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“
I
fear
it
is
rather
too
late
an
hour
for
explanations
,
”
said
Holmes
.
“
Besides
,
there
are
one
or
two
details
which
are
not
finished
off
,
and
it
is
one
of
those
cases
which
are
worth
working
out
to
the
very
end
.
If
you
will
come
round
once
more
to
my
rooms
at
six
o
’
clock
to
-
morrow
,
I
think
I
shall
be
able
to
show
you
that
even
now
you
have
not
grasped
the
entire
meaning
of
this
business
,
which
presents
some
features
which
make
it
absolutely
original
in
the
history
of
crime
.
If
ever
I
permit
you
to
chronicle
any
more
of
my
little
problems
,
Watson
,
I
foresee
that
you
will
enliven
your
pages
by
an
account
of
the
singular
adventure
of
the
Napoleonic
busts
.
”
When
we
met
again
next
evening
,
Lestrade
was
furnished
with
much
information
concerning
our
prisoner
.
His
name
,
it
appeared
,
was
Beppo
,
second
name
unknown
.
He
was
a
well
-
known
ne
’
er
-
do
-
well
among
the
Italian
colony
.
He
had
once
been
a
skilful
sculptor
and
had
earned
an
honest
living
,
but
he
had
taken
to
evil
courses
and
had
twice
already
been
in
jail
—
once
for
a
petty
theft
,
and
once
,
as
we
had
already
heard
,
for
stabbing
a
fellow
-
countryman
.
He
could
talk
English
perfectly
well
.
His
reasons
for
destroying
the
busts
were
still
unknown
,
and
he
refused
to
answer
any
questions
upon
the
subject
,
but
the
police
had
discovered
that
these
same
busts
might
very
well
have
been
made
by
his
own
hands
,
since
he
was
engaged
in
this
class
of
work
at
the
establishment
of
Gelder
&
Co
.
To
all
this
information
,
much
of
which
we
already
knew
,
Holmes
listened
with
polite
attention
,
but
I
,
who
knew
him
so
well
,
could
clearly
see
that
his
thoughts
were
elsewhere
,
and
I
detected
a
mixture
of
mingled
uneasiness
and
expectation
beneath
that
mask
which
he
was
wont
to
assume
.
At
last
he
started
in
his
chair
,
and
his
eyes
brightened
.
There
had
been
a
ring
at
the
bell
.
A
minute
later
we
heard
steps
upon
the
stairs
,
and
an
elderly
red
-
faced
man
with
grizzled
side
-
whiskers
was
ushered
in
.
In
his
right
hand
he
carried
an
old
-
fashioned
carpet
-
bag
,
which
he
placed
upon
the
table
.
“
Is
Mr
.
Sherlock
Holmes
here
?
”
My
friend
bowed
and
smiled
.
“
Mr
.
Sandeford
,
of
Reading
,
I
suppose
?
”
said
he
.
“
Yes
,
sir
,
I
fear
that
I
am
a
little
late
,
but
the
trains
were
awkward
.
You
wrote
to
me
about
a
bust
that
is
in
my
possession
.
”
“
Exactly
.
”
“
I
have
your
letter
here
.
You
said
,
‘
I
desire
to
possess
a
copy
of
Devine
’
s
Napoleon
,
and
am
prepared
to
pay
you
ten
pounds
for
the
one
which
is
in
your
possession
.
’
Is
that
right
?
”
“
Certainly
.
”
