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My
friend
has
so
often
astonished
me
in
the
course
of
our
adventures
that
it
was
with
a
sense
of
exultation
that
I
realized
how
completely
I
had
astonished
him
.
He
stared
in
amazement
,
and
then
snatched
the
paper
from
my
hands
.
This
was
the
paragraph
which
I
had
been
engaged
in
reading
when
he
rose
from
his
chair
:
MURDER
IN
WESTMINSTER
A
crime
of
mysterious
character
was
committed
last
night
at
16
,
Godolphin
Street
,
one
of
the
old
-
fashioned
and
secluded
rows
of
eighteenth
century
houses
which
lie
between
the
river
and
the
Abbey
,
almost
in
the
shadow
of
the
great
Tower
of
the
Houses
of
Parliament
.
This
small
but
select
mansion
has
been
inhabited
for
some
years
by
Mr
.
Eduardo
Lucas
,
well
-
known
in
society
circles
both
on
account
of
his
charming
personality
and
because
he
has
the
well
-
deserved
reputation
of
being
one
of
the
best
amateur
tenors
in
the
country
.
Mr
.
Lucas
is
an
unmarried
man
,
thirty
-
four
years
of
age
,
and
his
establishment
consists
of
Mrs
.
Pringle
,
an
elderly
housekeeper
,
and
of
Mitton
,
his
valet
.
The
former
retires
early
and
sleeps
at
the
top
of
the
house
.
The
valet
was
out
for
the
evening
,
visiting
a
friend
at
Hammersmith
.
From
ten
o
’
clock
onward
Mr
.
Lucas
had
the
house
to
himself
.
What
occurred
during
that
time
has
not
yet
transpired
,
but
at
a
quarter
to
twelve
Police
-
constable
Barrett
,
passing
along
Godolphin
Street
observed
that
the
door
of
No
.
16
was
ajar
.
He
knocked
,
but
received
no
answer
.
Perceiving
a
light
in
the
front
room
,
he
advanced
into
the
passage
and
again
knocked
,
but
without
reply
.
He
then
pushed
open
the
door
and
entered
.
The
room
was
in
a
state
of
wild
disorder
,
the
furniture
being
all
swept
to
one
side
,
and
one
chair
lying
on
its
back
in
the
centre
.
Beside
this
chair
,
and
still
grasping
one
of
its
legs
,
lay
the
unfortunate
tenant
of
the
house
.
He
had
been
stabbed
to
the
heart
and
must
have
died
instantly
.
The
knife
with
which
the
crime
had
been
committed
was
a
curved
Indian
dagger
,
plucked
down
from
a
trophy
of
Oriental
arms
which
adorned
one
of
the
walls
.
Robbery
does
not
appear
to
have
been
the
motive
of
the
crime
,
for
there
had
been
no
attempt
to
remove
the
valuable
contents
of
the
room
.
Mr
.
Eduardo
Lucas
was
so
well
-
known
and
popular
that
his
violent
and
mysterious
fate
will
arouse
painful
interest
and
intense
sympathy
in
a
widespread
circle
of
friends
.
“
Well
,
Watson
,
what
do
you
make
of
this
?
”
asked
Holmes
,
after
a
long
pause
.
“
It
is
an
amazing
coincidence
.
”
“
A
coincidence
!
Here
is
one
of
the
three
men
whom
we
had
named
as
possible
actors
in
this
drama
,
and
he
meets
a
violent
death
during
the
very
hours
when
we
know
that
that
drama
was
being
enacted
.
The
odds
are
enormous
against
its
being
coincidence
.
No
figures
could
express
them
.
No
,
my
dear
Watson
,
the
two
events
are
connected
—
must
be
connected
.
It
is
for
us
to
find
the
connection
.
”
“
But
now
the
official
police
must
know
all
.
”
“
Not
at
all
.
They
know
all
they
see
at
Godolphin
Street
.
They
know
—
and
shall
know
—
nothing
of
Whitehall
Terrace
.
Only
we
know
of
both
events
,
and
can
trace
the
relation
between
them
.
There
is
one
obvious
point
which
would
,
in
any
case
,
have
turned
my
suspicions
against
Lucas
.
Godolphin
Street
,
Westminster
,
is
only
a
few
minutes
’
walk
from
Whitehall
Terrace
.
The
other
secret
agents
whom
I
have
named
live
in
the
extreme
West
End
.
