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He
leaned
forward
in
his
chair
with
an
expression
of
extraordinary
concentration
upon
his
clear
-
cut
,
hawklike
features
.
“
State
your
case
,
”
said
he
,
in
brisk
,
business
tones
.
I
felt
that
my
position
was
an
embarrassing
one
.
“
You
will
,
I
am
sure
,
excuse
me
,
”
I
said
,
rising
from
my
chair
.
To
my
surprise
,
the
young
lady
held
up
her
gloved
hand
to
detain
me
.
“
If
your
friend
,
”
she
said
,
“
would
be
good
enough
to
stop
,
he
might
be
of
inestimable
service
to
me
.
”
I
relapsed
into
my
chair
.
“
Briefly
,
”
she
continued
,
“
the
facts
are
these
.
My
father
was
an
officer
in
an
Indian
regiment
who
sent
me
home
when
I
was
quite
a
child
.
My
mother
was
dead
,
and
I
had
no
relative
in
England
.
I
was
placed
,
however
,
in
a
comfortable
boarding
establishment
at
Edinburgh
,
and
there
I
remained
until
I
was
seventeen
years
of
age
.
In
the
year
1878
my
father
,
who
was
senior
captain
of
his
regiment
,
obtained
twelve
months
’
leave
and
came
home
.
He
telegraphed
to
me
from
London
that
he
had
arrived
all
safe
,
and
directed
me
to
come
down
at
once
,
giving
the
Langham
Hotel
as
his
address
.
His
message
,
as
I
remember
,
was
full
of
kindness
and
love
.
On
reaching
London
I
drove
to
the
Langham
,
and
was
informed
that
Captain
Morstan
was
staying
there
,
but
that
he
had
gone
out
the
night
before
and
had
not
yet
returned
.
I
waited
all
day
without
news
of
him
.
That
night
,
on
the
advice
of
the
manager
of
the
hotel
,
I
communicated
with
the
police
,
and
next
morning
we
advertised
in
all
the
papers
.
Our
inquiries
led
to
no
result
;
and
from
that
day
to
this
no
word
has
ever
been
heard
of
my
unfortunate
father
.
He
came
home
with
his
heart
full
of
hope
,
to
find
some
peace
,
some
comfort
,
and
instead
—
”
She
put
her
hand
to
her
throat
,
and
a
choking
sob
cut
short
the
sentence
.
“
The
date
?
”
asked
Holmes
,
opening
his
note
-
book
.
“
He
disappeared
upon
the
3rd
of
December
,
1878
,
—
nearly
ten
years
ago
.
”
“
His
luggage
?
”
“
Remained
at
the
hotel
.
There
was
nothing
in
it
to
suggest
a
clue
,
—
some
clothes
,
some
books
,
and
a
considerable
number
of
curiosities
from
the
Andaman
Islands
.
He
had
been
one
of
the
officers
in
charge
of
the
convict
-
guard
there
.
”
