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About
a
week
ago
—
it
was
the
Tuesday
of
last
week
—
I
found
on
one
of
the
window
-
sills
a
number
of
absurd
little
dancing
figures
like
these
upon
the
paper
.
They
were
scrawled
with
chalk
.
I
thought
that
it
was
the
stable
-
boy
who
had
drawn
them
,
but
the
lad
swore
he
knew
nothing
about
it
.
Anyhow
,
they
had
come
there
during
the
night
.
I
had
them
washed
out
,
and
I
only
mentioned
the
matter
to
my
wife
afterwards
.
To
my
surprise
,
she
took
it
very
seriously
,
and
begged
me
if
any
more
came
to
let
her
see
them
.
None
did
come
for
a
week
,
and
then
yesterday
morning
I
found
this
paper
lying
on
the
sundial
in
the
garden
.
I
showed
it
to
Elsie
,
and
down
she
dropped
in
a
dead
faint
.
Since
then
she
has
looked
like
a
woman
in
a
dream
,
half
dazed
,
and
with
terror
always
lurking
in
her
eyes
.
It
was
then
that
I
wrote
and
sent
the
paper
to
you
,
Mr
.
Holmes
.
It
was
not
a
thing
that
I
could
take
to
the
police
,
for
they
would
have
laughed
at
me
,
but
you
will
tell
me
what
to
do
.
I
am
not
a
rich
man
,
but
if
there
is
any
danger
threatening
my
little
woman
,
I
would
spend
my
last
copper
to
shield
her
.
”
He
was
a
fine
creature
,
this
man
of
the
old
English
soil
—
simple
,
straight
,
and
gentle
,
with
his
great
,
earnest
blue
eyes
and
broad
,
comely
face
.
His
love
for
his
wife
and
his
trust
in
her
shone
in
his
features
.
Holmes
had
listened
to
his
story
with
the
utmost
attention
,
and
now
he
sat
for
some
time
in
silent
thought
.
“
Don
’
t
you
think
,
Mr
.
Cubitt
,
”
said
he
,
at
last
,
“
that
your
best
plan
would
be
to
make
a
direct
appeal
to
your
wife
,
and
to
ask
her
to
share
her
secret
with
you
?
”
Hilton
Cubitt
shook
his
massive
head
.
“
A
promise
is
a
promise
,
Mr
.
Holmes
.
If
Elsie
wished
to
tell
me
she
would
.
If
not
,
it
is
not
for
me
to
force
her
confidence
.
But
I
am
justified
in
taking
my
own
line
—
and
I
will
.
”
“
Then
I
will
help
you
with
all
my
heart
.
In
the
first
place
,
have
you
heard
of
any
strangers
being
seen
in
your
neighbourhood
?
”
“
No
.
”
“
I
presume
that
it
is
a
very
quiet
place
.
Any
fresh
face
would
cause
comment
?
”
“
In
the
immediate
neighbourhood
,
yes
.
But
we
have
several
small
watering
-
places
not
very
far
away
.
And
the
farmers
take
in
lodgers
.
”
“
These
hieroglyphics
have
evidently
a
meaning
.
If
it
is
a
purely
arbitrary
one
,
it
may
be
impossible
for
us
to
solve
it
.
If
,
on
the
other
hand
,
it
is
systematic
,
I
have
no
doubt
that
we
shall
get
to
the
bottom
of
it
.
But
this
particular
sample
is
so
short
that
I
can
do
nothing
,
and
the
facts
which
you
have
brought
me
are
so
indefinite
that
we
have
no
basis
for
an
investigation
.
I
would
suggest
that
you
return
to
Norfolk
,
that
you
keep
a
keen
lookout
,
and
that
you
take
an
exact
copy
of
any
fresh
dancing
men
which
may
appear
.
It
is
a
thousand
pities
that
we
have
not
a
reproduction
of
those
which
were
done
in
chalk
upon
the
window
-
sill
.
Make
a
discreet
inquiry
also
as
to
any
strangers
in
the
neighbourhood
.
When
you
have
collected
some
fresh
evidence
,
come
to
me
again
.
That
is
the
best
advice
which
I
can
give
you
,
Mr
.
Hilton
Cubitt
.
If
there
are
any
pressing
fresh
developments
,
I
shall
be
always
ready
to
run
down
and
see
you
in
your
Norfolk
home
.
