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There
was
one
man
at
the
rudder
,
one
to
tend
the
engines
,
and
two
burly
police
-
inspectors
forward
.
“
Where
to
?
”
asked
Jones
.
“
To
the
Tower
.
Tell
them
to
stop
opposite
Jacobson
’
s
Yard
.
”
Our
craft
was
evidently
a
very
fast
one
.
We
shot
past
the
long
lines
of
loaded
barges
as
though
they
were
stationary
.
Holmes
smiled
with
satisfaction
as
we
overhauled
a
river
steamer
and
left
her
behind
us
.
“
We
ought
to
be
able
to
catch
anything
on
the
river
,
”
he
said
.
“
Well
,
hardly
that
.
But
there
are
not
many
launches
to
beat
us
.
”
“
We
shall
have
to
catch
the
Aurora
,
and
she
has
a
name
for
being
a
clipper
.
I
will
tell
you
how
the
land
lies
,
Watson
.
You
recollect
how
annoyed
I
was
at
being
balked
by
so
small
a
thing
?
”
“
Yes
.
”
“
Well
,
I
gave
my
mind
a
thorough
rest
by
plunging
into
a
chemical
analysis
.
One
of
our
greatest
statesmen
has
said
that
a
change
of
work
is
the
best
rest
.
So
it
is
.
When
I
had
succeeded
in
dissolving
the
hydrocarbon
which
I
was
at
work
at
,
I
came
back
to
our
problem
of
the
Sholtos
,
and
thought
the
whole
matter
out
again
.
My
boys
had
been
up
the
river
and
down
the
river
without
result
.
The
launch
was
not
at
any
landing
-
stage
or
wharf
,
nor
had
it
returned
.
Yet
it
could
hardly
have
been
scuttled
to
hide
their
traces
,
—
though
that
always
remained
as
a
possible
hypothesis
if
all
else
failed
.
I
knew
this
man
Small
had
a
certain
degree
of
low
cunning
,
but
I
did
not
think
him
capable
of
anything
in
the
nature
of
delicate
finesse
.
That
is
usually
a
product
of
higher
education
.
I
then
reflected
that
since
he
had
certainly
been
in
London
some
time
—
as
we
had
evidence
that
he
maintained
a
continual
watch
over
Pondicherry
Lodge
—
he
could
hardly
leave
at
a
moment
’
s
notice
,
but
would
need
some
little
time
,
if
it
were
only
a
day
,
to
arrange
his
affairs
.
That
was
the
balance
of
probability
,
at
any
rate
.
”
