches
,
we
turned
our
faces
westward
once
more
.
