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Had
he
read
that
letter
his
confidence
would
have
been
forever
destroyed
.
It
is
years
since
I
wrote
it
.
I
had
thought
that
the
whole
matter
was
forgotten
.
Then
at
last
I
heard
from
this
man
,
Lucas
,
that
it
had
passed
into
his
hands
,
and
that
he
would
lay
it
before
my
husband
.
I
implored
his
mercy
.
He
said
that
he
would
return
my
letter
if
I
would
bring
him
a
certain
document
which
he
described
in
my
husband
s
despatch
-
box
.
He
had
some
spy
in
the
office
who
had
told
him
of
its
existence
.
He
assured
me
that
no
harm
could
come
to
my
husband
.
Put
yourself
in
my
position
,
Mr
.
Holmes
!
What
was
I
to
do
?
Take
your
husband
into
your
confidence
.
I
could
not
,
Mr
.
Holmes
,
I
could
not
!
On
the
one
side
seemed
certain
ruin
,
on
the
other
,
terrible
as
it
seemed
to
take
my
husband
s
paper
,
still
in
a
matter
of
politics
I
could
not
understand
the
consequences
,
while
in
a
matter
of
love
and
trust
they
were
only
too
clear
to
me
.
I
did
it
,
Mr
.
Holmes
!
I
took
an
impression
of
his
key
.
This
man
,
Lucas
,
furnished
a
duplicate
.
I
opened
his
despatch
-
box
,
took
the
paper
,
and
conveyed
it
to
Godolphin
Street
.
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What
happened
there
,
madam
?
I
tapped
at
the
door
as
agreed
.
Lucas
opened
it
.
I
followed
him
into
his
room
,
leaving
the
hall
door
ajar
behind
me
,
for
I
feared
to
be
alone
with
the
man
.
I
remember
that
there
was
a
woman
outside
as
I
entered
.
Our
business
was
soon
done
.
He
had
my
letter
on
his
desk
,
I
handed
him
the
document
.
He
gave
me
the
letter
.
At
this
instant
there
was
a
sound
at
the
door
.
There
were
steps
in
the
passage
.
Lucas
quickly
turned
back
the
drugget
,
thrust
the
document
into
some
hiding
-
place
there
,
and
covered
it
over
.
What
happened
after
that
is
like
some
fearful
dream
.
I
have
a
vision
of
a
dark
,
frantic
face
,
of
a
woman
s
voice
,
which
screamed
in
French
,
My
waiting
is
not
in
vain
.
At
last
,
at
last
I
have
found
you
with
her
!
There
was
a
savage
struggle
.
I
saw
him
with
a
chair
in
his
hand
,
a
knife
gleamed
in
hers
.
I
rushed
from
the
horrible
scene
,
ran
from
the
house
,
and
only
next
morning
in
the
paper
did
I
learn
the
dreadful
result
.
That
night
I
was
happy
,
for
I
had
my
letter
,
and
I
had
not
seen
yet
what
the
future
would
bring
.
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It
was
the
next
morning
that
I
realized
that
I
had
only
exchanged
one
trouble
for
another
.
My
husband
s
anguish
at
the
loss
of
his
paper
went
to
my
heart
.
I
could
hardly
prevent
myself
from
there
and
then
kneeling
down
at
his
feet
and
telling
him
what
I
had
done
.
But
that
again
would
mean
a
confession
of
the
past
.
I
came
to
you
that
morning
in
order
to
understand
the
full
enormity
of
my
offence
.
From
the
instant
that
I
grasped
it
my
whole
mind
was
turned
to
the
one
thought
of
getting
back
my
husband
s
paper
.
It
must
still
be
where
Lucas
had
placed
it
,
for
it
was
concealed
before
this
dreadful
woman
entered
the
room
.
If
it
had
not
been
for
her
coming
,
I
should
not
have
known
where
his
hiding
-
place
was
.
How
was
I
to
get
into
the
room
?
For
two
days
I
watched
the
place
,
but
the
door
was
never
left
open
.
Last
night
I
made
a
last
attempt
.
What
I
did
and
how
I
succeeded
,
you
have
already
learned
.
I
brought
the
paper
back
with
me
,
and
thought
of
destroying
it
,
since
I
could
see
no
way
of
returning
it
without
confessing
my
guilt
to
my
husband
.
Heavens
,
I
hear
his
step
upon
the
stair
!
The
European
Secretary
burst
excitedly
into
the
room
.
Any
news
,
Mr
.
Holmes
,
any
news
?
he
cried
.