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Finally
,
he
picked
up
his
hunting
-
crop
and
struck
Napoleon
a
sharp
blow
on
the
top
of
the
head
.
The
figure
broke
into
fragments
,
and
Holmes
bent
eagerly
over
the
shattered
remains
.
Next
instant
,
with
a
loud
shout
of
triumph
he
held
up
one
splinter
,
in
which
a
round
,
dark
object
was
fixed
like
a
plum
in
a
pudding
.
“
Gentlemen
,
”
he
cried
,
“
let
me
introduce
you
to
the
famous
black
pearl
of
the
Borgias
.
”
Lestrade
and
I
sat
silent
for
a
moment
,
and
then
,
with
a
spontaneous
impulse
,
we
both
broke
at
clapping
,
as
at
the
well
-
wrought
crisis
of
a
play
.
A
flush
of
colour
sprang
to
Holmes
’
s
pale
cheeks
,
and
he
bowed
to
us
like
the
master
dramatist
who
receives
the
homage
of
his
audience
.
It
was
at
such
moments
that
for
an
instant
he
ceased
to
be
a
reasoning
machine
,
and
betrayed
his
human
love
for
admiration
and
applause
.
The
same
singularly
proud
and
reserved
nature
which
turned
away
with
disdain
from
popular
notoriety
was
capable
of
being
moved
to
its
depths
by
spontaneous
wonder
and
praise
from
a
friend
.
“
Yes
,
gentlemen
,
”
said
he
,
“
it
is
the
most
famous
pearl
now
existing
in
the
world
,
and
it
has
been
my
good
fortune
,
by
a
connected
chain
of
inductive
reasoning
,
to
trace
it
from
the
Prince
of
Colonna
’
s
bedroom
at
the
Dacre
Hotel
,
where
it
was
lost
,
to
the
interior
of
this
,
the
last
of
the
six
busts
of
Napoleon
which
were
manufactured
by
Gelder
&
Co
.
,
of
Stepney
.
You
will
remember
,
Lestrade
,
the
sensation
caused
by
the
disappearance
of
this
valuable
jewel
and
the
vain
efforts
of
the
London
police
to
recover
it
.
I
was
myself
consulted
upon
the
case
,
but
I
was
unable
to
throw
any
light
upon
it
.
Suspicion
fell
upon
the
maid
of
the
Princess
,
who
was
an
Italian
,
and
it
was
proved
that
she
had
a
brother
in
London
,
but
we
failed
to
trace
any
connection
between
them
.
The
maid
’
s
name
was
Lucretia
Venucci
,
and
there
is
no
doubt
in
my
mind
that
this
Pietro
who
was
murdered
two
nights
ago
was
the
brother
.
I
have
been
looking
up
the
dates
in
the
old
files
of
the
paper
,
and
I
find
that
the
disappearance
of
the
pearl
was
exactly
two
days
before
the
arrest
of
Beppo
,
for
some
crime
of
violence
—
an
event
which
took
place
in
the
factory
of
Gelder
&
Co
.
,
at
the
very
moment
when
these
busts
were
being
made
.
Now
you
clearly
see
the
sequence
of
events
,
though
you
see
them
,
of
course
,
in
the
inverse
order
to
the
way
in
which
they
presented
themselves
to
me
.
Beppo
had
the
pearl
in
his
possession
.
He
may
have
stolen
it
from
Pietro
,
he
may
have
been
Pietro
’
s
confederate
,
he
may
have
been
the
go
-
between
of
Pietro
and
his
sister
.
It
is
of
no
consequence
to
us
which
is
the
correct
solution
.
“
The
main
fact
is
that
he
had
the
pearl
,
and
at
that
moment
,
when
it
was
on
his
person
,
he
was
pursued
by
the
police
.
He
made
for
the
factory
in
which
he
worked
,
and
he
knew
that
he
had
only
a
few
minutes
in
which
to
conceal
this
enormously
valuable
prize
,
which
would
otherwise
be
found
on
him
when
he
was
searched
.
Six
plaster
casts
of
Napoleon
were
drying
in
the
passage
.
One
of
them
was
still
soft
.
In
an
instant
Beppo
,
a
skilful
workman
,
made
a
small
hole
in
the
wet
plaster
,
dropped
in
the
pearl
,
and
with
a
few
touches
covered
over
the
aperture
once
more
.
It
was
an
admirable
hiding
-
place
.
No
one
could
possibly
find
it
.
But
Beppo
was
condemned
to
a
year
’
s
imprisonment
,
and
in
the
meanwhile
his
six
busts
were
scattered
over
London
.
He
could
not
tell
which
contained
his
treasure
.
Only
by
breaking
them
could
he
see
.
Even
shaking
would
tell
him
nothing
,
for
as
the
plaster
was
wet
it
was
probable
that
the
pearl
would
adhere
to
it
—
as
,
in
fact
,
it
has
done
.
Beppo
did
not
despair
,
and
he
conducted
his
search
with
considerable
ingenuity
and
perseverance
.
Through
a
cousin
who
works
with
Gelder
,
he
found
out
the
retail
firms
who
had
bought
the
busts
.
He
managed
to
find
employment
with
Morse
Hudson
,
and
in
that
way
tracked
down
three
of
them
.
The
pearl
was
not
there
.
Then
,
with
the
help
of
some
Italian
employee
,
he
succeeded
in
finding
out
where
the
other
three
busts
had
gone
.
The
first
was
at
Harker
’
s
.
There
he
was
dogged
by
his
confederate
,
who
held
Beppo
responsible
for
the
loss
of
the
pearl
,
and
he
stabbed
him
in
the
scuffle
which
followed
.
”
“
If
he
was
his
confederate
,
why
should
he
carry
his
photograph
?
”
I
asked
.
“
As
a
means
of
tracing
him
,
if
he
wished
to
inquire
about
him
from
any
third
person
.
That
was
the
obvious
reason
.
Well
,
after
the
murder
I
calculated
that
Beppo
would
probably
hurry
rather
than
delay
his
movements
.
He
would
fear
that
the
police
would
read
his
secret
,
and
so
he
hastened
on
before
they
should
get
ahead
of
him
.
Of
course
,
I
could
not
say
that
he
had
not
found
the
pearl
in
Harker
’
s
bust
.
I
had
not
even
concluded
for
certain
that
it
was
the
pearl
,
but
it
was
evident
to
me
that
he
was
looking
for
something
,
since
he
carried
the
bust
past
the
other
houses
in
order
to
break
it
in
the
garden
which
had
a
lamp
overlooking
it
.
Since
Harker
’
s
bust
was
one
in
three
,
the
chances
were
exactly
as
I
told
you
—
two
to
one
against
the
pearl
being
inside
it
.
There
remained
two
busts
,
and
it
was
obvious
that
he
would
go
for
the
London
one
first
.
I
warned
the
inmates
of
the
house
,
so
as
to
avoid
a
second
tragedy
,
and
we
went
down
,
with
the
happiest
results
.
By
that
time
,
of
course
,
I
knew
for
certain
that
it
was
the
Borgia
pearl
that
we
were
after
.
The
name
of
the
murdered
man
linked
the
one
event
with
the
other
.
There
only
remained
a
single
bust
—
the
Reading
one
—
and
the
pearl
must
be
there
.
I
bought
it
in
your
presence
from
the
owner
—
and
there
it
lies
.
”
