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It
was
a
long
day
.
Every
time
that
a
knock
came
to
the
door
,
or
a
sharp
step
passed
in
the
street
,
I
imagined
that
it
was
either
Holmes
returning
or
an
answer
to
his
advertisement
.
I
tried
to
read
,
but
my
thoughts
would
wander
off
to
our
strange
quest
and
to
the
ill
-
assorted
and
villainous
pair
whom
we
were
pursuing
.
Could
there
be
,
I
wondered
,
some
radical
flaw
in
my
companion
’
s
reasoning
.
Might
he
be
suffering
from
some
huge
self
-
deception
?
Was
it
not
possible
that
his
nimble
and
speculative
mind
had
built
up
this
wild
theory
upon
faulty
premises
?
I
had
never
known
him
to
be
wrong
;
and
yet
the
keenest
reasoner
may
occasionally
be
deceived
.
He
was
likely
,
I
thought
,
to
fall
into
error
through
the
over
-
refinement
of
his
logic
,
—
his
preference
for
a
subtle
and
bizarre
explanation
when
a
plainer
and
more
commonplace
one
lay
ready
to
his
hand
.
Yet
,
on
the
other
hand
,
I
had
myself
seen
the
evidence
,
and
I
had
heard
the
reasons
for
his
deductions
.
When
I
looked
back
on
the
long
chain
of
curious
circumstances
,
many
of
them
trivial
in
themselves
,
but
all
tending
in
the
same
direction
,
I
could
not
disguise
from
myself
that
even
if
Holmes
’
s
explanation
were
incorrect
the
true
theory
must
be
equally
outré
and
startling
.
At
three
o
’
clock
in
the
afternoon
there
was
a
loud
peal
at
the
bell
,
an
authoritative
voice
in
the
hall
,
and
,
to
my
surprise
,
no
less
a
person
than
Mr
.
Athelney
Jones
was
shown
up
to
me
.
Very
different
was
he
,
however
,
from
the
brusque
and
masterful
professor
of
common
sense
who
had
taken
over
the
case
so
confidently
at
Upper
Norwood
.
His
expression
was
downcast
,
and
his
bearing
meek
and
even
apologetic
.
“
Good
-
day
,
sir
;
good
-
day
,
”
said
he
.
“
Mr
.
Sherlock
Holmes
is
out
,
I
understand
.
”
“
Yes
,
and
I
cannot
be
sure
when
he
will
be
back
.
But
perhaps
you
would
care
to
wait
.
Take
that
chair
and
try
one
of
these
cigars
.
”
“
Thank
you
;
I
don
’
t
mind
if
I
do
,
”
said
he
,
mopping
his
face
with
a
red
bandanna
handkerchief
.
“
And
a
whiskey
-
and
-
soda
?
”
“
Well
,
half
a
glass
.
It
is
very
hot
for
the
time
of
year
;
and
I
have
had
a
good
deal
to
worry
and
try
me
.
You
know
my
theory
about
this
Norwood
case
?
”
“
I
remember
that
you
expressed
one
.
”
“
Well
,
I
have
been
obliged
to
reconsider
it
.
I
had
my
net
drawn
tightly
round
Mr
.
Sholto
,
sir
,
when
pop
he
went
through
a
hole
in
the
middle
of
it
.
He
was
able
to
prove
an
alibi
which
could
not
be
shaken
.
From
the
time
that
he
left
his
brother
’
s
room
he
was
never
out
of
sight
of
some
one
or
other
.
So
it
could
not
be
he
who
climbed
over
roofs
and
through
trap
-
doors
.
It
’
s
a
very
dark
case
,
and
my
professional
credit
is
at
stake
.
I
should
be
very
glad
of
a
little
assistance
.
”
