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There
I
halted
on
my
way
home
,
and
met
with
courtesy
from
the
representative
.
No
,
I
could
not
have
Charlington
Hall
for
the
summer
.
I
was
just
too
late
.
It
had
been
let
about
a
month
ago
.
Mr
.
Williamson
was
the
name
of
the
tenant
.
He
was
a
respectable
,
elderly
gentleman
.
The
polite
agent
was
afraid
he
could
say
no
more
,
as
the
affairs
of
his
clients
were
not
matters
which
he
could
discuss
.
Mr
.
Sherlock
Holmes
listened
with
attention
to
the
long
report
which
I
was
able
to
present
to
him
that
evening
,
but
it
did
not
elicit
that
word
of
curt
praise
which
I
had
hoped
for
and
should
have
valued
.
On
the
contrary
,
his
austere
face
was
even
more
severe
than
usual
as
he
commented
upon
the
things
that
I
had
done
and
the
things
that
I
had
not
.
“
Your
hiding
-
place
,
my
dear
Watson
,
was
very
faulty
.
You
should
have
been
behind
the
hedge
,
then
you
would
have
had
a
close
view
of
this
interesting
person
.
As
it
is
,
you
were
some
hundreds
of
yards
away
and
can
tell
me
even
less
than
Miss
Smith
.
She
thinks
she
does
not
know
the
man
;
I
am
convinced
she
does
.
Why
,
otherwise
,
should
he
be
so
desperately
anxious
that
she
should
not
get
so
near
him
as
to
see
his
features
?
You
describe
him
as
bending
over
the
handle
-
bar
.
Concealment
again
,
you
see
.
You
really
have
done
remarkably
badly
.
He
returns
to
the
house
,
and
you
want
to
find
out
who
he
is
.
You
come
to
a
London
house
agent
!
”
“
What
should
I
have
done
?
”
I
cried
,
with
some
heat
.
“
Gone
to
the
nearest
public
-
house
.
That
is
the
centre
of
country
gossip
.
They
would
have
told
you
every
name
,
from
the
master
to
the
scullery
-
maid
.
Williamson
?
It
conveys
nothing
to
my
mind
.
If
he
is
an
elderly
man
he
is
not
this
active
cyclist
who
sprints
away
from
that
young
lady
’
s
athletic
pursuit
.
What
have
we
gained
by
your
expedition
?
The
knowledge
that
the
girl
’
s
story
is
true
.
I
never
doubted
it
.
That
there
is
a
connection
between
the
cyclist
and
the
Hall
.
I
never
doubted
that
either
.
That
the
Hall
is
tenanted
by
Williamson
.
Who
’
s
the
better
for
that
?
Well
,
well
,
my
dear
sir
,
don
’
t
look
so
depressed
.
We
can
do
little
more
until
next
Saturday
,
and
in
the
meantime
I
may
make
one
or
two
inquiries
myself
.
”
Next
morning
,
we
had
a
note
from
Miss
Smith
,
recounting
shortly
and
accurately
the
very
incidents
which
I
had
seen
,
but
the
pith
of
the
letter
lay
in
the
postscript
:
“
I
am
sure
that
you
will
respect
my
confidence
,
Mr
.
Holmes
,
when
I
tell
you
that
my
place
here
has
become
difficult
,
owing
to
the
fact
that
my
employer
has
proposed
marriage
to
me
.
I
am
convinced
that
his
feelings
are
most
deep
and
most
honourable
.
At
the
same
time
,
my
promise
is
of
course
given
.
He
took
my
refusal
very
seriously
,
but
also
very
gently
.
You
can
understand
,
however
,
that
the
situation
is
a
little
strained
.
”
“
Our
young
friend
seems
to
be
getting
into
deep
waters
,
”
said
Holmes
,
thoughtfully
,
as
he
finished
the
letter
.
“
The
case
certainly
presents
more
features
of
interest
and
more
possibility
of
development
than
I
had
originally
thought
.
I
should
be
none
the
worse
for
a
quiet
,
peaceful
day
in
the
country
,
and
I
am
inclined
to
run
down
this
afternoon
and
test
one
or
two
theories
which
I
have
formed
.
”
