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“
If
you
use
the
code
which
I
have
explained
,
”
said
Holmes
,
“
you
will
find
that
it
simply
means
‘
Come
here
at
once
.
’
I
was
convinced
that
it
was
an
invitation
which
he
would
not
refuse
,
since
he
could
never
imagine
that
it
could
come
from
anyone
but
the
lady
.
And
so
,
my
dear
Watson
,
we
have
ended
by
turning
the
dancing
men
to
good
when
they
have
so
often
been
the
agents
of
evil
,
and
I
think
that
I
have
fulfilled
my
promise
of
giving
you
something
unusual
for
your
notebook
.
Three
-
forty
is
our
train
,
and
I
fancy
we
should
be
back
in
Baker
Street
for
dinner
.
”
Only
one
word
of
epilogue
.
The
American
,
Abe
Slaney
,
was
condemned
to
death
at
the
winter
assizes
at
Norwich
,
but
his
penalty
was
changed
to
penal
servitude
in
consideration
of
mitigating
circumstances
,
and
the
certainty
that
Hilton
Cubitt
had
fired
the
first
shot
.
Of
Mrs
.
Hilton
Cubitt
I
only
know
that
I
have
heard
she
recovered
entirely
,
and
that
she
still
remains
a
widow
,
devoting
her
whole
life
to
the
care
of
the
poor
and
to
the
administration
of
her
husband
’
s
estate
.
From
the
years
1894
to
1901
inclusive
,
Mr
.
Sherlock
Holmes
was
a
very
busy
man
.
It
is
safe
to
say
that
there
was
no
public
case
of
any
difficulty
in
which
he
was
not
consulted
during
those
eight
years
,
and
there
were
hundreds
of
private
cases
,
some
of
them
of
the
most
intricate
and
extraordinary
character
,
in
which
he
played
a
prominent
part
.
Many
startling
successes
and
a
few
unavoidable
failures
were
the
outcome
of
this
long
period
of
continuous
work
.
As
I
have
preserved
very
full
notes
of
all
these
cases
,
and
was
myself
personally
engaged
in
many
of
them
,
it
may
be
imagined
that
it
is
no
easy
task
to
know
which
I
should
select
to
lay
before
the
public
.
I
shall
,
however
,
preserve
my
former
rule
,
and
give
the
preference
to
those
cases
which
derive
their
interest
not
so
much
from
the
brutality
of
the
crime
as
from
the
ingenuity
and
dramatic
quality
of
the
solution
.
For
this
reason
I
will
now
lay
before
the
reader
the
facts
connected
with
Miss
Violet
Smith
,
the
solitary
cyclist
of
Charlington
,
and
the
curious
sequel
of
our
investigation
,
which
culminated
in
unexpected
tragedy
.
It
is
true
that
the
circumstance
did
not
admit
of
any
striking
illustration
of
those
powers
for
which
my
friend
was
famous
,
but
there
were
some
points
about
the
case
which
made
it
stand
out
in
those
long
records
of
crime
from
which
I
gather
the
material
for
these
little
narratives
.
On
referring
to
my
notebook
for
the
year
1895
,
I
find
that
it
was
upon
Saturday
,
the
23rd
of
April
,
that
we
first
heard
of
Miss
Violet
Smith
.
Her
visit
was
,
I
remember
,
extremely
unwelcome
to
Holmes
,
for
he
was
immersed
at
the
moment
in
a
very
abstruse
and
complicated
problem
concerning
the
peculiar
persecution
to
which
John
Vincent
Harden
,
the
well
-
known
tobacco
millionaire
,
had
been
subjected
.
My
friend
,
who
loved
above
all
things
precision
and
concentration
of
thought
,
resented
anything
which
distracted
his
attention
from
the
matter
in
hand
.
And
yet
,
without
a
harshness
which
was
foreign
to
his
nature
,
it
was
impossible
to
refuse
to
listen
to
the
story
of
the
young
and
beautiful
woman
,
tall
,
graceful
,
and
queenly
,
who
presented
herself
at
Baker
Street
late
in
the
evening
,
and
implored
his
assistance
and
advice
.
It
was
vain
to
urge
that
his
time
was
already
fully
occupied
,
for
the
young
lady
had
come
with
the
determination
to
tell
her
story
,
and
it
was
evident
that
nothing
short
of
force
could
get
her
out
of
the
room
until
she
had
done
so
.
With
a
resigned
air
and
a
somewhat
weary
smile
,
Holmes
begged
the
beautiful
intruder
to
take
a
seat
,
and
to
inform
us
what
it
was
that
was
troubling
her
.
“
At
least
it
cannot
be
your
health
,
”
said
he
,
as
his
keen
eyes
darted
over
her
,
“
so
ardent
a
bicyclist
must
be
full
of
energy
.
”
She
glanced
down
in
surprise
at
her
own
feet
,
and
I
observed
the
slight
roughening
of
the
side
of
the
sole
caused
by
the
friction
of
the
edge
of
the
pedal
.
“
Yes
,
I
bicycle
a
good
deal
,
Mr
.
Holmes
,
and
that
has
something
to
do
with
my
visit
to
you
to
-
day
.
”
My
friend
took
the
lady
’
s
ungloved
hand
,
and
examined
it
with
as
close
an
attention
and
as
little
sentiment
as
a
scientist
would
show
to
a
specimen
.
“
You
will
excuse
me
,
I
am
sure
.
It
is
my
business
,
”
said
he
,
as
he
dropped
it
.
“
I
nearly
fell
into
the
error
of
supposing
that
you
were
typewriting
.
Of
course
,
it
is
obvious
that
it
is
music
.
You
observe
the
spatulate
finger
-
ends
,
Watson
,
which
is
common
to
both
professions
?
There
is
a
spirituality
about
the
face
,
however
”
—
she
gently
turned
it
towards
the
light
—
“
which
the
typewriter
does
not
generate
.
This
lady
is
a
musician
.
”
