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And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as yours.”","dir":"ltr","width":"269.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so,” he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself down into","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"an armchair. “You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"room.”","dir":"ltr","width":"29.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“Frequently.”","dir":"ltr","width":"58.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“How often?”","dir":"ltr","width":"60.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“Well, some hundreds of times.”","dir":"ltr","width":"141.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“Then how many are there?”","dir":"ltr","width":"125.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“How many? I don’t know.”","dir":"ltr","width":"122.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"observed. By-the-way, since you are interested in these little problems, and since","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"you are good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences, you may","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"be interested in this.” He threw over a sheet of thick, pink-tinted note-paper which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"had been lying open upon the table. “It came by the last post,” said he. “Read it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"aloud.”","dir":"ltr","width":"31.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"The note was undated, and without either signature or address.","dir":"ltr","width":"272.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“There will call upon you to-night, at a quarter to eight o’clock,” it said, “a gen-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"tleman who desires to consult you upon a matter of the very deepest moment. Your","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"recent services to one of the royal houses of Europe have shown that you are one","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"who may safely be trusted with matters which are of an importance which can","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"hardly be exaggerated. This account of you we have from all quarters received.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"a mask.”","dir":"ltr","width":"37.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“This is indeed a mystery,” I remarked. “What do you imagine that it means?”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"But the note itself. What do you deduce from it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"216.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"I carefully examined the writing, and the paper upon which it was written.","dir":"ltr","width":"323.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“The man who wrote it was presumably well to do,” I remarked, endeavouring","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"to imitate my companion’s processes. “Such paper could not be bought under half","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"a crown a packet. It is peculiarly strong and stiff.”","dir":"ltr","width":"217.67","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"“Peculiar—that is the very word,” said Holmes. “It is not an English paper at","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":6,"change":"none","str":"all. Hold it up to the light.”","dir":"ltr","width":"118.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA","dir":"ltr","width":"210.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"6","dir":"ltr","width":"5.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","471.03","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":471.029,"y":736.017} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"I did so, and saw a large “E” with a small “g,” a “P,” and a large “G” with","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"a small “t” woven into the texture of the paper.","dir":"ltr","width":"203.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“What do you make of that?” asked Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"194.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“The name of the maker, no doubt; or his monogram, rather.”","dir":"ltr","width":"266.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“Not at all. The ‘G’ with the small ‘t’ stands for ’Gesellschaft,’ which is the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"German for ‘Company.’ It is a customary contraction like our ‘Co.’ ‘P,’ of course,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"stands for ’Papier.’ Now for the ‘Eg.’ Let us glance at our Continental Gazetteer.”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"He took down a heavy brown volume from his shelves. “Eglow, Eglonitz—here we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"are, Egria. It is in a German-speaking country—in Bohemia, not far from Carlsbad.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"‘Remarkable as being the scene of the death of Wallenstein, and for its numerous","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"glass-factories and paper-mills.’ Ha, ha, my boy, what do you make of that?” His","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue triumphant cloud from his cigarette.","dir":"ltr","width":"340.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“The paper was made in Bohemia,” I said.","dir":"ltr","width":"184.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“Precisely. And the man who wrote the note is a German. Do you note the pe-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"culiar construction of the sentence—‘This account of you we have from all quarters","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"received.’ A Frenchman or Russian could not have written that. It is the German","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"who is so uncourteous to his verbs. It only remains, therefore, to discover what","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"is wanted by this German who writes upon Bohemian paper and prefers wearing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"a mask to showing his face. And here he comes, if I am not mistaken, to resolve","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"all our doubts.”","dir":"ltr","width":"66.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses’ hoofs and grating wheels","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"against the curb, followed by a sharp pull at the bell. Holmes whistled.","dir":"ltr","width":"308.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“A pair, by the sound,” said he. “Yes,” he continued, glancing out of the win-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"dow. “A nice little brougham and a pair of beauties. A hundred and fifty guineas","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"apiece. There’s money in this case, Watson, if there is nothing else.”","dir":"ltr","width":"297.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“I think that I had better go, Holmes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"164.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell. And","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"this promises to be interesting. It would be a pity to miss it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"263.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“But your client—”","dir":"ltr","width":"86.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“Never mind him. I may want your help, and so may he. Here he comes. Sit","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"down in that armchair, Doctor, and give us your best attention.”","dir":"ltr","width":"276.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"paused immediately outside the door. Then there was a loud and authoritative tap.","dir":"ltr","width":"357.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"“Come in!” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"110.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"A man entered who could hardly have been less than six feet six inches in","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":7,"change":"none","str":"height, with the chest and limbs of a Hercules. 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From the lower part","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"of the face he appeared to be a man of strong character, with a thick, hanging lip,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"and a long, straight chin suggestive of resolution pushed to the length of obstinacy.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“You had my note?” he asked with a deep harsh voice and a strongly marked","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"German accent. “I told you that I would call.” He looked from one to the other of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"us, as if uncertain which to address.","dir":"ltr","width":"155.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“Pray take a seat,” said Holmes. “This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"who is occasionally good enough to help me in my cases. Whom have I the honour","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"to address?”","dir":"ltr","width":"53.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“You may address me as the Count Von Kramm, a Bohemian nobleman. I un-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"derstand that this gentleman, your friend, is a man of honour and discretion, whom","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"I may trust with a matter of the most extreme importance. If not, I should much","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"prefer to communicate with you alone.”","dir":"ltr","width":"173.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by the wrist and pushed me back into my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"chair. “It is both, or none,” said he. “You may say before this gentleman anything","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"which you may say to me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"118.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"The Count shrugged his broad shoulders. “Then I must begin,” said he, “by","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"binding you both to absolute secrecy for two years; at the end of that time the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"matter will be of no importance. At present it is not too much to say that it is of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"such weight it may have an influence upon European history.”","dir":"ltr","width":"269.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“I promise,” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"112.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“And I.”","dir":"ltr","width":"35.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“You will excuse this mask,” continued our strange visitor. “The august person","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"who employs me wishes his agent to be unknown to you, and I may confess at once","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"that the title by which I have just called myself is not exactly my own.”","dir":"ltr","width":"309.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“I was aware of it,” said Holmes dryly.","dir":"ltr","width":"168.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“The circumstances are of great delicacy, and every precaution has to be taken","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"to quench what might grow to be an immense scandal and seriously compromise","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"one of the reigning families of Europe. To speak plainly, the matter implicates the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"great House of Ormstein, hereditary kings of Bohemia.”","dir":"ltr","width":"244.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“I was also aware of that,” murmured Holmes, settling himself down in his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"armchair and closing his eyes.","dir":"ltr","width":"131.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"Our visitor glanced with some apparent surprise at the languid, lounging figure","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"of the man who had been no doubt depicted to him as the most incisive reasoner","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"and most energetic agent in Europe. Holmes slowly reopened his eyes and looked","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"impatiently at his gigantic client.","dir":"ltr","width":"143.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"“If your Majesty would condescend to state your case,” he remarked, “I should","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"be better able to advise you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"126.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"The man sprang from his chair and paced up and down the room in uncontrol-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"lable agitation. Then, with a gesture of desperation, he tore the mask from his face","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"and hurled it upon the ground. “You are right,” he cried; “I am the King. Why","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":8,"change":"none","str":"should I attempt to conceal it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"136.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. 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Yet the matter was so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"I have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"308.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Then, pray consult,” said Holmes, shutting his eyes once more.","dir":"ltr","width":"279.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“The facts are briefly these: Some five years ago, during a lengthy visit to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"Warsaw, I made the acquaintance of the well-known adventuress, Irene Adler. The","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"name is no doubt familiar to you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"149.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Kindly look her up in my index, Doctor,” murmured Holmes without opening","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"his eyes. For many years he had adopted a system of docketing all paragraphs","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"concerning men and things, so that it was difficult to name a subject or a person on","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"which he could not at once furnish information. In this case I found her biography","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"sandwiched in between that of a Hebrew rabbi and that of a staff-commander who","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"had written a monograph upon the deep-sea fishes.","dir":"ltr","width":"221.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Let me see!” said Holmes. “Hum! Born in New Jersey in the year 1858. Con-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"tralto, hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donna Imperial Opera of Warsaw—yes! Retired","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"from operatic stage—ha! Living in London—quite so! Your Majesty, as I under-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"stand, became entangled with this young person, wrote her some compromising","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"letters, and is now desirous of getting those letters back.”","dir":"ltr","width":"248.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Precisely so. But how—”","dir":"ltr","width":"116.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Was there a secret marriage?”","dir":"ltr","width":"134.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“None.”","dir":"ltr","width":"35.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“No legal papers or certificates?”","dir":"ltr","width":"144.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“None.”","dir":"ltr","width":"35.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Then I fail to follow your Majesty. If this young person should produce her","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"letters for blackmailing or other purposes, how is she to prove their authenticity?”","dir":"ltr","width":"356.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“There is the writing.”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Pooh, pooh! Forgery.”","dir":"ltr","width":"101.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“My private note-paper.”","dir":"ltr","width":"108.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Stolen.”","dir":"ltr","width":"39.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“My own seal.”","dir":"ltr","width":"67.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Imitated.”","dir":"ltr","width":"48.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“My photograph.”","dir":"ltr","width":"79.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Bought.”","dir":"ltr","width":"43.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“We were both in the photograph.”","dir":"ltr","width":"151.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, dear! That is very bad! Your Majesty has indeed committed an indiscre-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"tion.”","dir":"ltr","width":"23.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“I was mad—insane.”","dir":"ltr","width":"95.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“You have compromised yourself seriously.”","dir":"ltr","width":"194.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":9,"change":"none","str":"“I was only Crown Prince then. I was young. I am but thirty now.”","dir":"ltr","width":"289.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA","dir":"ltr","width":"210.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"9","dir":"ltr","width":"5.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","471.03","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":471.029,"y":736.017} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“It must be recovered.”","dir":"ltr","width":"100.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“We have tried and failed.”","dir":"ltr","width":"117.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Your Majesty must pay. It must be bought.”","dir":"ltr","width":"195.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“She will not sell.”","dir":"ltr","width":"82.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Stolen, then.”","dir":"ltr","width":"63.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Five attempts have been made. Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice she has been waylaid.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"There has been no result.”","dir":"ltr","width":"113.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“No sign of it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"69.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Absolutely none.”","dir":"ltr","width":"82.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"Holmes laughed. “It is quite a pretty little problem,” said he.","dir":"ltr","width":"263.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“But a very serious one to me,” returned the King reproachfully.","dir":"ltr","width":"279.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Very, indeed. And what does she propose to do with the photograph?”","dir":"ltr","width":"310.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“To ruin me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.26","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“But how?”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“I am about to be married.”","dir":"ltr","width":"119.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“So I have heard.”","dir":"ltr","width":"79.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“To Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, second daughter of the King of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"Scandinavia. You may know the strict principles of her family. She is herself the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"very soul of delicacy. A shadow of a doubt as to my conduct would bring the matter","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"to an end.”","dir":"ltr","width":"46.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“And Irene Adler?”","dir":"ltr","width":"85.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Threatens to send them the photograph. And she will do it. I know that she","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"will do it. You do not know her, but she has a soul of steel. She has the face of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men. Rather","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"than I should marry another woman, there are no lengths to which she would not","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"go—none.”","dir":"ltr","width":"49.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“You are sure that she has not sent it yet?”","dir":"ltr","width":"184.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“I am sure.”","dir":"ltr","width":"52.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“And why?”","dir":"ltr","width":"53.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Because she has said that she would send it on the day when the betrothal was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"publicly proclaimed. That will be next Monday.”","dir":"ltr","width":"212.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, then we have three days yet,” said Holmes with a yawn. “That is very","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"fortunate, as I have one or two matters of importance to look into just at present.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"Your Majesty will, of course, stay in London for the present?”","dir":"ltr","width":"270.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Certainly. You will find me at the Langham under the name of the Count Von","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"Kramm.”","dir":"ltr","width":"40.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Then I shall drop you a line to let you know how we progress.”","dir":"ltr","width":"279.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Pray do so. I shall be all anxiety.”","dir":"ltr","width":"151.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Then, as to money?”","dir":"ltr","width":"94.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“You have carte blanche.”","dir":"ltr","width":"112.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“Absolutely?”","dir":"ltr","width":"61.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"“I tell you that I would give one of the provinces of my kingdom to have that","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":10,"change":"none","str":"photograph.”","dir":"ltr","width":"56.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":11,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. 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And good-night, Watson,” he added, as the wheels of the royal","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":11,"change":"none","str":"brougham rolled down the street. “If you will be good enough to call to-morrow","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":11,"change":"none","str":"afternoon at three o’clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"343.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":11,"change":"none","str":"II","dir":"ltr","width":"11.16","height":"14.35","transform":["14.35","0.00","0.00","14.35","117.83","494.00"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.82799999999993,"y":494.00400000000036} {"page":11,"change":"none","str":"At three o’clock precisely I was at Baker Street, but Holmes had not yet returned.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","469.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":469.1640000000004} {"page":11,"change":"none","str":"The landlady informed me that he had left the house shortly after eight o’clock in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","455.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":455.6150000000004} {"page":11,"change":"none","str":"the morning. 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I don’t think I ever drove faster, but the others were","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"there before us. The cab and the landau with their steaming horses were in front","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"of the door when I arrived. I paid the man and hurried into the church. 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I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler who has dropped","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"into a church. Suddenly, to my surprise, the three at the altar faced round to me,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"and Godfrey Norton came running as hard as he could towards me.","dir":"ltr","width":"292.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Thank God,’ he cried. ‘You’ll do. Come! Come!’","dir":"ltr","width":"225.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘What then?’ I asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"101.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Come, man, come, only three minutes, or it won’t be legal.’","dir":"ltr","width":"269.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"“I was half-dragged up to the altar, and before I knew where I was I found","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"myself mumbling responses which were whispered in my ear, and vouching for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"things of which I knew nothing, and generally assisting in the secure tying up of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"Irene Adler, spinster, to Godfrey Norton, bachelor. It was all done in an instant,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"while the clergyman beamed on me in front. It was the most preposterous position","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"in which I ever found myself in my life, and it was the thought of it that started","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"me laughing just now. It seems that there had been some informality about their","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"license, that the clergyman absolutely refused to marry them without a witness of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":13,"change":"none","str":"some sort, and that my lucky appearance saved the bridegroom from having to sally","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. 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The bride gave me a sovereign, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"I mean to wear it on my watch-chain in memory of the occasion.”","dir":"ltr","width":"286.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“This is a very unexpected turn of affairs,” said I; “and what then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"293.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Well, I found my plans very seriously menaced. It looked as if the pair might","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"take an immediate departure, and so necessitate very prompt and energetic mea-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"sures on my part. At the church door, however, they separated, he driving back to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"the Temple, and she to her own house. ‘I shall drive out in the park at five as usual,’","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"she said as she left him. I heard no more. They drove away in different directions,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"and I went off to make my own arrangements.”","dir":"ltr","width":"204.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Which are?”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Some cold beef and a glass of beer,” he answered, ringing the bell. “I have","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"been too busy to think of food, and I am likely to be busier still this evening. By","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"the way, Doctor, I shall want your co-operation.”","dir":"ltr","width":"212.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“I shall be delighted.”","dir":"ltr","width":"94.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“You don’t mind breaking the law?”","dir":"ltr","width":"158.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Not in the least.”","dir":"ltr","width":"78.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Nor running a chance of arrest?”","dir":"ltr","width":"147.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Not in a good cause.”","dir":"ltr","width":"98.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, the cause is excellent!”","dir":"ltr","width":"124.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Then I am your man.”","dir":"ltr","width":"100.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“I was sure that I might rely on you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"161.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“But what is it you wish?”","dir":"ltr","width":"115.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“When Mrs. Turner has brought in the tray I will make it clear to you. Now,”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"he said as he turned hungrily on the simple fare that our landlady had provided,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“I must discuss it while I eat, for I have not much time. It is nearly five now. In two","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"hours we must be on the scene of action. Miss Irene, or Madame, rather, returns","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"from her drive at seven. We must be at Briony Lodge to meet her.”","dir":"ltr","width":"289.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“And what then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"77.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“You must leave that to me. I have already arranged what is to occur. There","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"is only one point on which I must insist. You must not interfere, come what may.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"You understand?”","dir":"ltr","width":"77.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“I am to be neutral?”","dir":"ltr","width":"91.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“To do nothing whatever. There will probably be some small unpleasantness.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"Do not join in it. It will end in my being conveyed into the house. Four or five","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"minutes afterwards the sitting-room window will open. You are to station yourself","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"close to that open window.”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“You are to watch me, for I will be visible to you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"220.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“And when I raise my hand—so—you will throw into the room what I give you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"to throw, and will, at the same time, raise the cry of fire. You quite follow me?”","dir":"ltr","width":"346.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“Entirely.”","dir":"ltr","width":"46.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"“It is nothing very formidable,” he said, taking a long cigar-shaped roll from","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":14,"change":"none","str":"his pocket. “It is an ordinary plumber’s smoke-rocket, fitted with a cap at either","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. 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You may then walk to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"the end of the street, and I will rejoin you in ten minutes. I hope that I have made","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"myself clear?”","dir":"ltr","width":"63.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“I am to remain neutral, to get near the window, to watch you, and at the signal","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"to throw in this object, then to raise the cry of fire, and to wait you at the corner of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"the street.”","dir":"ltr","width":"46.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“Precisely.”","dir":"ltr","width":"50.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“Then you may entirely rely on me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"160.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“That is excellent. I think, perhaps, it is almost time that I prepare for the new","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"role I have to play.”","dir":"ltr","width":"85.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"He disappeared into his bedroom and returned in a few minutes in the character","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"of an amiable and simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman. His broad black hat,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"his baggy trousers, his white tie, his sympathetic smile, and general look of peering","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"and benevolent curiosity were such as Mr. John Hare alone could have equalled.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"It was not merely that Holmes changed his costume. 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It was already","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant. 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There was a group of shabbily","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"dressed men smoking and laughing in a corner, a scissors-grinder with his wheel,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"two guardsmen who were flirting with a nurse-girl, and several well-dressed young","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"men who were lounging up and down with cigars in their mouths.","dir":"ltr","width":"286.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“You see,” remarked Holmes, as we paced to and fro in front of the house,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“this marriage rather simplifies matters. The photograph becomes a double-edged","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"weapon now. The chances are that she would be as averse to its being seen by","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Godfrey Norton, as our client is to its coming to the eyes of his princess. Now","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"the question is, Where are we to find the photograph?”","dir":"ltr","width":"238.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“Where, indeed?”","dir":"ltr","width":"78.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“It is most unlikely that she carries it about with her. It is cabinet size. Too","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"large for easy concealment about a woman’s dress. She knows that the King is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"capable of having her waylaid and searched. Two attempts of the sort have already","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"been made. We may take it, then, that she does not carry it about with her.”","dir":"ltr","width":"327.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“Where, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"67.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"“Her banker or her lawyer. There is that double possibility. But I am inclined","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"to think neither. Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"secreting. Why should she hand it over to anyone else? She could trust her own","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":15,"change":"none","str":"guardianship, but she could not tell what indirect or political influence might be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA","dir":"ltr","width":"210.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"15","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"brought to bear upon a business man. Besides, remember that she had resolved to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"use it within a few days. It must be where she can lay her hands upon it. It must be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"in her own house.”","dir":"ltr","width":"81.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“But it has twice been burgled.”","dir":"ltr","width":"138.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“Pshaw! They did not know how to look.”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“But how will you look?”","dir":"ltr","width":"112.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“I will not look.”","dir":"ltr","width":"73.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“What then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.67","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“I will get her to show me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“But she will refuse.”","dir":"ltr","width":"93.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“She will not be able to. But I hear the rumble of wheels. It is her carriage.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"Now carry out my orders to the letter.”","dir":"ltr","width":"168.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"As he spoke the gleam of the side-lights of a carriage came round the curve","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"of the avenue. 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They were a gang, and a rough one, too. Ah,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"he’s breathing now.”","dir":"ltr","width":"88.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“He can’t lie in the street. May we bring him in, marm?”","dir":"ltr","width":"247.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"“Surely. Bring him into the sitting-room. There is a comfortable sofa. 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The","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"lamps had been lit, but the blinds had not been drawn, so that I could see Holmes as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"he lay upon the couch. I do not know whether he was seized with compunction at","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":16,"change":"none","str":"that moment for the part he was playing, but I know that I never felt more heartily","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. 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And yet it would be the blackest treachery to Holmes to draw back","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"now from the part which he had intrusted to me. I hardened my heart, and took the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"smoke-rocket from under my ulster. 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I caught a glimpse of rushing figures, and a moment later","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"the voice of Holmes from within assuring them that it was a false alarm. Slipping","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"through the shouting crowd I made my way to the corner of the street, and in ten","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"minutes was rejoiced to find my friend’s arm in mine, and to get away from the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"scene of uproar. He walked swiftly and in silence for some few minutes until we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"had turned down one of the quiet streets which lead towards the Edgeware Road.","dir":"ltr","width":"352.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"“You did it very nicely, Doctor,” he remarked. “Nothing could have been better.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"It is all right.”","dir":"ltr","width":"60.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"“You have the photograph?”","dir":"ltr","width":"123.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"“I know where it is.”","dir":"ltr","width":"90.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"“And how did you find out?”","dir":"ltr","width":"125.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"“She showed me, as I told you she would.”","dir":"ltr","width":"186.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"“I am still in the dark.”","dir":"ltr","width":"99.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"“I do not wish to make a mystery,” said he, laughing. “The matter was perfectly","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"simple. You, of course, saw that everyone in the street was an accomplice. 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I rushed forward, fell down, clapped my hand to my face, and became","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"a piteous spectacle. It is an old trick.”","dir":"ltr","width":"163.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"“That also I could fathom.”","dir":"ltr","width":"118.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":17,"change":"none","str":"“Then they carried me in. She was bound to have me in. 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A little over-precipitance may ruin all.”","dir":"ltr","width":"196.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“And now?” I asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"90.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“Our quest is practically finished. I shall call with the King to-morrow, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"with you, if you care to come with us. We will be shown into the sitting-room to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"wait for the lady, but it is probable that when she comes she may find neither us","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"nor the photograph. It might be a satisfaction to his Majesty to regain it with his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"own hands.”","dir":"ltr","width":"53.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“And when will you call?”","dir":"ltr","width":"116.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“At eight in the morning. She will not be up, so that we shall have a clear field.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"Besides, we must be prompt, for this marriage may mean a complete change in her","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"life and habits. I must wire to the King without delay.”","dir":"ltr","width":"237.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"We had reached Baker Street and had stopped at the door. He was searching","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"his pockets for the key when someone passing said:","dir":"ltr","width":"225.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“Good-night, Mister Sherlock Holmes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"174.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the greeting ap-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"peared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had hurried by.","dir":"ltr","width":"288.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“I’ve heard that voice before,” said Holmes, staring down the dimly lit street.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“Now, I wonder who the deuce that could have been.”","dir":"ltr","width":"234.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"III","dir":"ltr","width":"16.74","height":"14.35","transform":["14.35","0.00","0.00","14.35","117.83","304.32"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.82799999999999,"y":304.3160000000006} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"I slept at Baker Street that night, and we were engaged upon our toast and coffee","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","279.48"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":279.4760000000006} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed into the room.","dir":"ltr","width":"281.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","265.93"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":265.9260000000006} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“You have really got it!” he cried, grasping Sherlock Holmes by either shoulder","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","252.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":252.3770000000006} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"and looking eagerly into his face.","dir":"ltr","width":"145.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","238.83"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":238.8280000000006} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“Not yet.”","dir":"ltr","width":"44.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","225.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":225.2790000000006} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“But you have hopes?”","dir":"ltr","width":"100.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","211.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":211.7300000000006} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“I have hopes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"66.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","198.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":198.18000000000058} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“Then, come. I am all impatience to be gone.”","dir":"ltr","width":"201.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","184.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":184.63100000000057} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“We must have a cab.”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","171.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":171.08200000000056} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“No, my brougham is waiting.”","dir":"ltr","width":"136.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","157.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":157.53300000000056} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"“Then that will simplify matters.” We descended and started off once more for","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","143.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":143.98400000000055} {"page":18,"change":"none","str":"Briony Lodge.","dir":"ltr","width":"63.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","130.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":130.43400000000054} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA","dir":"ltr","width":"210.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"18","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“Irene Adler is married,” remarked Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"191.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":705.258} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“Married! When?”","dir":"ltr","width":"82.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“Yesterday.”","dir":"ltr","width":"54.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“But to whom?”","dir":"ltr","width":"71.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“To an English lawyer named Norton.”","dir":"ltr","width":"169.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“But she could not love him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“I am in hopes that she does.”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“And why in hopes?”","dir":"ltr","width":"93.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“Because it would spare your Majesty all fear of future annoyance. If the lady","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"loves her husband, she does not love your Majesty. If she does not love your","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"Majesty, there is no reason why she should interfere with your Majesty’s plan.”","dir":"ltr","width":"345.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“It is true. And yet—Well! I wish she had been of my own station! What","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"a queen she would have made!” He relapsed into a moody silence, which was not","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"broken until we drew up in Serpentine Avenue.","dir":"ltr","width":"205.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"The door of Briony Lodge was open, and an elderly woman stood upon the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"steps. She watched us with a sardonic eye as we stepped from the brougham.","dir":"ltr","width":"335.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I believe?” said she.","dir":"ltr","width":"192.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“I am Mr. Holmes,” answered my companion, looking at her with a questioning","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"and rather startled gaze.","dir":"ltr","width":"104.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed! My mistress told me that you were likely to call. She left this morning","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"with her husband by the 5:15 train from Charing Cross for the Continent.”","dir":"ltr","width":"323.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“What!” Sherlock Holmes staggered back, white with chagrin and surprise.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“Do you mean that she has left England?”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“Never to return.”","dir":"ltr","width":"77.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“And the papers?” asked the King hoarsely. “All is lost.”","dir":"ltr","width":"246.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"“We shall see.” He pushed past the servant and rushed into the drawing-room,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"followed by the King and myself. 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The","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"photograph was of Irene Adler herself in evening dress, the letter was superscribed","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"to “Sherlock Holmes, Esq. To be left till called for.” My friend tore it open and we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"all three read it together. 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You took me in completely. Until after the alarm of fire, I had","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","219.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":219.08100000000067} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"not a suspicion. But then, when I found how I had betrayed myself,","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","205.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":205.53200000000066} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"I began to think. I had been warned against you months ago. I had","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","191.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":191.98300000000066} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"been told that if the King employed an agent it would certainly be","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","178.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":178.43400000000065} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"you. And your address had been given me. Yet, with all this, you made","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","164.89"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":164.88500000000064} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"me reveal what you wanted to know. Even after I became suspicious,","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","151.34"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":151.33500000000063} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"I found it hard to think evil of such a dear, kind old clergyman. But,","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","137.79"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":137.78600000000063} {"page":19,"change":"none","str":"you know, I have been trained as an actress myself. Male costume","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","124.24"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":124.23700000000062} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. 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I sent John, the coachman, to watch you, ran up stairs, got","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"into my walking-clothes, as I call them, and came down just as you","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"departed.","dir":"ltr","width":"40.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"Well, I followed you to your door, and so made sure that I was","dir":"ltr","width":"287.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999995,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"really an object of interest to the celebrated Mr. Sherlock Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"Then I, rather imprudently, wished you good-night, and started for the","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"Temple to see my husband.","dir":"ltr","width":"118.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"We both thought the best resource was flight, when pursued by so","dir":"ltr","width":"287.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999995,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"formidable an antagonist; so you will find the nest empty when you","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"call to-morrow. As to the photograph, your client may rest in peace.","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999994,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"I love and am loved by a better man than he. 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Is it not a pity that she was not on","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","396.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":396.81500000000045} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"my level?”","dir":"ltr","width":"47.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","383.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":383.2660000000005} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"“From what I have seen of the lady she seems indeed to be on a very different","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","369.72"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":369.7170000000005} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"level to your Majesty,” said Holmes coldly. “I am sorry that I have not been able to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","356.17"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":356.1670000000005} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"bring your Majesty’s business to a more successful conclusion.”","dir":"ltr","width":"278.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","342.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":342.6180000000005} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"“On the contrary, my dear sir,” cried the King; “nothing could be more suc-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","329.07"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":329.0690000000005} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"cessful. I know that her word is inviolate. The photograph is now as safe as if it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","315.52"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":315.52000000000055} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"were in the fire.”","dir":"ltr","width":"72.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","301.97"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":301.9710000000006} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"“I am glad to hear your Majesty say so.”","dir":"ltr","width":"175.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","288.42"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":288.42100000000056} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"“I am immensely indebted to you. Pray tell me in what way I can reward you.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","274.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":274.8720000000006} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"This ring—” He slipped an emerald snake ring from his finger and held it out upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","261.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":261.3230000000006} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"the palm of his hand.","dir":"ltr","width":"91.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","247.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":247.7740000000006} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"“Your Majesty has something which I should value even more highly,” said","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","234.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":234.2250000000006} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"36.67","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","220.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":220.67500000000058} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"“You have but to name it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"114.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","207.13"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":207.12600000000057} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"“This photograph!”","dir":"ltr","width":"85.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","193.58"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":193.57700000000057} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"The King stared at him in amazement.","dir":"ltr","width":"166.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","180.03"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":180.02800000000056} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"“Irene’s photograph!” he cried. “Certainly, if you wish it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"253.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","166.48"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":166.47900000000055} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"“I thank your Majesty. Then there is no more to be done in the matter. I have the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","152.93"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":152.92900000000054} {"page":20,"change":"none","str":"honour to wish you a very good-morning.” He bowed, and, turning away without","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","139.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":139.38000000000054} {"page":21,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE I. 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He","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":21,"change":"none","str":"used to make merry over the cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":21,"change":"none","str":"of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":21,"change":"none","str":"is always under the honourable title of the woman.","dir":"ltr","width":"220.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"Adventure II","dir":"ltr","width":"114.78","height":"20.66","transform":["20.66","0.00","0.00","20.66","117.83","630.54"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":630.539} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"The Red-Headed League","dir":"ltr","width":"263.02","height":"24.79","transform":["24.79","0.00","0.00","24.79","117.83","580.73"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":580.725} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"I","dir":"ltr","width":"37.06","height":"59.78","transform":["59.78","0.00","0.00","59.78","117.83","485.40"],"fontName":"NVBKCW+RoyalInitialen","x":117.828,"y":485.39500000000004} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"HAD","dir":"ltr","width":"19.98","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","157.89","526.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":157.889,"y":526.043} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn","dir":"ltr","width":"295.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","180.70","526.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":180.698,"y":526.043} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"of last year and found him in deep conversation with a very stout, florid-","dir":"ltr","width":"316.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","160.34","512.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":160.344,"y":512.494} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"faced, elderly gentleman with fiery red hair. With an apology for my","dir":"ltr","width":"316.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","160.34","498.95"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":160.344,"y":498.94500000000005} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"intrusion, I was about to withdraw when Holmes pulled me abruptly into","dir":"ltr","width":"316.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","160.34","485.40"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":160.344,"y":485.3960000000001} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"the room and closed the door behind me.","dir":"ltr","width":"178.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","471.85"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":471.84600000000006} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson,” he said","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","458.30"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":458.2970000000001} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"cordially.","dir":"ltr","width":"40.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","444.75"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":444.7480000000001} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“I was afraid that you were engaged.”","dir":"ltr","width":"164.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","431.20"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":431.1990000000001} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“So I am. Very much so.”","dir":"ltr","width":"111.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","417.65"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":417.65000000000015} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“Then I can wait in the next room.”","dir":"ltr","width":"154.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","404.10"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":404.10000000000014} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“Not at all. This gentleman, Mr. Wilson, has been my partner and helper in","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","390.55"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":390.55100000000016} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"many of my most successful cases, and I have no doubt that he will be of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","377.00"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":377.0020000000002} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"utmost use to me in yours also.”","dir":"ltr","width":"139.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","363.45"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":363.4530000000002} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"The stout gentleman half rose from his chair and gave a bob of greeting, with","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","349.90"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":349.9040000000002} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"a quick little questioning glance from his small fat-encircled eyes.","dir":"ltr","width":"287.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","336.35"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":336.3540000000002} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“Try the settee,” said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fin-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","322.81"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":322.80500000000023} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"gertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods. “I know, my dear","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","309.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":309.25600000000026} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","295.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":295.7070000000003} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"and humdrum routine of everyday life. You have shown your relish for it by the en-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","282.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":282.1580000000003} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"thusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you will excuse my saying","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","268.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":268.6080000000003} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"so, somewhat to embellish so many of my own little adventures.”","dir":"ltr","width":"283.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","255.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":255.05900000000028} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“Your cases have indeed been of the greatest interest to me,” I observed.","dir":"ltr","width":"314.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","241.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":241.51000000000028} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","227.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":227.96100000000027} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","214.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":214.41200000000026} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","200.86"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":200.86200000000025} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"daring than any effort of the imagination.”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","187.31"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":187.31300000000024} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“A proposition which I took the liberty of doubting.”","dir":"ltr","width":"229.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","173.76"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":173.76400000000024} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"“You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my view, for","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","160.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":160.21500000000023} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"otherwise I shall keep on piling fact upon fact on you until your reason breaks","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","146.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":146.66600000000022} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"down under them and acknowledges me to be right. Now, Mr. Jabez Wilson here","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","133.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":133.11700000000022} {"page":22,"change":"none","str":"21","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","291.70","95.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":291.701,"y":95.28300000000021} {"page":23,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE II. 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Perhaps, Mr. Wilson, you would have the great","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":23,"change":"none","str":"kindness to recommence your narrative. I ask you not merely because my friend","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":23,"change":"none","str":"Dr. Watson has not heard the opening part but also because the peculiar nature of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":23,"change":"none","str":"the story makes me anxious to have every possible detail from your lips. As a rule,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":23,"change":"none","str":"when I have heard some slight indication of the course of events, I am able to guide","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":23,"change":"none","str":"myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to my memory. 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Your right hand is quite a size larger than your left.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":23,"change":"none","str":"You have worked with it, and the muscles are more developed.”","dir":"ltr","width":"276.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":23,"change":"none","str":"“Well, the snuff, then, and the Freemasonry?”","dir":"ltr","width":"199.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":23,"change":"none","str":"“I won’t insult your intelligence by telling you how I read that, especially as,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":24,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE II. 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I have made a small study of tattoo marks and have even","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":24,"change":"none","str":"contributed to the literature of the subject. That trick of staining the fishes’ scales","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":24,"change":"none","str":"of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China. 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It’s not a very large affair, and of late years it has not done","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","152.93"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999996,"y":152.92900000000054} {"page":24,"change":"none","str":"more than just give me a living. I used to be able to keep two assistants, but now","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","139.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999996,"y":139.38000000000054} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE II. 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But,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"after all, if he is satisfied, why should I put ideas in his head?”","dir":"ltr","width":"271.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"“Why, indeed? You seem most fortunate in having an employ who comes under","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"the full market price. It is not a common experience among employers in this age.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"I don’t know that your assistant is not as remarkable as your advertisement.”","dir":"ltr","width":"332.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, he has his faults, too,” said Mr. Wilson. “Never was such a fellow for","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"photography. 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We live very quietly, sir, the three of us; and we keep a roof over our","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"heads and pay our debts, if we do nothing more.","dir":"ltr","width":"209.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"“The first thing that put us out was that advertisement. 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It’s worth quite a little fortune to any man who gets it, and I understand that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"there are more vacancies than there are men, so that the trustees are at their wits’","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"end what to do with the money. 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You see, Mr. Holmes, I am a very stay-at-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"home man, and as my business came to me instead of my having to go to it, I was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":25,"change":"none","str":"often weeks on end without putting my foot over the door-mat. 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From all I hear it is splendid pay and very little to do.’","dir":"ltr","width":"310.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":26,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘But,’ said I, ‘there would be millions of red-headed men who would apply.’","dir":"ltr","width":"338.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":26,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Not so many as you might think,’ he answered. ‘You see it is really confined","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":26,"change":"none","str":"to Londoners, and to grown men. 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I cannot recall when I have seen anything so fine.’ He took a step backward,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"cocked his head on one side, and gazed at my hair until I felt quite bashful. Then","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"suddenly he plunged forward, wrung my hand, and congratulated me warmly on","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"my success.","dir":"ltr","width":"52.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘It would be injustice to hesitate,’ said he. ‘You will, however, I am sure,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"excuse me for taking an obvious precaution.’ With that he seized my hair in both","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"his hands, and tugged until I yelled with the pain. ‘There is water in your eyes,’","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"said he as he released me. ‘I perceive that all is as it should be. 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It is exceedingly unfortunate that you should be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"a bachelor.’","dir":"ltr","width":"50.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"“My face lengthened at this, Mr. Holmes, for I thought that I was not to have","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"the vacancy after all; but after thinking it over for a few minutes he said that it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"would be all right.","dir":"ltr","width":"79.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘In the case of another,’ said he, ‘the objection might be fatal, but we must","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":27,"change":"none","str":"stretch a point in favour of a man with such a head of hair as yours. 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THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE","dir":"ltr","width":"224.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"27","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘That would suit me very well,’ said I. ‘And the pay?’","dir":"ltr","width":"240.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":705.258} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Is 4 pounds a week.’","dir":"ltr","width":"99.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘And the work?’","dir":"ltr","width":"77.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Is purely nominal.’","dir":"ltr","width":"92.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘What do you call purely nominal?’","dir":"ltr","width":"162.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Well, you have to be in the office, or at least in the building, the whole time.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"If you leave, you forfeit your whole position forever. The will is very clear upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"that point. You don’t comply with the conditions if you budge from the office","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"during that time.’","dir":"ltr","width":"75.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘It’s only four hours a day, and I should not think of leaving,’ said I.","dir":"ltr","width":"302.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘No excuse will avail,’ said Mr. Duncan Ross; ‘neither sickness nor business","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"nor anything else. There you must stay, or you lose your billet.’","dir":"ltr","width":"276.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘And the work?’","dir":"ltr","width":"77.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Is to copy out the “Encyclopædia Britannica.” There is the first volume of it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"in that press. You must find your own ink, pens, and blotting-paper, but we provide","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"this table and chair. Will you be ready to-morrow?’","dir":"ltr","width":"223.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Certainly,’ I answered.","dir":"ltr","width":"108.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Then, good-bye, Mr. Jabez Wilson, and let me congratulate you once more","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"on the important position which you have been fortunate enough to gain.’ He","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"bowed me out of the room and I went home with my assistant, hardly knowing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"what to say or do, I was so pleased at my own good fortune.","dir":"ltr","width":"261.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“Well, I thought over the matter all day, and by evening I was in low spirits","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"again; for I had quite persuaded myself that the whole affair must be some great","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"hoax or fraud, though what its object might be I could not imagine. It seemed","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"altogether past belief that anyone could make such a will, or that they would pay","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"such a sum for doing anything so simple as copying out the ‘Encyclopædia Britan-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"nica.’ Vincent Spaulding did what he could to cheer me up, but by bedtime I had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"reasoned myself out of the whole thing. 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The","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"table was set out ready for me, and Mr. Duncan Ross was there to see that I got","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"fairly to work. He started me off upon the letter A, and then he left me; but he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"would drop in from time to time to see that all was right with me. At two o’clock","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"he bade me good-day, complimented me upon the amount that I had written, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"locked the door of the office after me.","dir":"ltr","width":"164.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"“This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week’s work. It was the same","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"next week, and the same the week after. Every morning I was there at ten, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"every afternoon I left at two. By degrees Mr. Duncan Ross took to coming in only","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":28,"change":"none","str":"once of a morning, and then, after a time, he did not come in at all. 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{"page":29,"change":"none","str":"ISSOLVED","dir":"ltr","width":"45.06","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","277.48","503.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":277.476,"y":503.6140000000003} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":".","dir":"ltr","width":"2.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","322.80","503.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":322.803,"y":503.6140000000003} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"October 9, 1890.","dir":"ltr","width":"73.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","260.50","490.07"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":260.496,"y":490.06500000000034} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes and I surveyed this curt announcement and the rueful face","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","464.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":464.5610000000003} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"behind it, until the comical side of the affair so completely overtopped every other","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","451.01"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":451.01200000000034} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"consideration that we both burst out into a roar of laughter.","dir":"ltr","width":"256.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","437.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":437.46300000000036} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"“I cannot see that there is anything very funny,” cried our client, flushing up to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","423.91"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":423.91300000000035} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"the roots of his flaming head. “If you can do nothing better 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He","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","274.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":274.8720000000005} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"answered that the name was new to him.","dir":"ltr","width":"176.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","261.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":261.32300000000055} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Well,’ said I, ‘the gentleman at No. 4.’","dir":"ltr","width":"177.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","247.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":247.77400000000054} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘What, the red-headed man?’","dir":"ltr","width":"133.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","234.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":234.22500000000053} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Yes.’","dir":"ltr","width":"31.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","220.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":220.67500000000052} {"page":29,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Oh,’ said he, ‘his name was William Morris. 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You have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"lost nothing by them.”","dir":"ltr","width":"96.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“No, sir. But I want to find out about them, and who they are, and what their","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"object was in playing this prank—if it was a prank—upon me. It was a pretty","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"expensive joke for them, for it cost them two and thirty pounds.”","dir":"ltr","width":"281.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“We shall endeavour to clear up these points for you. And, first, one or two","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"questions, Mr. Wilson. This assistant of yours who first called your attention to the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"advertisement—how long had he been with you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"218.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“About a month then.”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“How did he come?”","dir":"ltr","width":"91.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“In answer to an advertisement.”","dir":"ltr","width":"142.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“Was he the only applicant?”","dir":"ltr","width":"126.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“No, I had a dozen.”","dir":"ltr","width":"88.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“Why did you pick him?”","dir":"ltr","width":"112.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“Because he was handy and would come cheap.”","dir":"ltr","width":"212.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“At half-wages, in fact.”","dir":"ltr","width":"105.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“What is he like, this Vincent Spaulding?”","dir":"ltr","width":"184.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“Small, stout-built, very quick in his ways, no hair on his face, though he’s not","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"short of thirty. Has a white splash of acid upon his forehead.”","dir":"ltr","width":"267.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"Holmes sat up in his chair in considerable excitement. “I thought as much,”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"said he. “Have you ever observed that his ears are pierced for earrings?”","dir":"ltr","width":"315.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir. He told me that a gipsy had done it for him when he was a lad.”","dir":"ltr","width":"319.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“Hum!” said Holmes, sinking back in deep thought. “He is still with you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"327.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes, sir; I have only just left him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"171.26","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“And has your business been attended to in your absence?”","dir":"ltr","width":"257.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":30,"change":"none","str":"“Nothing to complain of, sir. There’s never very much to do of a morning.”","dir":"ltr","width":"327.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE","dir":"ltr","width":"224.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"30","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"“That will do, Mr. Wilson. I shall be happy to give you an opinion upon the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":705.258} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"subject in the course of a day or two. To-day is Saturday, and I hope that by","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"Monday we may come to a conclusion.”","dir":"ltr","width":"175.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"“Well, Watson,” said Holmes when our visitor had left us, “what do you make","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"of it all?”","dir":"ltr","width":"41.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"“I make nothing of it,” I answered frankly. “It is a most mysterious business.”","dir":"ltr","width":"338.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"“As a rule,” said Holmes, “the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. But I must be prompt","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"over this matter.”","dir":"ltr","width":"74.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"“What are you going to do, then?” I asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"186.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"“To smoke,” he answered. “It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"won’t speak to me for fifty minutes.” He curled himself up in his chair, with his thin","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"knees drawn up to his hawk-like nose, and there he sat with his eyes closed and his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"black clay pipe thrusting out like the bill of some strange bird. I had come to the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"conclusion that he had dropped asleep, and indeed was nodding myself, when he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"suddenly sprang out of his chair with the gesture of a man who has made up his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"mind and put his pipe down upon the mantelpiece.","dir":"ltr","width":"220.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"“Sarasate plays at the St. James’s Hall this afternoon,” he remarked. “What do","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"you think, Watson? Could your patients spare you for a few hours?”","dir":"ltr","width":"297.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"“I have nothing to do to-day. My practice is never very absorbing.”","dir":"ltr","width":"291.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"“Then put on your hat and come. I am going through the City first, and we can","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"have some lunch on the way. I observe that there is a good deal of German music","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"on the programme, which is rather more to my taste than Italian or French. It is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"introspective, and I want to introspect. Come along!”","dir":"ltr","width":"231.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"We travelled by the Underground as far as Aldersgate; and a short walk took us","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"to Saxe-Coburg Square, the scene of the singular story which we had listened to in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"the morning. It was a poky, little, shabby-genteel place, where four lines of dingy","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"two-storied brick houses looked out into a small railed-in enclosure, where a lawn","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"of weedy grass and a few clumps of faded laurel-bushes made a hard fight against","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"a smoke-laden and uncongenial atmosphere. Three gilt balls and a brown board","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"with “J","dir":"ltr","width":"31.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"ABEZ","dir":"ltr","width":"24.40","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","149.27","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":149.27199999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"W","dir":"ltr","width":"10.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","176.94","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":176.94199999999995,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"ILSON","dir":"ltr","width":"27.85","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","187.78","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":187.78499999999994,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"” in white letters, upon a corner house, announced the place","dir":"ltr","width":"260.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","215.90","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":215.89699999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":31,"change":"none","str":"where our red-headed client carried on his business. 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THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE","dir":"ltr","width":"224.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"31","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"has not a claim to be third. I have known something of him before.”","dir":"ltr","width":"295.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"“Evidently,” said I, “Mr. Wilson’s assistant counts for a good deal in this mys-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"tery of the Red-headed League. I am sure that you inquired your way merely in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"order that you might see him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"132.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"“Not him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"47.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"“What then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.67","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"“The knees of his trousers.”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"“And what did you see?”","dir":"ltr","width":"108.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"“What I expected to see.”","dir":"ltr","width":"110.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"“Why did you beat the pavement?”","dir":"ltr","width":"153.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"“My dear doctor, this is a time for observation, not for talk. 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A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there are no red-headed clients to vex us","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"with their conundrums.”","dir":"ltr","width":"105.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a very capable","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"performer but a composer of no ordinary merit. 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The swing of his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"nature took him from extreme languor to devouring energy; and, as I knew well, he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"was never so truly formidable as when, for days on end, he had been lounging in his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"armchair amid his improvisations and his black-letter editions. Then it was that the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":32,"change":"none","str":"lust of the chase would suddenly come upon him, and that his brilliant reasoning","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE","dir":"ltr","width":"224.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"32","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"power would rise to the level of intuition, until those who were unacquainted with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"his methods would look askance at him as on a man whose knowledge was not","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"that of other mortals. When I saw him that afternoon so enwrapped in the music at","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"St. James’s Hall I felt that an evil time might be coming upon those whom he had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"set himself to hunt down.","dir":"ltr","width":"110.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"“You want to go home, no doubt, Doctor,” he remarked as we emerged.","dir":"ltr","width":"311.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, it would be as well.”","dir":"ltr","width":"115.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"“And I have some business to do which will take some hours. This business at","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"Coburg Square is serious.”","dir":"ltr","width":"115.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"“Why serious?”","dir":"ltr","width":"69.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"“A considerable crime is in contemplation. I have every reason to believe that","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"we shall be in time to stop it. But to-day being Saturday rather complicates matters.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"I shall want your help to-night.”","dir":"ltr","width":"139.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"“At what time?”","dir":"ltr","width":"70.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"“Ten will be early enough.”","dir":"ltr","width":"119.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"“I shall be at Baker Street at ten.”","dir":"ltr","width":"145.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"“Very well. 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Our party is complete,” said Holmes, buttoning up his pea-jacket and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"taking his heavy hunting crop from the rack. “Watson, I think you know Mr. Jones,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"of Scotland Yard? Let me introduce you to Mr. Merryweather, who is to be our","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":33,"change":"none","str":"companion in to-night’s adventure.”","dir":"ltr","width":"156.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE II. 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It is not too much to say that once or twice, as in that business of the Sholto","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"murder and the Agra treasure, he has been more nearly correct than the official","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"force.”","dir":"ltr","width":"29.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it is all right,” said the stranger with deference.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"“Still, I confess that I miss my rubber. 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I’ve been on his track for years and have never set eyes on him","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"yet.”","dir":"ltr","width":"20.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"“I hope that I may have the pleasure of introducing you to-night. 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Here we are, and they are waiting for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"us.”","dir":"ltr","width":"16.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"We had reached the same crowded thoroughfare in which we had found our-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"selves in the morning. Our cabs were dismissed, and, following the guidance of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":34,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Merryweather, we passed down a narrow passage and through a side door,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE II. 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This also was opened, and led down a flight of winding stone","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"steps, which terminated at another formidable gate. Mr. Merryweather stopped to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"light a lantern, and then conducted us down a dark, earth-smelling passage, and so,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"after opening a third door, into a huge vault or cellar, which was piled all round","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"with crates and massive boxes.","dir":"ltr","width":"134.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“You are not very vulnerable from above,” Holmes remarked as he held up the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"lantern and gazed about him.","dir":"ltr","width":"126.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“Nor from below,” said Mr. Merryweather, striking his stick upon the flags","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"which lined the floor. “Why, dear me, it sounds quite hollow!” he remarked, look-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"ing up in surprise.","dir":"ltr","width":"78.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“I must really ask you to be a little more quiet!” said Holmes severely. “You","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"have already imperilled the whole success of our expedition. Might I beg that you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"would have the goodness to sit down upon one of those boxes, and not to interfere?”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"The solemn Mr. Merryweather perched himself upon a crate, with a very in-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"jured expression upon his face, while Holmes fell upon his knees upon the floor","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"and, with the lantern and a magnifying lens, began to examine minutely the cracks","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"between the stones. A few seconds sufficed to satisfy him, for he sprang to his feet","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"again and put his glass in his pocket.","dir":"ltr","width":"159.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“We have at least an hour before us,” he remarked, “for they can hardly take any","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"steps until the good pawnbroker is safely in bed. Then they will not lose a minute,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"for the sooner they do their work the longer time they will have for their escape.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"We are at present, Doctor—as no doubt you have divined—in the cellar of the City","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"branch of one of the principal London banks. Mr. Merryweather is the chairman","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"of directors, and he will explain to you that there are reasons why the more daring","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"criminals of London should take a considerable interest in this cellar at present.”","dir":"ltr","width":"350.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“It is our French gold,” whispered the director. “We have had several warnings","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"that an attempt might be made upon it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"172.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“Your French gold?”","dir":"ltr","width":"90.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“Yes. We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources and bor-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"rowed for that purpose 30,000 napoleons from the Bank of France. It has become","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"known that we have never had occasion to unpack the money, and that it is still","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"lying in our cellar. The crate upon which I sit contains 2,000 napoleons packed","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"between layers of lead foil. Our reserve of bullion is much larger at present than is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"usually kept in a single branch office, and the directors have had misgivings upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"the subject.”","dir":"ltr","width":"53.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“Which were very well justified,” observed Holmes. “And now it is time that","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"we arranged our little plans. I expect that within an hour matters will come to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"a head. In the meantime Mr. Merryweather, we must put the screen over that dark","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"lantern.”","dir":"ltr","width":"37.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“And sit in the dark?”","dir":"ltr","width":"94.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"“I am afraid so. I had brought a pack of cards in my pocket, and I thought","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"that, as we were a partie carre, you might have your rubber after all. But I see","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":35,"change":"none","str":"that the enemy’s preparations have gone so far that we cannot risk the presence of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE II. 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These are daring men, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"though we shall take them at a disadvantage, they may do us some harm unless we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"are careful. I shall stand behind this crate, and do you conceal yourselves behind","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"those. Then, when I flash a light upon them, close in swiftly. If they fire, Watson,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"have no compunction about shooting them down.”","dir":"ltr","width":"218.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"I placed my revolver, cocked, upon the top of the wooden case behind which","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"I crouched. Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left us in pitch","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"darkness—such an absolute darkness as I have never before experienced. The smell","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"of hot metal remained to assure us that the light was still there, ready to flash out","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"at a moment’s notice. To me, with my nerves worked up to a pitch of expectancy,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"there was something depressing and subduing in the sudden gloom, and in the cold","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"dank air of the vault.","dir":"ltr","width":"90.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"“They have but one retreat,” whispered Holmes. “That is back through the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":36,"change":"none","str":"house into Saxe-Coburg Square. 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The light flashed upon the barrel of a revolver, but Holmes’ hunting","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"crop came down on the man’s wrist, and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor.","dir":"ltr","width":"345.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"“It’s no use, John Clay,” said Holmes blandly. “You have no chance at all.”","dir":"ltr","width":"326.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"“So I see,” the other answered with the utmost coolness. “I fancy that my pal","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"is all right, though I see you have got his coat-tails.”","dir":"ltr","width":"226.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"“There are three men waiting for him at the door,” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"278.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, indeed! You seem to have done the thing very completely. 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Have the goodness, also, when you address me always to say","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"‘sir’ and ’please.’ ”","dir":"ltr","width":"82.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"“All right,” said Jones with a stare and a snigger. “Well, would you please,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"sir, march upstairs, where we can get a cab to carry your Highness to the police-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"station?”","dir":"ltr","width":"38.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"“That is better,” said John Clay serenely. 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The 4 pounds a week was a lure which must draw him, and what","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"was it to them, who were playing for thousands? They put in the advertisement,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"one rogue has the temporary office, the other rogue incites the man to apply for it,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"and together they manage to secure his absence every morning in the week. From","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"the time that I heard of the assistant having come for half wages, it was obvious to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":37,"change":"none","str":"me that he had some strong motive for securing the situation.”","dir":"ltr","width":"270.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE II. 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That, however, was out of the question. The man’s business was a small","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"one, and there was nothing in his house which could account for such elaborate","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"preparations, and such an expenditure as they were at. It must, then, be something","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"out of the house. What could it be? I thought of the assistant’s fondness for pho-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"tography, and his trick of vanishing into the cellar. The cellar! There was the end","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"of this tangled clue. Then I made inquiries as to this mysterious assistant and found","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"that I had to deal with one of the coolest and most daring criminals in London. He","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"was doing something in the cellar—something which took many hours a day for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"months on end. What could it be, once more? I could think of nothing save that he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"was running a tunnel to some other building.","dir":"ltr","width":"194.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"“So far I had got when we went to visit the scene of action. I surprised you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"by beating upon the pavement with my stick. I was ascertaining whether the cellar","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"stretched out in front or behind. It was not in front. Then I rang the bell, and,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"as I hoped, the assistant answered it. We have had some skirmishes, but we had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"never set eyes upon each other before. I hardly looked at his face. His knees were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"what I wished to see. You must yourself have remarked how worn, wrinkled, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"stained they were. They spoke of those hours of burrowing. The only remaining","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"point was what they were burrowing for. I walked round the corner, saw the City","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"and Suburban Bank abutted on our friend’s premises, and felt that I had solved my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"problem. When you drove home after the concert I called upon Scotland Yard and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"upon the chairman of the bank directors, with the result that you have seen.”","dir":"ltr","width":"331.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"“And how could you tell that they would make their attempt to-night?” I asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"“Well, when they closed their League offices that was a sign that they cared","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"no longer about Mr. Jabez Wilson’s presence—in other words, that they had com-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"pleted their tunnel. But it was essential that they should use it soon, as it might be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"discovered, or the bullion might be removed. Saturday would suit them better than","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"any other day, as it would give them two days for their escape. For all these reasons","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"I expected them to come to-night.”","dir":"ltr","width":"151.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"“You reasoned it out beautifully,” I exclaimed in unfeigned admiration. “It is","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"so long a chain, and yet every link rings true.”","dir":"ltr","width":"200.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"“It saved me from ennui,” he answered, yawning. “Alas! I already feel it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"closing in upon me. My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the com-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"monplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.”","dir":"ltr","width":"281.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"“And you are a benefactor of the race,” said I.","dir":"ltr","width":"199.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"He shrugged his shoulders. “Well, perhaps, after all, it is of some little use,” he","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"remarked. “ ‘L’homme c’est rien—l’œuvre c’est tout,’ as Gustave Flaubert wrote","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":38,"change":"none","str":"to George Sand.”","dir":"ltr","width":"74.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"Adventure III","dir":"ltr","width":"122.82","height":"20.66","transform":["20.66","0.00","0.00","20.66","117.83","630.54"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":630.539} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"A Case Of Identity","dir":"ltr","width":"198.97","height":"24.79","transform":["24.79","0.00","0.00","24.79","117.83","580.73"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":580.725} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"“","dir":"ltr","width":"4.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","527.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":527.326} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"M","dir":"ltr","width":"44.89","height":"59.78","transform":["59.78","0.00","0.00","59.78","122.67","486.68"],"fontName":"NVBKCW+RoyalInitialen","x":122.672,"y":486.678} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"Y","dir":"ltr","width":"6.30","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","167.84","527.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":167.836,"y":527.326} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"dear fellow,” said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of the fire","dir":"ltr","width":"299.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","176.91","527.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":176.911,"y":527.326} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"in his lodgings at Baker Street, “life is infinitely stranger than anything","dir":"ltr","width":"303.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","173.02","513.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":173.018,"y":513.7760000000001} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"which the mind of man could invent. We would not dare to conceive","dir":"ltr","width":"303.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","173.02","500.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":173.018,"y":500.2270000000001} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence. 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We have in our","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","391.83"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":391.83400000000023} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"police reports realism pushed to its extreme limits, and yet the result is, it must be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","378.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":378.2840000000002} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"confessed, neither fascinating nor artistic.”","dir":"ltr","width":"185.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","364.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":364.73500000000024} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"“A certain selection and discretion must be used in producing a realistic effect,”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","351.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":351.18600000000026} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"remarked Holmes. “This is wanting in the police report, where more stress is laid,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","337.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":337.6370000000003} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"perhaps, upon the platitudes of the magistrate than upon the details, which to an","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","324.09"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":324.0880000000003} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"observer contain the vital essence of the whole matter. 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But here”—I picked up the morning paper from","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","242.79"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":242.79300000000038} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"the ground—”let us put it to a practical test. Here is the first heading upon which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","229.24"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":229.24300000000036} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"I come. ‘A husband’s cruelty to his wife.’ There is half a column of print, but","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","215.69"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":215.69400000000036} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"I know without reading it that it is all perfectly familiar to me. 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The crudest of writers could invent nothing more crude.”","dir":"ltr","width":"302.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","175.05"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":175.04700000000034} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed, your example is an unfortunate one for your argument,” said Holmes,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","161.50"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":161.49700000000033} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"taking the paper and glancing his eye down it. “This is the Dundas separation case,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","147.95"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":147.94800000000032} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"and, as it happens, I was engaged in clearing up some small points in connection","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","134.40"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":134.3990000000003} {"page":39,"change":"none","str":"38","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","291.70","95.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":291.701,"y":95.28300000000031} {"page":40,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE III. 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Its splendour was in such contrast to his homely ways and simple life that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":40,"change":"none","str":"I could not help commenting upon it.","dir":"ltr","width":"162.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":40,"change":"none","str":"“Ah,” said he, “I forgot that I had not seen you for some weeks. 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Per-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"haps I have trained myself to see what others overlook. If not, why should you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"come to consult me?”","dir":"ltr","width":"94.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"“I came to you, sir, because I heard of you from Mrs. Etherege, whose husband","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"you found so easy when the police and everyone had given him up for dead. 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He","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"would not go to the police, and he would not go to you, and so at last, as he would","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"do nothing and kept on saying that there was no harm done, it made me mad, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"I just on with my things and came right away to you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"234.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"“Your father,” said Holmes, “your stepfather, surely, since the name is differ-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"ent.”","dir":"ltr","width":"20.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, my stepfather. I call him father, though it sounds funny, too, for he is","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"only five years and two months older than myself.”","dir":"ltr","width":"222.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"“And your mother is alive?”","dir":"ltr","width":"122.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes, mother is alive and well. 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Father was a plumber in the Tottenham Court Road,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"and he left a tidy business behind him, which mother carried on with Mr. Hardy, the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"foreman; but when Mr. Windibank came he made her sell the business, for he was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":41,"change":"none","str":"very superior, being a traveller in wines. 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It is quite separate and was left me by my uncle Ned in Auckland.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"It is in New Zealand stock, paying 4½ per cent. 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I believe that a single lady can get on very nicely","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"upon an income of about 60 pounds.”","dir":"ltr","width":"163.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"“I could do with much less than that, Mr. Holmes, but you understand that as","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"long as I live at home I don’t wish to be a burden to them, and so they have the use","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"of the money just while I am staying with them. Of course, that is only just for the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"time. Mr. Windibank draws my interest every quarter and pays it over to mother,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"and I find that I can do pretty well with what I earn at typewriting. It brings me","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"twopence a sheet, and I can often do from fifteen to twenty sheets in a day.”","dir":"ltr","width":"329.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"“You have made your position very clear to me,” said Holmes. “This is my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"friend, Dr. Watson, before whom you can speak as freely as before myself. Kindly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"tell us now all about your connection with Mr. Hosmer Angel.”","dir":"ltr","width":"275.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"A flush stole over Miss Sutherland’s face, and she picked nervously at the fringe","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"of her jacket. “I met him first at the gasfitters’ ball,” she said. “They used to send","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"father tickets when he was alive, and then afterwards they remembered us, and sent","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"them to mother. Mr. Windibank did not wish us to go. He never did wish us to go","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"anywhere. He would get quite mad if I wanted so much as to join a Sunday-school","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"treat. But this time I was set on going, and I would go; for what right had he to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"prevent? He said the folk were not fit for us to know, when all father’s friends","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"were to be there. And he said that I had nothing fit to wear, when I had my purple","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"plush that I had never so much as taken out of the drawer. At last, when nothing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"else would do, he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used to be our foreman, and it was there I met","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Hosmer Angel.”","dir":"ltr","width":"88.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"“I suppose,” said Holmes, “that when Mr. Windibank came back from France","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"he was very annoyed at your having gone to the ball.”","dir":"ltr","width":"234.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, well, he was very good about it. He laughed, I remember, and shrugged","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"his shoulders, and said there was no use denying anything to a woman, for she","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"would have her way.”","dir":"ltr","width":"93.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"“I see. Then at the gasfitters’ ball you met, as I understand, a gentleman called","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Hosmer Angel.”","dir":"ltr","width":"88.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir. I met him that night, and he called next day to ask if we had got home","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"all safe, and after that we met him—that is to say, Mr. Holmes, I met him twice","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"for walks, but after that father came back again, and Mr. Hosmer Angel could not","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"come to the house any more.”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"“No?”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"“Well, you know father didn’t like anything of the sort. He wouldn’t have any","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"visitors if he could help it, and he used to say that a woman should be happy in her","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":42,"change":"none","str":"own family circle. But then, as I used to say to mother, a woman wants her own","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE III. 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Did he make no attempt to see you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"323.26","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“Well, father was going off to France again in a week, and Hosmer wrote and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"said that it would be safer and better not to see each other until he had gone. We","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"could write in the meantime, and he used to write every day. I took the letters in in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"the morning, so there was no need for father to know.”","dir":"ltr","width":"236.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“Were you engaged to the gentleman at this time?”","dir":"ltr","width":"222.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes, Mr. Holmes. We were engaged after the first walk that we took.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"Hosmer—Mr. Angel—was a cashier in an office in Leadenhall Street—and—”","dir":"ltr","width":"344.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“What office?”","dir":"ltr","width":"65.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“That’s the worst of it, Mr. Holmes, I don’t know.”","dir":"ltr","width":"220.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“Where did he live, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"116.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“He slept on the premises.”","dir":"ltr","width":"118.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“And you don’t know his address?”","dir":"ltr","width":"154.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“No—except that it was Leadenhall Street.”","dir":"ltr","width":"191.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“Where did you address your letters, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"191.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“To the Leadenhall Street Post Office, to be left till called for. He said that if","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"they were sent to the office he would be chaffed by all the other clerks about having","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"letters from a lady, so I offered to typewrite them, like he did his, but he wouldn’t","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"have that, for he said that when I wrote them they seemed to come from me, but","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"when they were typewritten he always felt that the machine had come between us.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"That will just show you how fond he was of me, Mr. Holmes, and the little things","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"that he would think of.”","dir":"ltr","width":"103.06","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“It was most suggestive,” said Holmes. “It has long been an axiom of mine","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"that the little things are infinitely the most important. Can you remember any other","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"little things about Mr. Hosmer Angel?”","dir":"ltr","width":"170.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“He was a very shy man, Mr. Holmes. He would rather walk with me in the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"evening than in the daylight, for he said that he hated to be conspicuous. Very","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"retiring and gentlemanly he was. Even his voice was gentle. He’d had the quinsy","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weak","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech. He was always well dressed,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"very neat and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore tinted","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"glasses against the glare.”","dir":"ltr","width":"111.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“Well, and what happened when Mr. Windibank, your stepfather, returned to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"France?”","dir":"ltr","width":"39.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"“Mr. Hosmer Angel came to the house again and proposed that we should","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"marry before father came back. He was in dreadful earnest and made me swear,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"with my hands on the Testament, that whatever happened I would always be true","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"to him. Mother said he was quite right to make me swear, and that it was a sign","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"of his passion. Mother was all in his favour from the first and was even fonder of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"him than I was. Then, when they talked of marrying within the week, I began to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"ask about father; but they both said never to mind about father, but just to tell him","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"afterwards, and mother said she would make it all right with him. I didn’t quite","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":43,"change":"none","str":"like that, Mr. Holmes. It seemed funny that I should ask his leave, as he was only","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE III. 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Your wedding was arranged, then, for the Friday.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"Was it to be in church?”","dir":"ltr","width":"104.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir, but very quietly. It was to be at St. Saviour’s, near King’s Cross, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"we were to have breakfast afterwards at the St. Pancras Hotel. Hosmer came for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"us in a hansom, but as there were two of us he put us both into it and stepped","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"himself into a four-wheeler, which happened to be the only other cab in the street.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"We got to the church first, and when the four-wheeler drove up we waited for him","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"to step out, but he never did, and when the cabman got down from the box and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"looked there was no one there! The cabman said that he could not imagine what","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"had become of him, for he had seen him get in with his own eyes. That was last","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"Friday, Mr. Holmes, and I have never seen or heard anything since then to throw","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"any light upon what became of him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"161.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“It seems to me that you have been very shamefully treated,” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"324.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, no, sir! He was too good and kind to leave me so. Why, all the morning","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"he was saying to me that, whatever happened, I was to be true; and that even if","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"something quite unforeseen occurred to separate us, I was always to remember that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"I was pledged to him, and that he would claim his pledge sooner or later. It seemed","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"strange talk for a wedding-morning, but what has happened since gives a meaning","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"to it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"24.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“Most certainly it does. Your own opinion is, then, that some unforeseen catas-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"trophe has occurred to him?”","dir":"ltr","width":"126.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir. I believe that he foresaw some danger, or else he would not have","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"talked so. And then I think that what he foresaw happened.”","dir":"ltr","width":"261.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“But you have no notion as to what it could have been?”","dir":"ltr","width":"245.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“None.”","dir":"ltr","width":"35.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“One more question. How did your mother take the matter?”","dir":"ltr","width":"265.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“She was angry, and said that I was never to speak of the matter again.”","dir":"ltr","width":"311.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“And your father? Did you tell him?”","dir":"ltr","width":"163.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“Yes; and he seemed to think, with me, that something had happened, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"that I should hear of Hosmer again. As he said, what interest could anyone have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"in bringing me to the doors of the church, and then leaving me? Now, if he had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"borrowed my money, or if he had married me and got my money settled on him,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"there might be some reason, but Hosmer was very independent about money and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"never would look at a shilling of mine. And yet, what could have happened? And","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"why could he not write? Oh, it drives me half-mad to think of it, and I can’t sleep","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"a wink at night.” She pulled a little handkerchief out of her muff and began to sob","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"heavily into it.","dir":"ltr","width":"63.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"“I shall glance into the case for you,” said Holmes, rising, “and I have no doubt","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":44,"change":"none","str":"that we shall reach some definite result. Let the weight of the matter rest upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE III. A CASE OF IDENTITY","dir":"ltr","width":"196.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"44","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"me now, and do not let your mind dwell upon it further. Above all, try to let","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Hosmer Angel vanish from your memory, as he has done from your life.”","dir":"ltr","width":"337.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“Then you don’t think I’ll see him again?”","dir":"ltr","width":"185.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“I fear not.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“Then what has happened to him?”","dir":"ltr","width":"153.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“You will leave that question in my hands. 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And your address?”","dir":"ltr","width":"144.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“No. 31 Lyon Place, Camberwell.”","dir":"ltr","width":"152.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“Mr. Angel’s address you never had, I understand. 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You have made your statement very clearly. You will leave the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"papers here, and remember the advice which I have given you. Let the whole","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"incident be a sealed book, and do not allow it to affect your life.”","dir":"ltr","width":"282.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“You are very kind, Mr. Holmes, but I cannot do that. I shall be true to Hosmer.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"He shall find me ready when he comes back.”","dir":"ltr","width":"198.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was something noble","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"in the simple faith of our visitor which compelled our respect. 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Then he took down from the rack the old and oily clay pipe, which was to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"him as a counsellor, and, having lit it, he leaned back in his chair, with the thick","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"blue cloud-wreaths spinning up from him, and a look of infinite languor in his face.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“Quite an interesting study, that maiden,” he observed. “I found her more inter-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"esting than her little problem, which, by the way, is rather a trite one. 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But the maiden herself was most instructive.”","dir":"ltr","width":"352.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“You appeared to read a good deal upon her which was quite invisible to me,”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"I remarked.","dir":"ltr","width":"50.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"“Not invisible but unnoticed, Watson. 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Her jacket was black, with black beads sewn upon it, and a fringe of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":45,"change":"none","str":"little black jet ornaments. Her dress was brown, rather darker than coffee colour,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":46,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE III. 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It was the bisulphate of baryta.”","dir":"ltr","width":"165.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":47,"change":"none","str":"“No, no, the mystery!” I cried.","dir":"ltr","width":"133.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE III. A CASE OF IDENTITY","dir":"ltr","width":"196.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"47","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, that! I thought of the salt that I have been working upon. There was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":705.258} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"never any mystery in the matter, though, as I said yesterday, some of the details","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"are of interest. The only drawback is that there is no law, I fear, that can touch the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"scoundrel.”","dir":"ltr","width":"49.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"“Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss Sutherland?”","dir":"ltr","width":"330.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"The question was hardly out of my mouth, and Holmes had not yet opened his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"lips to reply, when we heard a heavy footfall in the passage and a tap at the door.","dir":"ltr","width":"351.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"“This is the girl’s stepfather, Mr. James Windibank,” said Holmes. “He has","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"written to me to say that he would be here at six. Come in!”","dir":"ltr","width":"261.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"The man who entered was a sturdy, middle-sized fellow, some thirty years of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"age, clean-shaven, and sallow-skinned, with a bland, insinuating manner, and a pair","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"of wonderfully sharp and penetrating grey eyes. He shot a questioning glance at","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"each of us, placed his shiny top-hat upon the sideboard, and with a slight bow","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"sidled down into the nearest chair.","dir":"ltr","width":"148.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"“Good-evening, Mr. James Windibank,” said Holmes. “I think that this type-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"written letter is from you, in which you made an appointment with me for six","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"o’clock?”","dir":"ltr","width":"42.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir. I am afraid that I am a little late, but I am not quite my own master,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"you know. I am sorry that Miss Sutherland has troubled you about this little matter,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"for I think it is far better not to wash linen of the sort in public. It was quite","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"against my wishes that she came, but she is a very excitable, impulsive girl, as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"you may have noticed, and she is not easily controlled when she has made up her","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"mind on a point. Of course, I did not mind you so much, as you are not connected","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"with the official police, but it is not pleasant to have a family misfortune like this","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"noised abroad. Besides, it is a useless expense, for how could you possibly find","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"this Hosmer Angel?”","dir":"ltr","width":"92.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"“On the contrary,” said Holmes quietly; “I have every reason to believe that","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel.”","dir":"ltr","width":"216.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Windibank gave a violent start and dropped his gloves. “I am delighted to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"hear it,” he said.","dir":"ltr","width":"70.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"“It is a curious thing,” remarked Holmes, “that a typewriter has really quite as","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"much individuality as a man’s handwriting. Unless they are quite new, no two of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"them write exactly alike. Some letters get more worn than others, and some wear","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"only on one side. Now, you remark in this note of yours, Mr. Windibank, that in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"every case there is some little slurring over of the ‘e,’ and a slight defect in the tail","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"of the ‘r.’ There are fourteen other characteristics, but those are the more obvious.”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"“We do all our correspondence with this machine at the office, and no doubt it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"is a little worn,” our visitor answered, glancing keenly at Holmes with his bright","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"little eyes.","dir":"ltr","width":"44.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"“And now I will show you what is really a very interesting study, Mr. Win-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"dibank,” Holmes continued. “I think of writing another little monograph some of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"these days on the typewriter and its relation to crime. It is a subject to which I have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"devoted some little attention. I have here four letters which purport to come from","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":48,"change":"none","str":"the missing man. They are all typewritten. In each case, not only are the ‘e’s’","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE III. 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It is quite too transparent, and it was a very","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"bad compliment when you said that it was impossible for me to solve so simple","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"a question. That’s right! Sit down and let us talk it over.”","dir":"ltr","width":"247.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"Our visitor collapsed into a chair, with a ghastly face and a glitter of moisture","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"on his brow. “It—it’s not actionable,” he stammered.","dir":"ltr","width":"229.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"“I am very much afraid that it is not. But between ourselves, Windibank, it was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as ever came before me.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"Now, let me just run over the course of events, and you will contradict me if I go","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"wrong.”","dir":"ltr","width":"34.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"The man sat huddled up in his chair, with his head sunk upon his breast, like one","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"who is utterly crushed. Holmes stuck his feet up on the corner of the mantelpiece","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"and, leaning back with his hands in his pockets, began talking, rather to himself, as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"it seemed, than to us.","dir":"ltr","width":"92.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"“The man married a woman very much older than himself for her money,” said","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"he, “and he enjoyed the use of the money of the daughter as long as she lived with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"them. It was a considerable sum, for people in their position, and the loss of it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"would have made a serious difference. It was worth an effort to preserve it. The","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"daughter was of a good, amiable disposition, but affectionate and warm-hearted","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"in her ways, so that it was evident that with her fair personal advantages, and her","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"little income, she would not be allowed to remain single long. Now her marriage","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"would mean, of course, the loss of a hundred a year, so what does her stepfather do","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"to prevent it? He takes the obvious course of keeping her at home and forbidding","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"her to seek the company of people of her own age. But soon he found that that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"would not answer forever. She became restive, insisted upon her rights, and finally","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"announced her positive intention of going to a certain ball. What does her clever","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"stepfather do then? He conceives an idea more creditable to his head than to his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"heart. With the connivance and assistance of his wife he disguised himself, covered","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"those keen eyes with tinted glasses, masked the face with a moustache and a pair","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"of bushy whiskers, sunk that clear voice into an insinuating whisper, and doubly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"secure on account of the girl’s short sight, he appears as Mr. Hosmer Angel, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"keeps off other lovers by making love himself.”","dir":"ltr","width":"206.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"“It was only a joke at first,” groaned our visitor. “We never thought that she","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":49,"change":"none","str":"would have been so carried away.”","dir":"ltr","width":"150.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE III. 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Then Mr. Angel began to call, for it was obvious that the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"matter should be pushed as far as it would go if a real effect were to be produced.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"There were meetings, and an engagement, which would finally secure the girl’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"affections from turning towards anyone else. 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Hence those vows","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"of fidelity exacted upon a Testament, and hence also the allusions to a possibility","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"of something happening on the very morning of the wedding. 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I think that was the chain of events, Mr. Windibank!”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"Our visitor had recovered something of his assurance while Holmes had been","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"talking, and he rose from his chair now with a cold sneer upon his pale face.","dir":"ltr","width":"331.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"“It may be so, or it may not, Mr. Holmes,” said he, “but if you are so very","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"sharp you ought to be sharp enough to know that it is you who are breaking the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"law now, and not me. I have done nothing actionable from the first, but as long as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"you keep that door locked you lay yourself open to an action for assault and illegal","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"constraint.”","dir":"ltr","width":"49.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"“The law cannot, as you say, touch you,” said Holmes, unlocking and throwing","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"open the door, “yet there never was a man who deserved punishment more. If the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"young lady has a brother or a friend, he ought to lay a whip across your shoulders.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"By Jove!” he continued, flushing up at the sight of the bitter sneer upon the man’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"face, “it is not part of my duties to my client, but here’s a hunting crop handy, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"I think I shall just treat myself to—” He took two swift steps to the whip, but before","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"he could grasp it there was a wild clatter of steps upon the stairs, the heavy hall","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"door banged, and from the window we could see Mr. James Windibank running at","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"the top of his speed down the road.","dir":"ltr","width":"152.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"“There’s a cold-blooded scoundrel!” said Holmes, laughing, as he threw him-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"self down into his chair once more. “That fellow will rise from crime to crime","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"until he does something very bad, and ends on a gallows. The case has, in some","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.”","dir":"ltr","width":"199.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"“I cannot now entirely see all the steps of your reasoning,” I remarked.","dir":"ltr","width":"307.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"“Well, of course it was obvious from the first that this Mr. Hosmer Angel must","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"have some strong object for his curious conduct, and it was equally clear that the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"only man who really profited by the incident, as far as we could see, was the step-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":50,"change":"none","str":"father. Then the fact that the two men were never together, but that the one always","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE III. A CASE OF IDENTITY","dir":"ltr","width":"196.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"50","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"appeared when the other was away, was suggestive. So were the tinted spectacles","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"and the curious voice, which both hinted at a disguise, as did the bushy whiskers.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"My suspicions were all confirmed by his peculiar action in typewriting his signa-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"ture, which, of course, inferred that his handwriting was so familiar to her that she","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"would recognise even the smallest sample of it. You see all these isolated facts,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"together with many minor ones, all pointed in the same direction.”","dir":"ltr","width":"288.74","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"“And how did you verify them?”","dir":"ltr","width":"142.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"“Having once spotted my man, it was easy to get corroboration. I knew the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"firm for which this man worked. Having taken the printed description. I elimi-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"nated everything from it which could be the result of a disguise—the whiskers, the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"glasses, the voice, and I sent it to the firm, with a request that they would inform","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"me whether it answered to the description of any of their travellers. I had already","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"noticed the peculiarities of the typewriter, and I wrote to the man himself at his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"business address asking him if he would come here. As I expected, his reply was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"typewritten and revealed the same trivial but characteristic defects. The same post","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"brought me a letter from Westhouse & Marbank, of Fenchurch Street, to say that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"the description tallied in every respect with that of their employ, James Windibank.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"Voil tout!”","dir":"ltr","width":"46.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"“And Miss Sutherland?”","dir":"ltr","width":"106.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"“If I tell her she will not believe me. You may remember the old Persian saying,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"‘There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"snatches a delusion from a woman.’ There is as much sense in Hafiz as in Horace,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":51,"change":"none","str":"and as much knowledge of the world.”","dir":"ltr","width":"167.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"Adventure IV","dir":"ltr","width":"121.66","height":"20.66","transform":["20.66","0.00","0.00","20.66","117.83","630.54"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":630.539} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"The Boscombe Valley Mystery","dir":"ltr","width":"320.60","height":"24.79","transform":["24.79","0.00","0.00","24.79","117.83","580.73"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":580.725} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"W","dir":"ltr","width":"48.90","height":"59.78","transform":["59.78","0.00","0.00","59.78","117.83","485.34"],"fontName":"NVBKCW+RoyalInitialen","x":117.828,"y":485.336} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"E","dir":"ltr","width":"5.33","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","167.00","525.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":166.997,"y":525.9830000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the maid","dir":"ltr","width":"300.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","175.51","525.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":175.514,"y":525.9830000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"brought in a telegram. It was from Sherlock Holmes and ran in this","dir":"ltr","width":"304.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","172.18","512.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":172.179,"y":512.4340000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"way:","dir":"ltr","width":"21.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","172.18","498.89"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":172.179,"y":498.8850000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"“Have you a couple of days to spare? Have just been wired for","dir":"ltr","width":"287.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.47","473.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.465,"y":473.3810000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"from the west of England in connection with Boscombe Valley tra-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","459.83"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":459.8310000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"gedy. Shall be glad if you will come with me. Air and scenery perfect.","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","446.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":446.2820000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"Leave Paddington by the 11:15.”","dir":"ltr","width":"142.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","432.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":432.7330000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"“What do you say, dear?” said my wife, looking across at me. “Will you go?”","dir":"ltr","width":"338.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.2290000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"“I really don’t know what to say. I have a fairly long list at present.”","dir":"ltr","width":"296.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6790000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, Anstruther would do your work for you. You have been looking a little","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.13"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.1300000000001} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"pale lately. I think that the change would do you good, and you are always so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.58"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.58100000000013} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"interested in Mr. Sherlock Holmes’ cases.”","dir":"ltr","width":"186.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","353.03"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":353.03200000000015} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"“I should be ungrateful if I were not, seeing what I gained through one of them,”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.48"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4830000000002} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"I answered. “But if I am to go, I must pack at once, for I have only half an hour.”","dir":"ltr","width":"352.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.93"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.93300000000016} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"My experience of camp life in Afghanistan had at least had the effect of making","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3840000000002} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"me a prompt and ready traveller. My wants were few and simple, so that in less than","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.8350000000002} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"the time stated I was in a cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.28600000000023} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes was pacing up and down the platform, his tall, gaunt figure made","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.73700000000025} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"even gaunter and taller by his long grey travelling-cloak and close-fitting cloth cap.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.18700000000024} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"“It is really very good of you to come, Watson,” said he. “It makes a consid-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.63800000000023} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"erable difference to me, having someone with me on whom I can thoroughly rely.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.09"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.08900000000023} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"Local aid is always either worthless or else biassed. 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Among these he rummaged and read, with intervals","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.89"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.8920000000002} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"of note-taking and of meditation, until we were past Reading. 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I have not seen a paper for some days.”","dir":"ltr","width":"230.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.70"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.69600000000017} {"page":52,"change":"none","str":"51","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","291.70","95.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":291.701,"y":95.28300000000017} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. 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It seems, from what","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"I gather, to be one of those simple cases which are so extremely difficult.”","dir":"ltr","width":"321.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"“That sounds a little paradoxical.”","dir":"ltr","width":"148.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"“But it is profoundly true. Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home. In","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"this case, however, they have established a very serious case against the son of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"murdered man.”","dir":"ltr","width":"70.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"“It is a murder, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"96.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"“Well, it is conjectured to be so. I shall take nothing for granted until I have the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"opportunity of looking personally into it. I will explain the state of things to you,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"as far as I have been able to understand it, in a very few words.","dir":"ltr","width":"274.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"“Boscombe Valley is a country district not very far from Ross, in Herefordshire.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"The largest landed proprietor in that part is a Mr. John Turner, who made his money","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"in Australia and returned some years ago to the old country. One of the farms","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"which he held, that of Hatherley, was let to Mr. Charles McCarthy, who was also","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"an ex-Australian. The men had known each other in the colonies, so that it was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"not unnatural that when they came to settle down they should do so as near each","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"other as possible. Turner was apparently the richer man, so McCarthy became his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"tenant but still remained, it seems, upon terms of perfect equality, as they were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"frequently together. McCarthy had one son, a lad of eighteen, and Turner had an","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"only daughter of the same age, but neither of them had wives living. They appear","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"to have avoided the society of the neighbouring English families and to have led","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"retired lives, though both the McCarthys were fond of sport and were frequently","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"seen at the race-meetings of the neighbourhood. McCarthy kept two servants—","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"a man and a girl. Turner had a considerable household, some half-dozen at the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"least. That is as much as I have been able to gather about the families. Now for the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"facts.","dir":"ltr","width":"23.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"“On June 3rd, that is, on Monday last, McCarthy left his house at Hather-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"ley about three in the afternoon and walked down to the Boscombe Pool, which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"is a small lake formed by the spreading out of the stream which runs down the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"Boscombe Valley. He had been out with his serving-man in the morning at Ross,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"and he had told the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of importance","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"to keep at three. From that appointment he never came back alive.","dir":"ltr","width":"287.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"“From Hatherley Farm-house to the Boscombe Pool is a quarter of a mile, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"two people saw him as he passed over this ground. One was an old woman, whose","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"name is not mentioned, and the other was William Crowder, a game-keeper in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"the employ of Mr. Turner. Both these witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"walking alone. The game-keeper adds that within a few minutes of his seeing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"Mr. McCarthy pass he had seen his son, Mr. James McCarthy, going the same way","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"with a gun under his arm. To the best of his belief, the father was actually in sight","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":53,"change":"none","str":"at the time, and the son was following him. 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The head had been beaten in by repeated blows of some heavy and blunt","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"weapon. The injuries were such as might very well have been inflicted by the butt-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"end of his son’s gun, which was found lying on the grass within a few paces of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"the body. Under these circumstances the young man was instantly arrested, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"a verdict of ‘wilful murder’ having been returned at the inquest on Tuesday, he was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"on Wednesday brought before the magistrates at Ross, who have referred the case","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"to the next Assizes. Those are the main facts of the case as they came out before","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"the coroner and the police-court.”","dir":"ltr","width":"146.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"“I could hardly imagine a more damning case,” I remarked. “If ever circum-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"stantial evidence pointed to a criminal it does so here.”","dir":"ltr","width":"238.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"“Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing,” answered Holmes thought-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"fully. “It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising man-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"ner to something entirely different. It must be confessed, however, that the case","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"looks exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very possible that he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"is indeed the culprit. There are several people in the neighbourhood, however,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"and among them Miss Turner, the daughter of the neighbouring landowner, who","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"believe in his innocence, and who have retained Lestrade, whom you may recol-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"lect in connection with the Study in Scarlet, to work out the case in his interest.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"Lestrade, being rather puzzled, has referred the case to me, and hence it is that two","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"middle-aged gentlemen are flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"digesting their breakfasts at home.”","dir":"ltr","width":"153.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"“I am afraid,” said I, “that the facts are so obvious that you will find little credit","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"to be gained out of this case.”","dir":"ltr","width":"128.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact,” he answered, laughing.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"“Besides, we may chance to hit upon some other obvious facts which may have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"been by no means obvious to Mr. Lestrade. You know me too well to think that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":54,"change":"none","str":"I am boasting when I say that I shall either confirm or destroy his theory by means","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY","dir":"ltr","width":"270.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"54","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"which he is quite incapable of employing, or even of understanding. To take the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"first example to hand, I very clearly perceive that in your bedroom the window","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"is upon the right-hand side, and yet I question whether Mr. Lestrade would have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"noted even so self-evident a thing as that.”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“How on earth—”","dir":"ltr","width":"79.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness which charac-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"terises you. You shave every morning, and in this season you shave by the sunlight;","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"but since your shaving is less and less complete as we get farther back on the left","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"side, until it becomes positively slovenly as we get round the angle of the jaw, it is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"surely very clear that that side is less illuminated than the other. I could not imagine","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"a man of your habits looking at himself in an equal light and being satisfied with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"such a result. I only quote this as a trivial example of observation and inference.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"Therein lies my mtier, and it is just possible that it may be of some service in the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"investigation which lies before us. There are one or two minor points which were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"brought out in the inquest, and which are worth considering.”","dir":"ltr","width":"267.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“What are they?”","dir":"ltr","width":"75.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“It appears that his arrest did not take place at once, but after the return to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"Hatherley Farm. On the inspector of constabulary informing him that he was a pris-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"oner, he remarked that he was not surprised to hear it, and that it was no more than","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"his deserts. This observation of his had the natural effect of removing any traces of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"doubt which might have remained in the minds of the coroner’s jury.”","dir":"ltr","width":"302.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“It was a confession,” I ejaculated.","dir":"ltr","width":"150.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“No, for it was followed by a protestation of innocence.”","dir":"ltr","width":"246.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“Coming on the top of such a damning series of events, it was at least a most","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"suspicious remark.”","dir":"ltr","width":"85.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“On the contrary,” said Holmes, “it is the brightest rift which I can at present","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"see in the clouds. However innocent he might be, he could not be such an absolute","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"imbecile as not to see that the circumstances were very black against him. Had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"he appeared surprised at his own arrest, or feigned indignation at it, I should have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"looked upon it as highly suspicious, because such surprise or anger would not be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"natural under the circumstances, and yet might appear to be the best policy to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"a scheming man. His frank acceptance of the situation marks him as either an","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"innocent man, or else as a man of considerable self-restraint and firmness. As to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"his remark about his deserts, it was also not unnatural if you consider that he stood","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"beside the dead body of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"day so far forgotten his filial duty as to bandy words with him, and even, according","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"to the little girl whose evidence is so important, to raise his hand as if to strike him.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"The self-reproach and contrition which are displayed in his remark appear to me to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"be the signs of a healthy mind rather than of a guilty one.”","dir":"ltr","width":"253.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"I shook my head. “Many men have been hanged on far slighter evidence,”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"I remarked.","dir":"ltr","width":"50.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“So they have. And many men have been wrongfully hanged.”","dir":"ltr","width":"272.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":55,"change":"none","str":"“What is the young man’s own account of the matter?”","dir":"ltr","width":"239.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. 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You will find it here, and may read it for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"yourself.”","dir":"ltr","width":"42.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"He picked out from his bundle a copy of the local Herefordshire paper, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"having turned down the sheet he pointed out the paragraph in which the unfortunate","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"young man had given his own statement of what had occurred. 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It ran in this way:","dir":"ltr","width":"342.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"Mr. James McCarthy, the only son of the deceased, was then called","dir":"ltr","width":"287.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","598.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999992,"y":598.4590000000002} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"and gave evidence as follows: ‘I had been away from home for three","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","584.91"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":584.9100000000002} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"days at Bristol, and had only just returned upon the morning of last","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","571.36"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":571.3600000000002} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"Monday, the 3rd. 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He appeared to be much surprised at seeing me and","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","381.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":381.6720000000005} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"asked me rather roughly what I was doing there. A conversation en-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","368.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":368.1230000000005} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"sued which led to high words and almost to blows, for my father was","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","354.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":354.5730000000005} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"a man of a very violent temper. 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I found my father","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","300.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":300.3770000000006} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"expiring upon the ground, with his head terribly injured. I dropped my","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","286.83"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":286.82700000000057} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"gun and held him in my arms, but he almost instantly expired. I knelt","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","273.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":273.2780000000006} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"beside him for some minutes, and then made my way to Mr. Turner’s","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","259.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":259.7290000000006} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"lodge-keeper, his house being the nearest, to ask for assistance. I saw","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","246.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":246.1800000000006} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"no one near my father when I returned, and I have no idea how he","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","232.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":232.6310000000006} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"came by his injuries. 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I know nothing further of the matter.’","dir":"ltr","width":"204.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","191.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":191.98300000000057} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"The Coroner: ‘Did your father make any statement to you before","dir":"ltr","width":"287.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","178.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999992,"y":178.43400000000057} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"he died?’","dir":"ltr","width":"40.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","164.89"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":164.88500000000056} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"Witness: ‘He mumbled a few words, but I could only catch some","dir":"ltr","width":"287.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","151.34"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999992,"y":151.33500000000055} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"allusion to a rat.’","dir":"ltr","width":"73.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","137.79"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.1009999999999,"y":137.78600000000054} {"page":56,"change":"none","str":"The Coroner: ‘What did you understand by that?’","dir":"ltr","width":"216.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","124.24"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999992,"y":124.23700000000053} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. 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Yet I have","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"a vague impression that as I ran forward something lay upon the ground","dir":"ltr","width":"305.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"to the left of me. It seemed to me to be something grey in colour, a coat","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"of some sort, or a plaid perhaps. When I rose from my father I looked","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"round for it, but it was gone.’","dir":"ltr","width":"126.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘Do you mean that it disappeared before you went for help?’","dir":"ltr","width":"264.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘Yes, it was gone.’","dir":"ltr","width":"80.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘You cannot say what it was?’","dir":"ltr","width":"131.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘No, I had a feeling something was there.’","dir":"ltr","width":"183.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘How far from the body?’","dir":"ltr","width":"112.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘A dozen yards or so.’","dir":"ltr","width":"95.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘And how far from the edge of the wood?’","dir":"ltr","width":"184.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘About the same.’","dir":"ltr","width":"76.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘Then if it was removed it was while you were within a dozen","dir":"ltr","width":"287.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"yards of it?’","dir":"ltr","width":"52.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"‘Yes, but with my back towards it.’","dir":"ltr","width":"152.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"This concluded the examination of the witness.","dir":"ltr","width":"205.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"“I see,” said I as I glanced down the column, “that the coroner in his concluding","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","137.79"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":137.78600000000063} {"page":57,"change":"none","str":"remarks was rather severe upon young McCarthy. 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Twenty-nine, I see. No wind, and not a cloud in the sky.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":58,"change":"none","str":"I have a caseful of cigarettes here which need smoking, and the sofa is very much","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":58,"change":"none","str":"superior to the usual country hotel abomination. 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Still, of course, one can’t refuse","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":58,"change":"none","str":"a lady, and such a very positive one, too. She has heard of you, and would have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":58,"change":"none","str":"your opinion, though I repeatedly told her that there was nothing which you could","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":58,"change":"none","str":"do which I had not already done. Why, bless my soul! here is her carriage at the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":58,"change":"none","str":"door.”","dir":"ltr","width":"26.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":58,"change":"none","str":"He had hardly spoken before there rushed into the room one of the most lovely","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":58,"change":"none","str":"young women that I have ever seen in my life. 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I have driven down to tell you so. I know that James","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"didn’t do it. I know it, and I want you to start upon your work knowing it, too.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"Never let yourself doubt upon that point. We have known each other since we were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"little children, and I know his faults as no one else does; but he is too tender-hearted","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"to hurt a fly. Such a charge is absurd to anyone who really knows him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"310.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“I hope we may clear him, Miss Turner,” said Sherlock Holmes. “You may rely","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"upon my doing all that I can.”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“But you have read the evidence. You have formed some conclusion? Do you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"not see some loophole, some flaw? Do you not yourself think that he is innocent?”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“I think that it is very probable.”","dir":"ltr","width":"141.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“There, now!” she cried, throwing back her head and looking defiantly at","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"Lestrade. “You hear! 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And about his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"quarrel with his father, I am sure that the reason why he would not speak about it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"to the coroner was because I was concerned in it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"217.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“In what way?” asked Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"135.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“It is no time for me to hide anything. James and his father had many disagree-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"ments about me. Mr. McCarthy was very anxious that there should be a marriage","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"between us. James and I have always loved each other as brother and sister; but","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"of course he is young and has seen very little of life yet, and—and—well, he nat-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"urally did not wish to do anything like that yet. So there were quarrels, and this,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"I am sure, was one of them.”","dir":"ltr","width":"124.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“And your father?” asked Holmes. “Was he in favour of such a union?”","dir":"ltr","width":"311.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“No, he was averse to it also. No one but Mr. McCarthy was in favour of it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"A quick blush passed over her fresh young face as Holmes shot one of his keen,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"questioning glances at her.","dir":"ltr","width":"115.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“Thank you for this information,” said he. “May I see your father if I call","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"to-morrow?”","dir":"ltr","width":"56.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“I am afraid the doctor won’t allow it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"169.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“The doctor?”","dir":"ltr","width":"62.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, have you not heard? Poor father has never been strong for years back,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"but this has broken him down completely. He has taken to his bed, and Dr. Willows","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"says that he is a wreck and that his nervous system is shattered. Mr. McCarthy was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"the only man alive who had known dad in the old days in Victoria.”","dir":"ltr","width":"293.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“Ha! In Victoria! That is important.”","dir":"ltr","width":"160.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, at the mines.”","dir":"ltr","width":"85.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so; at the gold-mines, where, as I understand, Mr. Turner made his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"money.”","dir":"ltr","width":"35.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, certainly.”","dir":"ltr","width":"70.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":59,"change":"none","str":"“Thank you, Miss Turner. You have been of material assistance to me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"310.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY","dir":"ltr","width":"270.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"59","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"“You will tell me if you have any news to-morrow. No doubt you will go to the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":705.258} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"prison to see James. Oh, if you do, Mr. Holmes, do tell him that I know him to be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"innocent.”","dir":"ltr","width":"44.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"“I will, Miss Turner.”","dir":"ltr","width":"92.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"“I must go home now, for dad is very ill, and he misses me so if I leave him.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"Good-bye, and God help you in your undertaking.” She hurried from the room as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"impulsively as she had entered, and we heard the wheels of her carriage rattle off","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"down the street.","dir":"ltr","width":"69.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"“I am ashamed of you, Holmes,” said Lestrade with dignity after a few minutes’","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"silence. “Why should you raise up hopes which you are bound to disappoint? I am","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"not over-tender of heart, but I call it cruel.”","dir":"ltr","width":"186.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"“I think that I see my way to clearing James McCarthy,” said Holmes. “Have","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"you an order to see him in prison?”","dir":"ltr","width":"153.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, but only for you and me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"137.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"“Then I shall reconsider my resolution about going out. We have still time to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"take a train to Hereford and see him to-night?”","dir":"ltr","width":"203.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"“Ample.”","dir":"ltr","width":"40.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"“Then let us do so. Watson, I fear that you will find it very slow, but I shall","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"only be away a couple of hours.”","dir":"ltr","width":"142.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"I walked down to the station with them, and then wandered through the streets","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"of the little town, finally returning to the hotel, where I lay upon the sofa and tried","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"to interest myself in a yellow-backed novel. The puny plot of the story was so thin,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"however, when compared to the deep mystery through which we were groping,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"and I found my attention wander so continually from the action to the fact, that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"I at last flung it across the room and gave myself up entirely to a consideration of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"the events of the day. Supposing that this unhappy young man’s story were abso-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"lutely true, then what hellish thing, what absolutely unforeseen and extraordinary","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"calamity could have occurred between the time when he parted from his father,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"and the moment when, drawn back by his screams, he rushed into the glade? It","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"was something terrible and deadly. What could it be? Might not the nature of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"injuries reveal something to my medical instincts? I rang the bell and called for the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"weekly county paper, which contained a verbatim account of the inquest. 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Clearly such a blow must","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"have been struck from behind. That was to some extent in favour of the accused,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"as when seen quarrelling he was face to face with his father. Still, it did not go","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"for very much, for the older man might have turned his back before the blow fell.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"Still, it might be worth while to call Holmes’ attention to it. Then there was the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"peculiar dying reference to a rat. What could that mean? It could not be delirium.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"A man dying from a sudden blow does not commonly become delirious. No, it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"was more likely to be an attempt to explain how he met his fate. But what could","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"it indicate? I cudgelled my brains to find some possible explanation. And then the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":60,"change":"none","str":"incident of the grey cloth seen by young McCarthy. If that were true the murderer","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. 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What a tissue of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"mysteries and improbabilities the whole thing was! I did not wonder at Lestrade’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"opinion, and yet I had so much faith in Sherlock Holmes’ insight that I could not","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"lose hope as long as every fresh fact seemed to strengthen his conviction of young","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"McCarthy’s innocence.","dir":"ltr","width":"101.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"It was late before Sherlock Holmes returned. He came back alone, for Lestrade","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"was staying in lodgings in the town.","dir":"ltr","width":"156.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"“The glass still keeps very high,” he remarked as he sat down. “It is of im-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"portance that it should not rain before we are able to go over the ground. On the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"other hand, a man should be at his very best and keenest for such nice work as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"that, and I did not wish to do it when fagged by a long journey. I have seen young","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"McCarthy.”","dir":"ltr","width":"50.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"“And what did you learn from him?”","dir":"ltr","width":"160.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"“Nothing.”","dir":"ltr","width":"47.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"“Could he throw no light?”","dir":"ltr","width":"118.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"“None at all. I was inclined to think at one time that he knew who had done","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"it and was screening him or her, but I am convinced now that he is as puzzled as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"everyone else. He is not a very quick-witted youth, though comely to look at and,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"I should think, sound at heart.”","dir":"ltr","width":"134.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"“I cannot admire his taste,” I remarked, “if it is indeed a fact that he was averse","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"to a marriage with so charming a young lady as this Miss Turner.”","dir":"ltr","width":"287.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, thereby hangs a rather painful tale. This fellow is madly, insanely, in love","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"with her, but some two years ago, when he was only a lad, and before he really","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"knew her, for she had been away five years at a boarding-school, what does the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"idiot do but get into the clutches of a barmaid in Bristol and marry her at a registry","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"office? No one knows a word of the matter, but you can imagine how maddening","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"it must be to him to be upbraided for not doing what he would give his very eyes","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"to do, but what he knows to be absolutely impossible. 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It was with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"his barmaid wife that he had spent the last three days in Bristol, and his father did","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"not know where he was. Mark that point. It is of importance. Good has come out of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"evil, however, for the barmaid, finding from the papers that he is in serious trouble","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"and likely to be hanged, has thrown him over utterly and has written to him to say","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"that she has a husband already in the Bermuda Dockyard, so that there is really no","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"tie between them. I think that that bit of news has consoled young McCarthy for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"all that he has suffered.”","dir":"ltr","width":"105.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"“But if he is innocent, who has done it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"177.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"“Ah! who? I would call your attention very particularly to two points. One","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":61,"change":"none","str":"is that the murdered man had an appointment with someone at the pool, and that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. 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The second is that the murdered man was heard to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"cry ’Cooee!’ before he knew that his son had returned. Those are the crucial points","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"upon which the case depends. And now let us talk about George Meredith, if you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"please, and we shall leave all minor matters until to-morrow.”","dir":"ltr","width":"267.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"There was no rain, as Holmes had foretold, and the morning broke bright and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"cloudless. At nine o’clock Lestrade called for us with the carriage, and we set off","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"for Hatherley Farm and the Boscombe Pool.","dir":"ltr","width":"192.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“There is serious news this morning,” Lestrade observed. “It is said that Mr. Tur-","dir":"ltr","width":"344.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"ner, of the Hall, is so ill that his life is despaired of.”","dir":"ltr","width":"227.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“An elderly man, I presume?” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"189.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“About sixty; but his constitution has been shattered by his life abroad, and he","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"has been in failing health for some time. This business has had a very bad effect","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"upon him. He was an old friend of McCarthy’s, and, I may add, a great benefactor","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"to him, for I have learned that he gave him Hatherley Farm rent free.”","dir":"ltr","width":"302.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed! That is interesting,” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"186.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes! In a hundred other ways he has helped him. Everybody about here","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"speaks of his kindness to him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"134.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“Really! Does it not strike you as a little singular that this McCarthy, who","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"appears to have had little of his own, and to have been under such obligations to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"Turner, should still talk of marrying his son to Turner’s daughter, who is, presum-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"ably, heiress to the estate, and that in such a very cocksure manner, as if it were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"merely a case of a proposal and all else would follow? It is the more strange, since","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"we know that Turner himself was averse to the idea. The daughter told us as much.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"Do you not deduce something from that?”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“We have got to the deductions and the inferences,” said Lestrade, winking","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"at me. “I find it hard enough to tackle facts, Holmes, without flying away after","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"theories and fancies.”","dir":"ltr","width":"93.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“You are right,” said Holmes demurely; “you do find it very hard to tackle the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"facts.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“Anyhow, I have grasped one fact which you seem to find it difficult to get hold","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"of,” replied Lestrade with some warmth.","dir":"ltr","width":"175.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“And that is—”","dir":"ltr","width":"67.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“That McCarthy senior met his death from McCarthy junior and that all theo-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"ries to the contrary are the merest moonshine.”","dir":"ltr","width":"203.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“Well, moonshine is a brighter thing than fog,” said Holmes, laughing. “But","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"I am very much mistaken if this is not Hatherley Farm upon the left.”","dir":"ltr","width":"301.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, that is it.” It was a widespread, comfortable-looking building, two-storied,","dir":"ltr","width":"342.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"slate-roofed, with great yellow blotches of lichen upon the grey walls. The drawn","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"blinds and the smokeless chimneys, however, gave it a stricken look, as though","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":62,"change":"none","str":"the weight of this horror still lay heavy upon it. 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You may walk to the cab, and I shall","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"be with you presently.”","dir":"ltr","width":"100.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"It was about ten minutes before we regained our cab and drove back into Ross,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"Holmes still carrying with him the stone which he had picked up in the wood.","dir":"ltr","width":"338.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“This may interest you, Lestrade,” he remarked, holding it out. “The murder","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"was done with it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"78.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“I see no marks.”","dir":"ltr","width":"74.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“There are none.”","dir":"ltr","width":"77.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“How do you know, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"118.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“The grass was growing under it. 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There","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"is no sign of any other weapon.”","dir":"ltr","width":"140.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“And the murderer?”","dir":"ltr","width":"91.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“Is a tall man, left-handed, limps with the right leg, wears thick-soled shooting-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"boots and a grey cloak, smokes Indian cigars, uses a cigar-holder, and carries","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"a blunt pen-knife in his pocket. There are several other indications, but these may","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"be enough to aid us in our search.”","dir":"ltr","width":"150.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"Lestrade laughed. “I am afraid that I am still a sceptic,” he said. “Theories are","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"all very well, but we have to deal with a hard-headed British jury.”","dir":"ltr","width":"289.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“Nous verrons,” answered Holmes calmly. “You work your own method, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"I shall work mine. I shall be busy this afternoon, and shall probably return to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"London by the evening train.”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“And leave your case unfinished?”","dir":"ltr","width":"150.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“No, finished.”","dir":"ltr","width":"64.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“But the mystery?”","dir":"ltr","width":"84.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“It is solved.”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":64,"change":"none","str":"“Who was the criminal, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"134.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY","dir":"ltr","width":"270.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"64","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“The gentleman I describe.”","dir":"ltr","width":"122.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":705.258} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“But who is he?”","dir":"ltr","width":"74.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“Surely it would not be difficult to find out. This is not such a populous neigh-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"bourhood.”","dir":"ltr","width":"48.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"Lestrade shrugged his shoulders. “I am a practical man,” he said, “and I really","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"cannot undertake to go about the country looking for a left-handed gentleman with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"a game leg. I should become the laughing-stock of Scotland Yard.”","dir":"ltr","width":"291.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“All right,” said Holmes quietly. “I have given you the chance. Here are your","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"lodgings. Good-bye. I shall drop you a line before I leave.”","dir":"ltr","width":"257.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"Having left Lestrade at his rooms, we drove to our hotel, where we found lunch","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"upon the table. Holmes was silent and buried in thought with a pained expression","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"upon his face, as one who finds himself in a perplexing position.","dir":"ltr","width":"280.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“Look here, Watson,” he said when the cloth was cleared “just sit down in this","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"chair and let me preach to you for a little. I don’t know quite what to do, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"I should value your advice. Light a cigar and let me expound.”","dir":"ltr","width":"272.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“Pray do so.”","dir":"ltr","width":"57.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“Well, now, in considering this case there are two points about young Mc-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"Carthy’s narrative which struck us both instantly, although they impressed me in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"his favour and you against him. One was the fact that his father should, according","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"to his account, cry ‘Cooee!’ before seeing him. The other was his singular dying","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"reference to a rat. He mumbled several words, you understand, but that was all that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"caught the son’s ear. Now from this double point our research must commence,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"and we will begin it by presuming that what the lad says is absolutely true.”","dir":"ltr","width":"329.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“What of this ‘Cooee!’ then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"132.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“Well, obviously it could not have been meant for the son. The son, as far","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"as he knew, was in Bristol. It was mere chance that he was within earshot. The","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"‘Cooee!’ was meant to attract the attention of whoever it was that he had the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"appointment with. But ‘Cooee’ is a distinctly Australian cry, and one which is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"used between Australians. There is a strong presumption that the person whom","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was someone who had been in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"Australia.”","dir":"ltr","width":"46.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“What of the rat, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"104.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes took a folded paper from his pocket and flattened it out on","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"the table. “This is a map of the Colony of Victoria,” he said. “I wired to Bristol for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"it last night.” He put his hand over part of the map. “What do you read?”","dir":"ltr","width":"316.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“","dir":"ltr","width":"4.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"ARAT","dir":"ltr","width":"24.40","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","139.88","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":139.88099999999991,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":",” I read.","dir":"ltr","width":"37.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","164.55","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":164.5459999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“And now?” He raised his hand.","dir":"ltr","width":"140.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.7649999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“","dir":"ltr","width":"4.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.7649999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"BALLARAT","dir":"ltr","width":"49.05","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","139.88","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":139.88099999999991,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":".”","dir":"ltr","width":"6.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","189.19","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":189.1889999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so. That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son only caught","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.7649999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"the last two syllables. He was trying to utter the name of his murderer. So and so,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.8279999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"of Ballarat.”","dir":"ltr","width":"53.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.8279999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“It is wonderful!” I exclaimed.","dir":"ltr","width":"133.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.7649999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"“It is obvious. And now, you see, I had narrowed the field down considerably.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.7649999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":65,"change":"none","str":"The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son’s state-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.8279999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. 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We have come now out of mere vagueness to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"the definite conception of an Australian from Ballarat with a grey cloak.”","dir":"ltr","width":"318.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“Certainly.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“And one who was at home in the district, for the pool can only be approached","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"by the farm or by the estate, where strangers could hardly wander.”","dir":"ltr","width":"291.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so.”","dir":"ltr","width":"48.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“Then comes our expedition of to-day. By an examination of the ground","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"I gained the trifling details which I gave to that imbecile Lestrade, as to the person-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"ality of the criminal.”","dir":"ltr","width":"93.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“But how did you gain them?”","dir":"ltr","width":"133.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.”","dir":"ltr","width":"302.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“His height I know that you might roughly judge from the length of his stride.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"His boots, too, might be told from their traces.”","dir":"ltr","width":"206.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, they were peculiar boots.”","dir":"ltr","width":"139.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“But his lameness?”","dir":"ltr","width":"88.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“The impression of his right foot was always less distinct than his left. He put","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"less weight upon it. Why? Because he limped—he was lame.”","dir":"ltr","width":"271.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“But his left-handedness.”","dir":"ltr","width":"114.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“You were yourself struck by the nature of the injury as recorded by the surgeon","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"at the inquest. The blow was struck from immediately behind, and yet was upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"the left side. Now, how can that be unless it were by a left-handed man? He had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"stood behind that tree during the interview between the father and son. He had even","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"smoked there. I found the ash of a cigar, which my special knowledge of tobacco","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"ashes enables me to pronounce as an Indian cigar. I have, as you know, devoted","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"some attention to this, and written a little monograph on the ashes of 140 different","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"varieties of pipe, cigar, and cigarette tobacco. Having found the ash, I then looked","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"round and discovered the stump among the moss where he had tossed it. It was an","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"Indian cigar, of the variety which are rolled in Rotterdam.”","dir":"ltr","width":"255.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“And the cigar-holder?”","dir":"ltr","width":"104.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“I could see that the end had not been in his mouth. Therefore he used a holder.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"The tip had been cut off, not bitten off, but the cut was not a clean one, so I deduced","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"a blunt pen-knife.”","dir":"ltr","width":"81.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“Holmes,” I said, “you have drawn a net round this man from which he cannot","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"escape, and you have saved an innocent human life as truly as if you had cut the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"cord which was hanging him. I see the direction in which all this points. The","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"culprit is—”","dir":"ltr","width":"54.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"“Mr. John Turner,” cried the hotel waiter, opening the door of our sitting-room,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"and ushering in a visitor.","dir":"ltr","width":"107.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"The man who entered was a strange and impressive figure. 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His tangled beard, grizzled hair, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"outstanding, drooping eyebrows combined to give an air of dignity and power to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":66,"change":"none","str":"his appearance, but his face was of an ashen white, while his lips and the corners","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. 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I give you my word that I would have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"spoken out if it went against him at the Assizes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"212.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"“I am glad to hear you say so,” said Holmes gravely.","dir":"ltr","width":"228.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"“I would have spoken now had it not been for my dear girl. 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I understand that it was your daughter who required","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"my presence here, and I am acting in her interests. Young McCarthy must be got","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"off, however.”","dir":"ltr","width":"60.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"“I am a dying man,” said old Turner. “I have had diabetes for years. 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You","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"will sign it, and Watson here can witness it. Then I could produce your confession","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"at the last extremity to save young McCarthy. I promise you that I shall not use it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"unless it is absolutely needed.”","dir":"ltr","width":"134.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"“It’s as well,” said the old man; “it’s a question whether I shall live to the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"Assizes, so it matters little to me, but I should wish to spare Alice the shock. And","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"now I will make the thing clear to you; it has been a long time in the acting, but","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"will not take me long to tell.","dir":"ltr","width":"123.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"“You didn’t know this dead man, McCarthy. He was a devil incarnate. I tell","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"you that. God keep you out of the clutches of such a man as he. His grip has","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":67,"change":"none","str":"been upon me these twenty years, and he has blasted my life. 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Both","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":68,"change":"none","str":"could be saved if I could but silence that foul tongue. I did it, Mr. Holmes. I would","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IV. 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But that my girl should be entangled in the same meshes which held me was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"more than I could suffer. I struck him down with no more compunction than if he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"had been some foul and venomous beast. His cry brought back his son; but I had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"gained the cover of the wood, though I was forced to go back to fetch the cloak","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"which I had dropped in my flight. That is the true story, gentlemen, of all that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"occurred.”","dir":"ltr","width":"44.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"“Well, it is not for me to judge you,” said Holmes as the old man signed the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"statement which had been drawn out. “I pray that we may never be exposed to such","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"a temptation.”","dir":"ltr","width":"61.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"“I pray not, sir. And what do you intend to do?”","dir":"ltr","width":"209.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"“In view of your health, nothing. You are yourself aware that you will soon","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"have to answer for your deed at a higher court than the Assizes. I will keep your","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"confession, and if McCarthy is condemned I shall be forced to use it. 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I never hear of such a case as this that I do not","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"think of Baxter’s words, and say, ’There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"Holmes.’ ”","dir":"ltr","width":"46.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"James McCarthy was acquitted at the Assizes on the strength of a number of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"objections which had been drawn out by Holmes and submitted to the defending","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"counsel. Old Turner lived for seven months after our interview, but he is now dead;","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"and there is every prospect that the son and daughter may come to live happily","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":69,"change":"none","str":"together in ignorance of the black cloud which rests upon their past.","dir":"ltr","width":"296.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"Adventure V","dir":"ltr","width":"113.62","height":"20.66","transform":["20.66","0.00","0.00","20.66","117.83","630.54"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":630.539} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"The Five Orange Pips","dir":"ltr","width":"230.17","height":"24.79","transform":["24.79","0.00","0.00","24.79","117.83","580.73"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":580.725} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"W","dir":"ltr","width":"48.90","height":"59.78","transform":["59.78","0.00","0.00","59.78","117.83","485.34"],"fontName":"NVBKCW+RoyalInitialen","x":117.828,"y":485.336} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"HEN","dir":"ltr","width":"19.01","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","167.00","525.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":166.997,"y":525.9830000000001} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"I glance over my notes and records of the Sherlock Holmes cases","dir":"ltr","width":"287.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","189.28","525.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":189.27900000000002,"y":525.9830000000001} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"between the years ‘82 and ‘90, I am faced by so many which present","dir":"ltr","width":"304.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","172.18","512.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":172.17900000000003,"y":512.4340000000001} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"strange and interesting features that it is no easy matter to know which","dir":"ltr","width":"304.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","172.18","498.89"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":172.17900000000003,"y":498.8850000000001} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"to choose and which to leave. 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All these I may sketch out at some future date, but none of them present such","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","200.80"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":200.80300000000034} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"singular features as the strange train of circumstances which I have now taken up","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","187.25"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":187.25300000000033} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"my pen to describe.","dir":"ltr","width":"85.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","173.70"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":173.70400000000032} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"It was in the latter days of September, and the equinoctial gales had set in","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","160.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":160.1550000000003} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"with exceptional violence. All day the wind had screamed and the rain had beaten","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","146.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":146.6060000000003} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"against the windows, so that even here in the heart of great, hand-made London","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","133.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":133.0570000000003} {"page":70,"change":"none","str":"69","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","291.70","95.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":291.701,"y":95.2830000000003} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. 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As evening","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"drew in, the storm grew higher and louder, and the wind cried and sobbed like","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"a child in the chimney. Sherlock Holmes sat moodily at one side of the fireplace","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"cross-indexing his records of crime, while I at the other was deep in one of Clark","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"Russell’s fine sea-stories until the howl of the gale from without seemed to blend","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"with the text, and the splash of the rain to lengthen out into the long swash of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"the sea waves. My wife was on a visit to her mother’s, and for a few days I was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"a dweller once more in my old quarters at Baker Street.","dir":"ltr","width":"241.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“Why,” said I, glancing up at my companion, “that was surely the bell. Who","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"could come to-night? Some friend of yours, perhaps?”","dir":"ltr","width":"237.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“Except yourself I have none,” he answered. “I do not encourage visitors.”","dir":"ltr","width":"324.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“A client, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"72.74","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“If so, it is a serious case. Nothing less would bring a man out on such a day","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"and at such an hour. But I take it that it is more likely to be some crony of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"landlady’s.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes was wrong in his conjecture, however, for there came a step","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"in the passage and a tapping at the door. 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He looked about him anx-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"iously in the glare of the lamp, and I could see that his face was pale and his eyes","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"heavy, like those of a man who is weighed down with some great anxiety.","dir":"ltr","width":"320.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“I owe you an apology,” he said, raising his golden pince-nez to his eyes.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“I trust that I am not intruding. I fear that I have brought some traces of the storm","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"and rain into your snug chamber.”","dir":"ltr","width":"147.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“Give me your coat and umbrella,” said Holmes. “They may rest here on the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"hook and will be dry presently. You have come up from the south-west, I see.”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, from Horsham.”","dir":"ltr","width":"96.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“That clay and chalk mixture which I see upon your toe caps is quite distinc-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"tive.”","dir":"ltr","width":"22.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“I have come for advice.”","dir":"ltr","width":"111.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“That is easily got.”","dir":"ltr","width":"86.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“And help.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“That is not always so easy.”","dir":"ltr","width":"124.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“I have heard of you, Mr. Holmes. I heard from Major Prendergast how you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"saved him in the Tankerville Club scandal.”","dir":"ltr","width":"189.67","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, of course. He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards.”","dir":"ltr","width":"284.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":71,"change":"none","str":"“He said that you could solve anything.”","dir":"ltr","width":"176.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS","dir":"ltr","width":"204.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"71","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“He said too much.”","dir":"ltr","width":"88.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":705.258} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“That you are never beaten.”","dir":"ltr","width":"124.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“I have been beaten four times—three times by men, and once by a woman.”","dir":"ltr","width":"334.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“But what is that compared with the number of your successes?”","dir":"ltr","width":"282.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“It is true that I have been generally successful.”","dir":"ltr","width":"210.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“Then you may be so with me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"138.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“I beg that you will draw your chair up to the fire and favour me with some","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"details as to your case.”","dir":"ltr","width":"102.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“It is no ordinary one.”","dir":"ltr","width":"100.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“None of those which come to me are. I am the last court of appeal.”","dir":"ltr","width":"299.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“And yet I question, sir, whether, in all your experience, you have ever lis-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"tened to a more mysterious and inexplicable chain of events than those which have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"happened in my own family.”","dir":"ltr","width":"128.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“You fill me with interest,” said Holmes. “Pray give us the essential facts from","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"the commencement, and I can afterwards question you as to those details which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"seem to me to be most important.”","dir":"ltr","width":"149.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"The young man pulled his chair up and pushed his wet feet out towards the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"blaze.","dir":"ltr","width":"25.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“My name,” said he, “is John Openshaw, but my own affairs have, as far as","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"I can understand, little to do with this awful business. It is a hereditary matter; so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"in order to give you an idea of the facts, I must go back to the commencement of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"the affair.","dir":"ltr","width":"41.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"“You must know that my grandfather had two sons—my uncle Elias and my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"father Joseph. My father had a small factory at Coventry, which he enlarged at the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"time of the invention of bicycling. 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He was a singular man, fierce and quick-tempered, very foul-mouthed","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"when he was angry, and of a most retiring disposition. During all the years that he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":72,"change":"none","str":"lived at Horsham, I doubt if ever he set foot in the town. 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This would be in the year 1878,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS","dir":"ltr","width":"204.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"72","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"after he had been eight or nine years in England. 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It was not a common thing for him to receive","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"letters, for his bills were all paid in ready money, and he had no friends of any sort.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"‘From India!’ said he as he took it up, ‘Pondicherry postmark! 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His lip had fallen, his eyes were protruding, his skin the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"colour of putty, and he glared at the envelope which he still held in his trembling","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"hand, ‘K. K. K.!’ he shrieked, and then, ‘My God, my God, my sins have overtaken","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"me!’","dir":"ltr","width":"20.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘What is it, uncle?’ I cried.","dir":"ltr","width":"124.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Death,’ said he, and rising from the table he retired to his room, leaving me","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"palpitating with horror. I took up the envelope and saw scrawled in red ink upon the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"inner flap, just above the gum, the letter K three times repeated. There was nothing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"else save the five dried pips. What could be the reason of his overpowering terror?","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"I left the breakfast-table, and as I ascended the stair I met him coming down with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"an old rusty key, which must have belonged to the attic, in one hand, and a small","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"brass box, like a cashbox, in the other.","dir":"ltr","width":"166.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘They may do what they like, but I’ll checkmate them still,’ said he with an","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"oath. ‘Tell Mary that I shall want a fire in my room to-day, and send down to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"Fordham, the Horsham lawyer.’","dir":"ltr","width":"137.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"“I did as he ordered, and when the lawyer arrived I was asked to step up to the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"room. The fire was burning brightly, and in the grate there was a mass of black,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"fluffy ashes, as of burned paper, while the brass box stood open and empty beside","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"it. As I glanced at the box I noticed, with a start, that upon the lid was printed the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"treble K which I had read in the morning upon the envelope.","dir":"ltr","width":"262.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I wish you, John,’ said my uncle, ‘to witness my will. I leave my estate, with","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"all its advantages and all its disadvantages, to my brother, your father, whence it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"will, no doubt, descend to you. If you can enjoy it in peace, well and good! If","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"you find you cannot, take my advice, my boy, and leave it to your deadliest enemy.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"I am sorry to give you such a two-edged thing, but I can’t say what turn things are","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"going to take. Kindly sign the paper where Mr. Fordham shows you.’","dir":"ltr","width":"301.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":73,"change":"none","str":"“I signed the paper as directed, and the lawyer took it away with him. The","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. 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Yet I could not shake off the vague feeling of dread which it left","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"behind, though the sensation grew less keen as the weeks passed and nothing hap-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"pened to disturb the usual routine of our lives. I could see a change in my uncle,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"however. He drank more than ever, and he was less inclined for any sort of society.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"Most of his time he would spend in his room, with the door locked upon the inside,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"but sometimes he would emerge in a sort of drunken frenzy and would burst out","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"of the house and tear about the garden with a revolver in his hand, screaming out","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"that he was afraid of no man, and that he was not to be cooped up, like a sheep","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"in a pen, by man or devil. 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We found him, when we went to search for him, face down-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"ward in a little green-scummed pool, which lay at the foot of the garden. There was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"no sign of any violence, and the water was but two feet deep, so that the jury, hav-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"ing regard to his known eccentricity, brought in a verdict of ‘suicide.’ But I, who","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"knew how he winced from the very thought of death, had much ado to persuade","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"myself that he had gone out of his way to meet it. The matter passed, however, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"my father entered into possession of the estate, and of some 14,000 pounds, which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"lay to his credit at the bank.”","dir":"ltr","width":"124.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"“One moment,” Holmes interposed, “your statement is, I foresee, one of the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"most remarkable to which I have ever listened. 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Pray proceed.”","dir":"ltr","width":"121.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"“When my father took over the Horsham property, he, at my request, made","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"a careful examination of the attic, which had been always locked up. We found","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":74,"change":"none","str":"the brass box there, although its contents had been destroyed. 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He had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"always laughed at what he called my cock-and-bull story about the colonel, but he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"looked very scared and puzzled now that the same thing had come upon himself.","dir":"ltr","width":"351.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Why, what on earth does this mean, John?’ he stammered.","dir":"ltr","width":"264.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“My heart had turned to lead. ‘It is K. K. K.,’ said I.","dir":"ltr","width":"227.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“He looked inside the envelope. ‘So it is,’ he cried. ‘Here are the very letters.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"But what is this written above them?’","dir":"ltr","width":"163.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Put the papers on the sundial,’ I read, peeping over his shoulder.","dir":"ltr","width":"289.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘What papers? What sundial?’ he asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"183.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘The sundial in the garden. There is no other,’ said I; ‘but the papers must be","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"those that are destroyed.’","dir":"ltr","width":"108.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Pooh!’ said he, gripping hard at his courage. ‘We are in a civilised land here,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"and we can’t have tomfoolery of this kind. Where does the thing come from?’","dir":"ltr","width":"340.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘From Dundee,’ I answered, glancing at the postmark.","dir":"ltr","width":"242.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Some preposterous practical joke,’ said he. ‘What have I to do with sundials","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"and papers? I shall take no notice of such nonsense.’","dir":"ltr","width":"228.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I should certainly speak to the police,’ I said.","dir":"ltr","width":"205.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘And be laughed at for my pains. Nothing of the sort.’","dir":"ltr","width":"241.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Then let me do so?’","dir":"ltr","width":"96.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘No, I forbid you. I won’t have a fuss made about such nonsense.’","dir":"ltr","width":"293.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“It was in vain to argue with him, for he was a very obstinate man. I went","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"about, however, with a heart which was full of forebodings.","dir":"ltr","width":"259.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“On the third day after the coming of the letter my father went from home to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"visit an old friend of his, Major Freebody, who is in command of one of the forts","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"upon Portsdown Hill. I was glad that he should go, for it seemed to me that he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"was farther from danger when he was away from home. In that, however, I was in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"error. Upon the second day of his absence I received a telegram from the major,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"imploring me to come at once. My father had fallen over one of the deep chalk-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"pits which abound in the neighbourhood, and was lying senseless, with a shattered","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"skull. I hurried to him, but he passed away without having ever recovered his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"consciousness. He had, as it appears, been returning from Fareham in the twilight,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"and as the country was unknown to him, and the chalk-pit unfenced, the jury had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"no hesitation in bringing in a verdict of ‘death from accidental causes.’ Carefully as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"I examined every fact connected with his death, I was unable to find anything which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"could suggest the idea of murder. There were no signs of violence, no footmarks,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"no robbery, no record of strangers having been seen upon the roads. And yet I need","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"not tell you that my mind was far from at ease, and that I was well-nigh certain that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"some foul plot had been woven round him.","dir":"ltr","width":"186.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":75,"change":"none","str":"“In this sinister way I came into my inheritance. 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During that time I have lived happily at Horsham,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"and I had begun to hope that this curse had passed away from the family, and that it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"had ended with the last generation. 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Within are the very words which were upon my father’s last message: ‘K. 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I have felt like one of those poor rabbits when the snake is writhing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"towards it. I seem to be in the grasp of some resistless, inexorable evil, which no","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"foresight and no precautions can guard against.”","dir":"ltr","width":"209.74","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"“Tut! tut!” cried Sherlock Holmes. “You must act, man, or you are lost. Noth-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"ing but energy can save you. This is no time for despair.”","dir":"ltr","width":"248.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"“I have seen the police.”","dir":"ltr","width":"105.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"“Ah!”","dir":"ltr","width":"25.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"“But they listened to my story with a smile. 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It was only to-day that I spoke to Major Prendergast about my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"troubles and was advised by him to come to you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"217.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"“It is really two days since you had the letter. We should have acted before this.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"You have no further evidence, I suppose, than that which you have placed before","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"us—no suggestive detail which might help us?”","dir":"ltr","width":"208.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"“There is one thing,” said John Openshaw. He rummaged in his coat pocket,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"and, drawing out a piece of discoloured, blue-tinted paper, he laid it out upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":76,"change":"none","str":"the table. “I have some remembrance,” said he, “that on the day when my uncle","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. 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I found this single sheet upon the floor","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"of his room, and I am inclined to think that it may be one of the papers which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"has, perhaps, fluttered out from among the others, and in that way has escaped","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"destruction. Beyond the mention of pips, I do not see that it helps us much. I think","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"myself that it is a page from some private diary. The writing is undoubtedly my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"uncle’s.”","dir":"ltr","width":"37.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"Holmes moved the lamp, and we both bent over the sheet of paper, which","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"showed by its ragged edge that it had indeed been torn from a book. It was headed,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“March, 1869,” and beneath were the following enigmatical notices:","dir":"ltr","width":"297.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“4th. Hudson came. Same old platform.","dir":"ltr","width":"174.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","557.81"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":557.8110000000003} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"7th. Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and John Swain, of","dir":"ltr","width":"287.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","544.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":544.2620000000003} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"St. Augustine.","dir":"ltr","width":"61.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","530.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":530.7130000000003} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"9th. McCauley cleared.","dir":"ltr","width":"102.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","517.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":517.1640000000003} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"10th. John Swain cleared.","dir":"ltr","width":"112.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","503.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":503.6140000000003} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"12th. Visited Paramore. All well.”","dir":"ltr","width":"149.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","490.07"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":490.06500000000034} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“Thank you!” said Holmes, folding up the paper and returning it to our visitor.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","464.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":464.5610000000003} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“And now you must on no account lose another instant. We cannot spare time even","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","451.01"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":451.01200000000034} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"to discuss what you have told me. You must get home instantly and act.”","dir":"ltr","width":"316.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","437.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":437.46300000000036} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“What shall I do?”","dir":"ltr","width":"81.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","423.91"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":423.91300000000035} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“There is but one thing to do. It must be done at once. You must put this piece","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","410.36"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":410.3640000000004} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"of paper which you have shown us into the brass box which you have described.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","396.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":396.8150000000004} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"You must also put in a note to say that all the other papers were burned by your","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","383.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":383.2660000000004} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"uncle, and that this is the only one which remains. You must assert that in such","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","369.72"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":369.71700000000044} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"words as will carry conviction with them. Having done this, you must at once put","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","356.17"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":356.1670000000004} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"the box out upon the sundial, as directed. Do you understand?”","dir":"ltr","width":"275.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","342.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":342.61800000000045} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“Entirely.”","dir":"ltr","width":"46.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","329.07"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":329.06900000000047} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“Do not think of revenge, or anything of the sort, at present. I think that we may","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","315.52"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":315.5200000000005} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"gain that by means of the law; but we have our web to weave, while theirs is already","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","301.97"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":301.9710000000005} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"woven. The first consideration is to remove the pressing danger which threatens","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","288.42"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":288.4210000000005} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"you. The second is to clear up the mystery and to punish the guilty parties.”","dir":"ltr","width":"329.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","274.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":274.8720000000005} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“I thank you,” said the young man, rising and pulling on his overcoat. “You","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","261.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":261.32300000000055} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"have given me fresh life and hope. I shall certainly do as you advise.”","dir":"ltr","width":"302.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","247.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":247.77400000000054} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“Do not lose an instant. And, above all, take care of yourself in the meanwhile,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","234.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":234.22500000000053} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"for I do not think that there can be a doubt that you are threatened by a very real","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","220.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":220.67500000000052} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"and imminent danger. How do you go back?”","dir":"ltr","width":"198.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","207.13"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":207.12600000000052} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“By train from Waterloo.”","dir":"ltr","width":"113.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","193.58"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":193.5770000000005} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“It is not yet nine. The streets will be crowded, so I trust that you may be in","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","180.03"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":180.0280000000005} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"safety. And yet you cannot guard yourself too closely.”","dir":"ltr","width":"239.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","166.48"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":166.4790000000005} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“I am armed.”","dir":"ltr","width":"61.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","152.93"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":152.9300000000005} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“That is well. To-morrow I shall set to work upon your case.”","dir":"ltr","width":"267.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","139.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":139.38000000000048} {"page":77,"change":"none","str":"“I shall see you at Horsham, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"154.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","125.83"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":125.83100000000047} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. 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It is there that I shall seek it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"271.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":705.258} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"“Then I shall call upon you in a day, or in two days, with news as to the box","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"and the papers. I shall take your advice in every particular.” He shook hands with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"us and took his leave. Outside the wind still screamed and the rain splashed and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"pattered against the windows. This strange, wild story seemed to have come to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"us from amid the mad elements—blown in upon us like a sheet of sea-weed in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"a gale—and now to have been reabsorbed by them once more.","dir":"ltr","width":"271.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes sat for some time in silence, with his head sunk forward and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"his eyes bent upon the red glow of the fire. 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Save, perhaps, that. And yet this John Openshaw seems to me to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"be walking amid even greater perils than did the Sholtos.”","dir":"ltr","width":"251.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"“But have you,” I asked, “formed any definite conception as to what these perils","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"are?”","dir":"ltr","width":"23.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"“There can be no question as to their nature,” he answered.","dir":"ltr","width":"256.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"“Then what are they? Who is this K. K. K., and why does he pursue this","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"unhappy family?”","dir":"ltr","width":"78.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes closed his eyes and placed his elbows upon the arms of his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"chair, with his finger-tips together. “The ideal reasoner,” he remarked, “would,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"would follow from it. As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"both before and after. We have not yet grasped the results which the reason alone","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"can attain to. Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"have sought a solution by the aid of their senses. To carry the art, however, to its","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"highest pitch, it is necessary that the reasoner should be able to utilise all the facts","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"which have come to his knowledge; and this in itself implies, as you will readily","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"see, a possession of all knowledge, which, even in these days of free education","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"and encyclopædias, is a somewhat rare accomplishment. It is not so impossible,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"however, that a man should possess all knowledge which is likely to be useful to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"him in his work, and this I have endeavoured in my case to do. If I remember","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"rightly, you on one occasion, in the early days of our friendship, defined my limits","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"in a very precise fashion.”","dir":"ltr","width":"113.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"“Yes,” I answered, laughing. “It was a singular document. 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Botany variable, ge-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"ology profound as regards the mud-stains from any region within fifty miles of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":78,"change":"none","str":"records unique, violin-player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by co-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. 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Those, I think, were the main points of my analysis.”","dir":"ltr","width":"314.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"Holmes grinned at the last item. “Well,” he said, “I say now, as I said then,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"that a man should keep his little brain-attic stocked with all the furniture that he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"where he can get it if he wants it. Now, for such a case as the one which has been","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"submitted to us to-night, we need certainly to muster all our resources. Kindly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"hand me down the letter K of the ‘American Encyclopædia’ which stands upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"the shelf beside you. Thank you. Now let us consider the situation and see what","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"may be deduced from it. In the first place, we may start with a strong presumption","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"that Colonel Openshaw had some very strong reason for leaving America. Men at","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"his time of life do not change all their habits and exchange willingly the charming","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"climate of Florida for the lonely life of an English provincial town. His extreme","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"love of solitude in England suggests the idea that he was in fear of someone or","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"something, so we may assume as a working hypothesis that it was fear of someone","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"or something which drove him from America. As to what it was he feared, we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"can only deduce that by considering the formidable letters which were received by","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"himself and his successors. Did you remark the postmarks of those letters?”","dir":"ltr","width":"330.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“The first was from Pondicherry, the second from Dundee, and the third from","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"London.”","dir":"ltr","width":"40.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“From East London. What do you deduce from that?”","dir":"ltr","width":"235.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“They are all seaports. That the writer was on board of a ship.”","dir":"ltr","width":"274.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“Excellent. We have already a clue. There can be no doubt that the pro-ba-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"bi-li-ty—the strong pro-ba-bi-li-ty—is that the writer was on board of a ship. And","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"now let us consider another point. In the case of Pondicherry, seven weeks elapsed","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"between the threat and its fulfilment, in Dundee it was only some three or four","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"days. Does that suggest anything?”","dir":"ltr","width":"153.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“A greater distance to travel.”","dir":"ltr","width":"128.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“But the letter had also a greater distance to come.”","dir":"ltr","width":"224.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“Then I do not see the point.”","dir":"ltr","width":"128.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“There is at least a presumption that the vessel in which the man or men are is","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"a sailing-ship. It looks as if they always send their singular warning or token before","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"them when starting upon their mission. You see how quickly the deed followed the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"sign when it came from Dundee. If they had come from Pondicherry in a steamer","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"they would have arrived almost as soon as their letter. But, as a matter of fact, seven","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"weeks elapsed. I think that those seven weeks represented the difference between","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"the mail-boat which brought the letter and the sailing vessel which brought the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"writer.”","dir":"ltr","width":"32.26","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“It is possible.”","dir":"ltr","width":"66.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“More than that. It is probable. And now you see the deadly urgency of this","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"new case, and why I urged young Openshaw to caution. The blow has always fallen","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"at the end of the time which it would take the senders to travel the distance. But","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"this one comes from London, and therefore we cannot count upon delay.”","dir":"ltr","width":"319.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":79,"change":"none","str":"“Good God!” I cried. “What can it mean, this relentless persecution?”","dir":"ltr","width":"305.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS","dir":"ltr","width":"204.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"79","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"“The papers which Openshaw carried are obviously of vital importance to the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":705.258} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"person or persons in the sailing-ship. I think that it is quite clear that there must","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"be more than one of them. A single man could not have carried out two deaths in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"such a way as to deceive a coroner’s jury. There must have been several in it, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"they must have been men of resource and determination. Their papers they mean","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"to have, be the holder of them who it may. In this way you see K. K. K. ceases to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"be the initials of an individual and becomes the badge of a society.”","dir":"ltr","width":"293.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"“But of what society?”","dir":"ltr","width":"99.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"“Have you never—” said Sherlock Holmes, bending forward and sinking his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"voice—”have you never heard of the Ku Klux Klan?”","dir":"ltr","width":"233.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"“I never have.”","dir":"ltr","width":"64.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"Holmes turned over the leaves of the book upon his knee. “Here it is,” said he","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"presently:","dir":"ltr","width":"43.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Ku Klux Klan. A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"produced by cocking a rifle. This terrible secret society was formed by some","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"ex-Confederate soldiers in the Southern states after the Civil War, and it rapidly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"formed local branches in different parts of the country, notably in Tennessee, Loui-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"siana, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Its power was used for political pur-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"poses, principally for the terrorising of the negro voters and the murdering and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"driving from the country of those who were opposed to its views. 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On receiving this the victim might either openly abjure his former","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"ways, or might fly from the country. If he braved the matter out, death would","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and unforeseen manner.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"So perfect was the organisation of the society, and so systematic its methods, that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"there is hardly a case upon record where any man succeeded in braving it with im-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"punity, or in which any of its outrages were traced home to the perpetrators. For","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"some years the organisation flourished in spite of the efforts of the United States","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"government and of the better classes of the community in the South. Eventually, in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"the year 1869, the movement rather suddenly collapsed, although there have been","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"sporadic outbreaks of the same sort since that date.’","dir":"ltr","width":"224.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"“You will observe,” said Holmes, laying down the volume, “that the sudden","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"breaking up of the society was coincident with the disappearance of Openshaw","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"from America with their papers. It may well have been cause and effect. It is no","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"wonder that he and his family have some of the more implacable spirits upon their","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"track. You can understand that this register and diary may implicate some of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"first men in the South, and that there may be many who will not sleep easy at night","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"until it is recovered.”","dir":"ltr","width":"91.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"“Then the page we have seen—”","dir":"ltr","width":"142.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"“Is such as we might expect. It ran, if I remember right, ‘sent the pips to A,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"B, and C’—that is, sent the society’s warning to them. Then there are successive","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"entries that A and B cleared, or left the country, and finally that C was visited,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":80,"change":"none","str":"with, I fear, a sinister result for C. Well, I think, Doctor, that we may let some light","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":81,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. 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The","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","246.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":246.1800000000006} {"page":81,"change":"none","str":"body exhibited no traces of violence, and there can be no doubt that","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","232.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":232.6310000000006} {"page":81,"change":"none","str":"the deceased had been the victim of an unfortunate accident, which","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","219.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":219.08100000000059} {"page":81,"change":"none","str":"should have the effect of calling the attention of the authorities to the","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","205.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":205.53200000000058} {"page":81,"change":"none","str":"condition of the riverside landing-stages.”","dir":"ltr","width":"182.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","191.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":191.98300000000057} {"page":81,"change":"none","str":"We sat in silence for some minutes, Holmes more depressed and shaken than","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","166.48"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":166.47900000000058} {"page":81,"change":"none","str":"I had ever seen him.","dir":"ltr","width":"87.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","152.93"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":152.92900000000057} {"page":81,"change":"none","str":"“That hurts my pride, Watson,” he said at last. “It is a petty feeling, no doubt,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","139.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":139.38000000000056} {"page":81,"change":"none","str":"but it hurts my pride. 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The Embankment is not on the direct line to the station.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"The bridge, no doubt, was too crowded, even on such a night, for their purpose.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"Well, Watson, we shall see who will win in the long run. I am going out now!”","dir":"ltr","width":"343.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“To the police?”","dir":"ltr","width":"71.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“No; I shall be my own police. 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It was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"nearly ten o’clock before he entered, looking pale and worn. He walked up to the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"sideboard, and tearing a piece from the loaf he devoured it voraciously, washing it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"down with a long draught of water.","dir":"ltr","width":"152.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“You are hungry,” I remarked.","dir":"ltr","width":"131.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“Starving. It had escaped my memory. I have had nothing since breakfast.”","dir":"ltr","width":"327.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“Nothing?”","dir":"ltr","width":"50.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“Not a bite. I had no time to think of it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"175.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“And how have you succeeded?”","dir":"ltr","width":"143.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“Well.”","dir":"ltr","width":"31.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“You have a clue?”","dir":"ltr","width":"83.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“I have them in the hollow of my hand. Young Openshaw shall not long remain","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"unavenged. Why, Watson, let us put their own devilish trade-mark upon them. It is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"well thought of!”","dir":"ltr","width":"75.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“What do you mean?”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"He took an orange from the cupboard, and tearing it to pieces he squeezed out","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"the pips upon the table. Of these he took five and thrust them into an envelope. On","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"the inside of the flap he wrote “S. H. for J. O.” Then he sealed it and addressed it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"to “Captain James Calhoun, Barque ‘Lone Star,’ Savannah, Georgia.”","dir":"ltr","width":"302.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“That will await him when he enters port,” said he, chuckling. “It may give","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"him a sleepless night. He will find it as sure a precursor of his fate as Openshaw","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"did before him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"71.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“And who is this Captain Calhoun?”","dir":"ltr","width":"158.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“The leader of the gang. I shall have the others, but he first.”","dir":"ltr","width":"263.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“How did you trace it, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"128.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"He took a large sheet of paper from his pocket, all covered with dates and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"names.","dir":"ltr","width":"30.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"“I have spent the whole day,” said he, “over Lloyd’s registers and files of the old","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"papers, following the future career of every vessel which touched at Pondicherry","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"in January and February in ‘83. There were thirty-six ships of fair tonnage which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":82,"change":"none","str":"were reported there during those months. Of these, one, the ‘Lone Star,’ instantly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":83,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE V. 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I then inquired as to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":83,"change":"none","str":"the vessels which lay at present in the port of London.”","dir":"ltr","width":"239.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":83,"change":"none","str":"“Yes?”","dir":"ltr","width":"30.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":83,"change":"none","str":"“The ‘Lone Star’ had arrived here last week. 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I wired to Gravesend and learned that she had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":83,"change":"none","str":"passed some time ago, and as the wind is easterly I have no doubt that she is now","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":83,"change":"none","str":"past the Goodwins and not very far from the Isle of Wight.”","dir":"ltr","width":"259.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":83,"change":"none","str":"“What will you do, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"114.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":83,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, I have my hand upon him. 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At the farther end was a small brazier of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":85,"change":"none","str":"burning charcoal, beside which on a three-legged wooden stool there sat a tall, thin","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":85,"change":"none","str":"old man, with his jaw resting upon his two fists, and his elbows upon his knees,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. 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I have not come to stay,” said I. “There is a friend of mine here,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Isa Whitney, and I wish to speak with him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"208.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"There was a movement and an exclamation from my right, and peering through","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"the gloom, I saw Whitney, pale, haggard, and unkempt, staring out at me.","dir":"ltr","width":"319.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"“My God! It’s Watson,” said he. He was in a pitiable state of reaction, with","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"every nerve in a twitter. “I say, Watson, what o’clock is it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"259.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"“Nearly eleven.”","dir":"ltr","width":"72.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"“Of what day?”","dir":"ltr","width":"68.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"“Of Friday, June 19th.”","dir":"ltr","width":"101.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"“Good heavens! I thought it was Wednesday. It is Wednesday. What d’you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"want to frighten a chap for?” He sank his face onto his arms and began to sob in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"a high treble key.","dir":"ltr","width":"74.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"“I tell you that it is Friday, man. Your wife has been waiting this two days for","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"you. You should be ashamed of yourself!”","dir":"ltr","width":"184.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"“So I am. But you’ve got mixed, Watson, for I have only been here a few hours,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"three pipes, four pipes—I forget how many. But I’ll go home with you. I wouldn’t","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"frighten Kate—poor little Kate. Give me your hand! Have you a cab?”","dir":"ltr","width":"308.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, I have one waiting.”","dir":"ltr","width":"113.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"“Then I shall go in it. But I must owe something. Find what I owe, Watson.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"I am all off colour. I can do nothing for myself.”","dir":"ltr","width":"210.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"I walked down the narrow passage between the double row of sleepers, holding","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"my breath to keep out the vile, stupefying fumes of the drug, and looking about for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"the manager. 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His form had filled out, his wrinkles were gone, the dull eyes had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"regained their fire, and there, sitting by the fire and grinning at my surprise, was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":86,"change":"none","str":"none other than Sherlock Holmes. 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I should recommend you also to send a note","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"by the cabman to your wife to say that you have thrown in your lot with me. If you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"will wait outside, I shall be with you in five minutes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"233.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"It was difficult to refuse any of Sherlock Holmes’ requests, for they were al-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"ways so exceedingly definite, and put forward with such a quiet air of mastery.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"I felt, however, that when Whitney was once confined in the cab my mission was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"practically accomplished; and for the rest, I could not wish anything better than","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"to be associated with my friend in one of those singular adventures which were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"the normal condition of his existence. 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Then, glancing quickly round, he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"straightened himself out and burst into a hearty fit of laughter.","dir":"ltr","width":"269.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“I suppose, Watson,” said he, “that you imagine that I have added opium-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"smoking to cocaine injections, and all the other little weaknesses on which you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"have favoured me with your medical views.”","dir":"ltr","width":"194.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“I was certainly surprised to find you there.”","dir":"ltr","width":"193.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“But not more so than I to find you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"159.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“I came to find a friend.”","dir":"ltr","width":"108.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“And I to find an enemy.”","dir":"ltr","width":"110.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“An enemy?”","dir":"ltr","width":"58.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“Yes; one of my natural enemies, or, shall I say, my natural prey. Briefly,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"Watson, I am in the midst of a very remarkable inquiry, and I have hoped to find","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"a clue in the incoherent ramblings of these sots, as I have done before now. Had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"I been recognised in that den my life would not have been worth an hour’s purchase;","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"for I have used it before now for my own purposes, and the rascally Lascar who","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"runs it has sworn to have vengeance upon me. There is a trap-door at the back of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"that building, near the corner of Paul’s Wharf, which could tell some strange tales","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"of what has passed through it upon the moonless nights.”","dir":"ltr","width":"248.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“What! You do not mean bodies?”","dir":"ltr","width":"150.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“Ay, bodies, Watson. We should be rich men if we had 1000 pounds for every","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"poor devil who has been done to death in that den. It is the vilest murder-trap on","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"the whole riverside, and I fear that Neville St. Clair has entered it never to leave it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"more. But our trap should be here.” He put his two forefingers between his teeth","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"and whistled shrilly—a signal which was answered by a similar whistle from the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"distance, followed shortly by the rattle of wheels and the clink of horses’ hoofs.","dir":"ltr","width":"347.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“Now, Watson,” said Holmes, as a tall dog-cart dashed up through the gloom,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"throwing out two golden tunnels of yellow light from its side lanterns. “You’ll","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"come with me, won’t you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"121.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“If I can be of use.”","dir":"ltr","width":"85.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so. My room","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":87,"change":"none","str":"at The Cedars is a double-bedded one.”","dir":"ltr","width":"171.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. 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I am staying there while I conduct the in-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"quiry.”","dir":"ltr","width":"29.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"“Where is it, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"86.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"“Near Lee, in Kent. We have a seven-mile drive before us.”","dir":"ltr","width":"258.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"“But I am all in the dark.”","dir":"ltr","width":"112.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"“Of course you are. You’ll know all about it presently. Jump up here. All right,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"John; we shall not need you. Here’s half a crown. Look out for me to-morrow,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"about eleven. Give her her head. So long, then!”","dir":"ltr","width":"210.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"He flicked the horse with his whip, and we dashed away through the endless","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"succession of sombre and deserted streets, which widened gradually, until we were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"flying across a broad balustraded bridge, with the murky river flowing sluggishly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"beneath us. 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A dull wrack was drifting slowly across the sky,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"and a star or two twinkled dimly here and there through the rifts of the clouds.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"Holmes drove in silence, with his head sunk upon his breast, and the air of a man","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"who is lost in thought, while I sat beside him, curious to learn what this new quest","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"might be which seemed to tax his powers so sorely, and yet afraid to break in upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"the current of his thoughts. 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I was wondering what I should","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"say to this dear little woman to-night when she meets me at the door.”","dir":"ltr","width":"303.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"“You forget that I know nothing about it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"181.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"“I shall just have time to tell you the facts of the case before we get to Lee. It","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"seems absurdly simple, and yet, somehow I can get nothing to go upon. There’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"plenty of thread, no doubt, but I can’t get the end of it into my hand. 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He had no occupation,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"but was interested in several companies and went into town as a rule in the morn-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":88,"change":"none","str":"ing, returning by the 5:14 from Cannon Street every night. 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Now, if you are well up in your London, you will know that the office","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"of the company is in Fresno Street, which branches out of Upper Swandam Lane,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"where you found me to-night. Mrs. St. Clair had her lunch, started for the City,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"did some shopping, proceeded to the company’s office, got her packet, and found","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"herself at exactly 4:35 walking through Swandam Lane on her way back to the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"station. Have you followed me so far?”","dir":"ltr","width":"171.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"“It is very clear.”","dir":"ltr","width":"73.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"“If you remember, Monday was an exceedingly hot day, and Mrs. St. Clair","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"walked slowly, glancing about in the hope of seeing a cab, as she did not like the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"neighbourhood in which she found herself. While she was walking in this way","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"down Swandam Lane, she suddenly heard an ejaculation or cry, and was struck","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"cold to see her husband looking down at her and, as it seemed to her, beckoning to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"her from a second-floor window. The window was open, and she distinctly saw his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"face, which she describes as being terribly agitated. He waved his hands frantically","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"to her, and then vanished from the window so suddenly that it seemed to her that he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"had been plucked back by some irresistible force from behind. One singular point","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"which struck her quick feminine eye was that although he wore some dark coat,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"such as he had started to town in, he had on neither collar nor necktie.","dir":"ltr","width":"304.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"“Convinced that something was amiss with him, she rushed down the steps—","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"for the house was none other than the opium den in which you found me to-night—","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"and running through the front room she attempted to ascend the stairs which led","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"to the first floor. 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Filled with the most maddening","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"doubts and fears, she rushed down the lane and, by rare good-fortune, met in Fresno","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"Street a number of constables with an inspector, all on their way to their beat.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"The inspector and two men accompanied her back, and in spite of the continued","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"resistance of the proprietor, they made their way to the room in which Mr. St. Clair","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"had last been seen. There was no sign of him there. In fact, in the whole of that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"floor there was no one to be found save a crippled wretch of hideous aspect, who, it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"seems, made his home there. Both he and the Lascar stoutly swore that no one else","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":89,"change":"none","str":"had been in the front room during the afternoon. 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The rooms were carefully examined,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"and results all pointed to an abominable crime. The front room was plainly fur-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"nished as a sitting-room and led into a small bedroom, which looked out upon the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"back of one of the wharves. 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The bedroom window was a broad one and opened from below.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"On examination traces of blood were to be seen upon the windowsill, and several","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"scattered drops were visible upon the wooden floor of the bedroom. 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There were no signs of violence upon any of these garments, and there were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"no other traces of Mr. Neville St. Clair. 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The Lascar was known to be a man of the vilest antecedents, but as, by","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"Mrs. St. Clair’s story, he was known to have been at the foot of the stair within","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"a very few seconds of her husband’s appearance at the window, he could hardly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"have been more than an accessory to the crime. His defence was one of absolute","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"ignorance, and he protested that he had no knowledge as to the doings of Hugh","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"Boone, his lodger, and that he could not account in any way for the presence of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"missing gentleman’s clothes.","dir":"ltr","width":"125.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"“So much for the Lascar manager. Now for the sinister cripple who lives upon","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"the second floor of the opium den, and who was certainly the last human being","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"whose eyes rested upon Neville St. Clair. His name is Hugh Boone, and his hideous","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"face is one which is familiar to every man who goes much to the City. He is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"a professional beggar, though in order to avoid the police regulations he pretends","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"to a small trade in wax vestas. 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Here it is that this creature takes his daily seat, cross-legged with his tiny","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"stock of matches on his lap, and as he is a piteous spectacle a small rain of charity","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"descends into the greasy leather cap which lies upon the pavement beside him.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"I have watched the fellow more than once before ever I thought of making his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"professional acquaintance, and I have been surprised at the harvest which he has","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"reaped in a short time. His appearance, you see, is so remarkable that no one can","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"pass him without observing him. A shock of orange hair, a pale face disfigured","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"by a horrible scar, which, by its contraction, has turned up the outer edge of his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"upper lip, a bulldog chin, and a pair of very penetrating dark eyes, which present","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"a singular contrast to the colour of his hair, all mark him out from amid the common","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"crowd of mendicants and so, too, does his wit, for he is ever ready with a reply to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":90,"change":"none","str":"any piece of chaff which may be thrown at him by the passers-by. This is the man","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP","dir":"ltr","width":"262.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"90","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"whom we now learn to have been the lodger at the opium den, and to have been the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"last man to see the gentleman of whom we are in quest.”","dir":"ltr","width":"245.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"“But a cripple!” said I. “What could he have done single-handed against a man","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"in the prime of life?”","dir":"ltr","width":"91.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"“He is a cripple in the sense that he walks with a limp; but in other respects he","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"appears to be a powerful and well-nurtured man. Surely your medical experience","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"would tell you, Watson, that weakness in one limb is often compensated for by","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"exceptional strength in the others.”","dir":"ltr","width":"151.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"“Pray continue your narrative.”","dir":"ltr","width":"135.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"“Mrs. St. Clair had fainted at the sight of the blood upon the window, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"she was escorted home in a cab by the police, as her presence could be of no","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"help to them in their investigations. Inspector Barton, who had charge of the case,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"made a very careful examination of the premises, but without finding anything","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"which threw any light upon the matter. One mistake had been made in not arresting","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"Boone instantly, as he was allowed some few minutes during which he might have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"communicated with his friend the Lascar, but this fault was soon remedied, and he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"was seized and searched, without anything being found which could incriminate","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"him. There were, it is true, some blood-stains upon his right shirt-sleeve, but he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"pointed to his ring-finger, which had been cut near the nail, and explained that the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"bleeding came from there, adding that he had been to the window not long before,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"and that the stains which had been observed there came doubtless from the same","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"source. He denied strenuously having ever seen Mr. Neville St. Clair and swore","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"that the presence of the clothes in his room was as much a mystery to him as to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"the police. As to Mrs. St. Clair’s assertion that she had actually seen her husband","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"at the window, he declared that she must have been either mad or dreaming. He","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"was removed, loudly protesting, to the police-station, while the inspector remained","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"upon the premises in the hope that the ebbing tide might afford some fresh clue.","dir":"ltr","width":"348.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"“And it did, though they hardly found upon the mud-bank what they had feared","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"to find. It was Neville St. Clair’s coat, and not Neville St. Clair, which lay uncov-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"ered as the tide receded. And what do you think they found in the pockets?”","dir":"ltr","width":"331.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"“I cannot imagine.”","dir":"ltr","width":"84.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"“No, I don’t think you would guess. Every pocket stuffed with pennies and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"half-pennies—421 pennies and 270 half-pennies. It was no wonder that it had not","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"been swept away by the tide. But a human body is a different matter. There is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"a fierce eddy between the wharf and the house. It seemed likely enough that the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"weighted coat had remained when the stripped body had been sucked away into the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"river.”","dir":"ltr","width":"26.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"“But I understand that all the other clothes were found in the room. Would the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"body be dressed in a coat alone?”","dir":"ltr","width":"146.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"“No, sir, but the facts might be met speciously enough. Suppose that this man","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"Boone had thrust Neville St. Clair through the window, there is no human eye","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"which could have seen the deed. What would he do then? It would of course","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"instantly strike him that he must get rid of the tell-tale garments. He would seize","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":91,"change":"none","str":"the coat, then, and be in the act of throwing it out, when it would occur to him that it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. 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He has little time, for he has heard the scuffle downstairs","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"when the wife tried to force her way up, and perhaps he has already heard from his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"Lascar confederate that the police are hurrying up the street. There is not an instant","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"to be lost. He rushes to some secret hoard, where he has accumulated the fruits of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"his beggary, and he stuffs all the coins upon which he can lay his hands into the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"pockets to make sure of the coat’s sinking. He throws it out, and would have done","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"the same with the other garments had not he heard the rush of steps below, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"only just had time to close the window when the police appeared.”","dir":"ltr","width":"289.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"“It certainly sounds feasible.”","dir":"ltr","width":"128.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"“Well, we will take it as a working hypothesis for want of a better. 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There the matter stands at present, and the questions which have to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"be solved—what Neville St. Clair was doing in the opium den, what happened","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"to him when there, where is he now, and what Hugh Boone had to do with his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"disappearance—are all as far from a solution as ever. I confess that I cannot recall","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"any case within my experience which looked at the first glance so simple and yet","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"which presented such difficulties.”","dir":"ltr","width":"149.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"While Sherlock Holmes had been detailing this singular series of events, we","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"had been whirling through the outskirts of the great town until the last straggling","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"houses had been left behind, and we rattled along with a country hedge upon either","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"side of us. Just as he finished, however, we drove through two scattered villages,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"where a few lights still glimmered in the windows.","dir":"ltr","width":"220.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"“We are on the outskirts of Lee,” said my companion. “We have touched on","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"three English counties in our short drive, starting in Middlesex, passing over an","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"angle of Surrey, and ending in Kent. See that light among the trees? That is The","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"Cedars, and beside that lamp sits a woman whose anxious ears have already, I have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"little doubt, caught the clink of our horse’s feet.”","dir":"ltr","width":"211.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"“But why are you not conducting the case from Baker Street?” I asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"309.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"“Because there are many inquiries which must be made out here. 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Whoa, there, whoa!”","dir":"ltr","width":"352.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"We had pulled up in front of a large villa which stood within its own grounds.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"A stable-boy had run out to the horse’s head, and springing down, I followed Hol-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"mes up the small, winding gravel-drive which led to the house. 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She stood with her figure outlined against the flood of light, one hand upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"the door, one half-raised in her eagerness, her body slightly bent, her head and face","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"protruded, with eager eyes and parted lips, a standing question.","dir":"ltr","width":"274.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"“Well?” she cried, “well?” And then, seeing that there were two of us, she gave","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":92,"change":"none","str":"a cry of hope which sank into a groan as she saw that my companion shook his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP","dir":"ltr","width":"262.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"92","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"head and shrugged his shoulders.","dir":"ltr","width":"144.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“No good news?”","dir":"ltr","width":"77.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“None.”","dir":"ltr","width":"35.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“No bad?”","dir":"ltr","width":"46.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“No.”","dir":"ltr","width":"24.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Thank God for that. But come in. You must be weary, for you have had a long","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"day.”","dir":"ltr","width":"21.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“This is my friend, Dr. Watson. He has been of most vital use to me in several","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"of my cases, and a lucky chance has made it possible for me to bring him out and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"associate him with this investigation.”","dir":"ltr","width":"164.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“I am delighted to see you,” said she, pressing my hand warmly. “You will,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"I am sure, forgive anything that may be wanting in our arrangements, when you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"consider the blow which has come so suddenly upon us.”","dir":"ltr","width":"248.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“My dear madam,” said I, “I am an old campaigner, and if I were not I can very","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"well see that no apology is needed. If I can be of any assistance, either to you or to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"my friend here, I shall be indeed happy.”","dir":"ltr","width":"176.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Now, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,” said the lady as we entered a well-lit dining-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"room, upon the table of which a cold supper had been laid out, “I should very","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"much like to ask you one or two plain questions, to which I beg that you will give","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"a plain answer.”","dir":"ltr","width":"69.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Certainly, madam.”","dir":"ltr","width":"89.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Do not trouble about my feelings. I am not hysterical, nor given to fainting.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"I simply wish to hear your real, real opinion.”","dir":"ltr","width":"198.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Upon what point?”","dir":"ltr","width":"87.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“In your heart of hearts, do you think that Neville is alive?”","dir":"ltr","width":"259.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes seemed to be embarrassed by the question. “Frankly, now!”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"she repeated, standing upon the rug and looking keenly down at him as he leaned","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"back in a basket-chair.","dir":"ltr","width":"97.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Frankly, then, madam, I do not.”","dir":"ltr","width":"146.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“You think that he is dead?”","dir":"ltr","width":"122.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“I do.”","dir":"ltr","width":"28.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Murdered?”","dir":"ltr","width":"57.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“I don’t say that. Perhaps.”","dir":"ltr","width":"117.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“And on what day did he meet his death?”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“On Monday.”","dir":"ltr","width":"63.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Then perhaps, Mr. Holmes, you will be good enough to explain how it is that","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"I have received a letter from him to-day.”","dir":"ltr","width":"178.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes sprang out of his chair as if he had been galvanised.","dir":"ltr","width":"303.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“What!” he roared.","dir":"ltr","width":"83.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, to-day.” She stood smiling, holding up a little slip of paper in the air.","dir":"ltr","width":"324.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“May I see it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"66.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"“Certainly.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":93,"change":"none","str":"drew over the lamp and examined it intently. I had left my chair and was gazing at","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP","dir":"ltr","width":"262.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"93","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"it over his shoulder. The envelope was a very coarse one and was stamped with the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"Gravesend postmark and with the date of that very day, or rather of the day before,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"for it was considerably after midnight.","dir":"ltr","width":"167.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“Coarse writing,” murmured Holmes. “Surely this is not your husband’s writ-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"ing, madam.”","dir":"ltr","width":"58.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“No, but the enclosure is.”","dir":"ltr","width":"114.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“I perceive also that whoever addressed the envelope had to go and inquire as","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"to the address.”","dir":"ltr","width":"66.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“How can you tell that?”","dir":"ltr","width":"108.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“The name, you see, is in perfectly black ink, which has dried itself. The rest","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"is of the greyish colour, which shows that blotting-paper has been used. If it had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"been written straight off, and then blotted, none would be of a deep black shade.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"This man has written the name, and there has then been a pause before he wrote","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"the address, which can only mean that he was not familiar with it. It is, of course,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles. Let us now see the letter. Ha!","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"there has been an enclosure here!”","dir":"ltr","width":"149.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, there was a ring. His signet-ring.”","dir":"ltr","width":"173.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“And you are sure that this is your husband’s hand?”","dir":"ltr","width":"229.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“One of his hands.”","dir":"ltr","width":"85.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“One?”","dir":"ltr","width":"32.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“His hand when he wrote hurriedly. It is very unlike his usual writing, and yet","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"I know it well.”","dir":"ltr","width":"67.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Dearest do not be frightened. All will come well. There is a huge error which","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"it may take some little time to rectify. Wait in patience.—N","dir":"ltr","width":"268.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"EVILLE","dir":"ltr","width":"33.22","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","386.50","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":386.5,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":".’ Written in","dir":"ltr","width":"56.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","419.99","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":419.991,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"pencil upon the fly-leaf of a book, octavo size, no water-mark. Hum! Posted to-day","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"in Gravesend by a man with a dirty thumb. Ha! And the flap has been gummed, if","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"I am not very much in error, by a person who had been chewing tobacco. And you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"have no doubt that it is your husband’s hand, madam?”","dir":"ltr","width":"239.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“None. Neville wrote those words.”","dir":"ltr","width":"155.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“And they were posted to-day at Gravesend. Well, Mrs. St. Clair, the clouds","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"lighten, though I should not venture to say that the danger is over.”","dir":"ltr","width":"290.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“But he must be alive, Mr. Holmes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"158.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“Unless this is a clever forgery to put us on the wrong scent. The ring, after all,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"proves nothing. It may have been taken from him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"222.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“No, no; it is, it is his very own writing!”","dir":"ltr","width":"179.26","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“Very well. It may, however, have been written on Monday and only posted","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"to-day.”","dir":"ltr","width":"33.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“That is possible.”","dir":"ltr","width":"80.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“If so, much may have happened between.”","dir":"ltr","width":"189.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, you must not discourage me, Mr. Holmes. I know that all is well with him.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"There is so keen a sympathy between us that I should know if evil came upon him.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"On the very day that I saw him last he cut himself in the bedroom, and yet I in the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":94,"change":"none","str":"dining-room rushed upstairs instantly with the utmost certainty that something had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP","dir":"ltr","width":"262.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"94","dir":"ltr","width":"10.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","465.57","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":465.57399999999996,"y":736.017} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"happened. Do you think that I would respond to such a trifle and yet be ignorant of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"his death?”","dir":"ltr","width":"48.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner. And in this letter you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"certainly have a very strong piece of evidence to corroborate your view. But if your","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"husband is alive and able to write letters, why should he remain away from you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"355.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“I cannot imagine. It is unthinkable.”","dir":"ltr","width":"161.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“And on Monday he made no remarks before leaving you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"260.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“No.”","dir":"ltr","width":"24.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“And you were surprised to see him in Swandam Lane?”","dir":"ltr","width":"247.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Very much so.”","dir":"ltr","width":"71.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Was the window open?”","dir":"ltr","width":"110.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Then he might have called to you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"160.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“He might.”","dir":"ltr","width":"52.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“He only, as I understand, gave an inarticulate cry?”","dir":"ltr","width":"227.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“A call for help, you thought?”","dir":"ltr","width":"134.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Yes. He waved his hands.”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“But it might have been a cry of surprise. Astonishment at the unexpected sight","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"of you might cause him to throw up his hands?”","dir":"ltr","width":"209.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“It is possible.”","dir":"ltr","width":"66.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“And you thought he was pulled back?”","dir":"ltr","width":"173.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“He disappeared so suddenly.”","dir":"ltr","width":"133.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“He might have leaped back. You did not see anyone else in the room?”","dir":"ltr","width":"313.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“No, but this horrible man confessed to having been there, and the Lascar was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"at the foot of the stairs.”","dir":"ltr","width":"104.67","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so. Your husband, as far as you could see, had his ordinary clothes on?”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“But without his collar or tie. I distinctly saw his bare throat.”","dir":"ltr","width":"269.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Had he ever spoken of Swandam Lane?”","dir":"ltr","width":"182.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Never.”","dir":"ltr","width":"37.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Had he ever showed any signs of having taken opium?”","dir":"ltr","width":"246.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Never.”","dir":"ltr","width":"37.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"“Thank you, Mrs. St. Clair. Those are the principal points about which I wished","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"to be absolutely clear. We shall now have a little supper and then retire, for we may","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"have a very busy day to-morrow.”","dir":"ltr","width":"146.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"A large and comfortable double-bedded room had been placed at our disposal,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"and I was quickly between the sheets, for I was weary after my night of adventure.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes was a man, however, who, when he had an unsolved problem","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"upon his mind, would go for days, and even for a week, without rest, turning it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"over, rearranging his facts, looking at it from every point of view until he had either","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"fathomed it or convinced himself that his data were insufficient. It was soon evident","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"to me that he was now preparing for an all-night sitting. He took off his coat and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":95,"change":"none","str":"waistcoat, put on a large blue dressing-gown, and then wandered about the room","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. 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With","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"these he constructed a sort of Eastern divan, upon which he perched himself cross-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"legged, with an ounce of shag tobacco and a box of matches laid out in front of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"him. In the dim light of the lamp I saw him sitting there, an old briar pipe between","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"his lips, his eyes fixed vacantly upon the corner of the ceiling, the blue smoke","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"curling up from him, silent, motionless, with the light shining upon his strong-set","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"aquiline features. So he sat as I dropped off to sleep, and so he sat when a sudden","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"ejaculation caused me to wake up, and I found the summer sun shining into the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"apartment. The pipe was still between his lips, the smoke still curled upward, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"the room was full of a dense tobacco haze, but nothing remained of the heap of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"shag which I had seen upon the previous night.","dir":"ltr","width":"204.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"“Awake, Watson?” he asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"124.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"“Game for a morning drive?”","dir":"ltr","width":"128.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"“Certainly.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"“Then dress. 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I had hardly finished when Holmes returned","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"with the news that the boy was putting in the horse.","dir":"ltr","width":"224.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"“I want to test a little theory of mine,” said he, pulling on his boots. “I think,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"Watson, that you are now standing in the presence of one of the most absolute fools","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"in Europe. I deserve to be kicked from here to Charing Cross. But I think I have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"the key of the affair now.”","dir":"ltr","width":"112.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"“And where is it?” I asked, smiling.","dir":"ltr","width":"155.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"“In the bathroom,” he answered. “Oh, yes, I am not joking,” he continued,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"seeing my look of incredulity. “I have just been there, and I have taken it out, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"I have got it in this Gladstone bag. Come on, my boy, and we shall see whether it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"will not fit the lock.”","dir":"ltr","width":"89.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"We made our way downstairs as quietly as possible, and out into the bright","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"morning sunshine. 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A few country carts were stirring, bearing in vegetables to the metropolis,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"but the lines of villas on either side were as silent and lifeless as some city in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"a dream.","dir":"ltr","width":"37.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"“It has been in some points a singular case,” said Holmes, flicking the horse on","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"into a gallop. “I confess that I have been as blind as a mole, but it is better to learn","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"wisdom late than never to learn it at all.”","dir":"ltr","width":"176.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"In town the earliest risers were just beginning to look sleepily from their win-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":96,"change":"none","str":"dows as we drove through the streets of the Surrey side. 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One of them","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":705.258} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"held the horse’s head while the other led us in.","dir":"ltr","width":"202.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“Who is on duty?” asked Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"148.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“Inspector Bradstreet, sir.”","dir":"ltr","width":"115.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, Bradstreet, how are you?” A tall, stout official had come down the stone-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket. “I wish to have a quiet word","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"with you, Bradstreet.” “Certainly, Mr. Holmes. Step into my room here.” It was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"a small, office-like room, with a huge ledger upon the table, and a telephone pro-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"jecting from the wall. The inspector sat down at his desk.","dir":"ltr","width":"249.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“What can I do for you, Mr. Holmes?”","dir":"ltr","width":"168.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“I called about that beggarman, Boone—the one who was charged with being","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"concerned in the disappearance of Mr. Neville St. Clair, of Lee.”","dir":"ltr","width":"280.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“Yes. He was brought up and remanded for further inquiries.”","dir":"ltr","width":"269.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“So I heard. You have him here?”","dir":"ltr","width":"147.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“In the cells.”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“Is he quiet?”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, he gives no trouble. But he is a dirty scoundrel.”","dir":"ltr","width":"234.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“Dirty?”","dir":"ltr","width":"37.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, it is all we can do to make him wash his hands, and his face is as black as","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"a tinker’s. Well, when once his case has been settled, he will have a regular prison","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"bath; and I think, if you saw him, you would agree with me that he needed it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"339.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“I should like to see him very much.”","dir":"ltr","width":"162.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“Would you? That is easily done. Come this way. 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He was, as the inspector had said, extremely dirty, but","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"the grime which covered his face could not conceal its repulsive ugliness. A broad","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"wheal from an old scar ran right across it from eye to chin, and by its contraction","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"had turned up one side of the upper lip, so that three teeth were exposed in a per-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"petual snarl. A shock of very bright red hair grew low over his eyes and forehead.","dir":"ltr","width":"356.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“He’s a beauty, isn’t he?” said the inspector.","dir":"ltr","width":"192.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“He certainly needs a wash,” remarked Holmes. “I had an idea that he might,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"and I took the liberty of bringing the tools with me.” He opened the Gladstone bag","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"as he spoke, and took out, to my astonishment, a very large bath-sponge.","dir":"ltr","width":"316.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":97,"change":"none","str":"“He! he! You are a funny one,” chuckled the inspector.","dir":"ltr","width":"239.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. 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The sleeper half turned, and then settled down once more","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"into a deep slumber. Holmes stooped to the water-jug, moistened his sponge, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"then rubbed it twice vigorously across and down the prisoner’s face.","dir":"ltr","width":"296.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"“Let me introduce you,” he shouted, “to Mr. Neville St. Clair, of Lee, in the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"county of Kent.”","dir":"ltr","width":"71.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"Never in my life have I seen such a sight. The man’s face peeled off under the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"sponge like the bark from a tree. Gone was the coarse brown tint! Gone, too, was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"the horrid scar which had seamed it across, and the twisted lip which had given the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"repulsive sneer to the face! A twitch brought away the tangled red hair, and there,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"sitting up in his bed, was a pale, sad-faced, refined-looking man, black-haired and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"smooth-skinned, rubbing his eyes and staring about him with sleepy bewilderment.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a scream and threw himself","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"down with his face to the pillow.","dir":"ltr","width":"141.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"“Great heavens!” cried the inspector, “it is, indeed, the missing man. I know","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"him from the photograph.”","dir":"ltr","width":"116.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"The prisoner turned with the reckless air of a man who abandons himself to his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"destiny. “Be it so,” said he. “And pray what am I charged with?”","dir":"ltr","width":"281.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"“With making away with Mr. Neville St.— Oh, come, you can’t be charged","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"with that unless they make a case of attempted suicide of it,” said the inspector","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"with a grin. “Well, I have been twenty-seven years in the force, but this really takes","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"the cake.”","dir":"ltr","width":"42.74","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"“If I am Mr. Neville St. Clair, then it is obvious that no crime has been commit-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"ted, and that, therefore, I am illegally detained.”","dir":"ltr","width":"208.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"“No crime, but a very great error has been committed,” said Holmes. “You","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"would have done better to have trusted you wife.”","dir":"ltr","width":"216.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"“It was not the wife; it was the children,” groaned the prisoner. “God help me,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"I would not have them ashamed of their father. My God! What an exposure! What","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"can I do?”","dir":"ltr","width":"44.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes sat down beside him on the couch and patted him kindly on","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"the shoulder.","dir":"ltr","width":"55.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"“If you leave it to a court of law to clear the matter up,” said he, “of course you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"can hardly avoid publicity. On the other hand, if you convince the police authorities","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"that there is no possible case against you, I do not know that there is any reason","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"that the details should find their way into the papers. Inspector Bradstreet would,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"I am sure, make notes upon anything which you might tell us and submit it to the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"proper authorities. The case would then never go into court at all.”","dir":"ltr","width":"289.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"“God bless you!” cried the prisoner passionately. “I would have endured im-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"prisonment, ay, even execution, rather than have left my miserable secret as a fam-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":98,"change":"none","str":"ily blot to my children.","dir":"ltr","width":"100.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. 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I travelled in my youth,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"took to the stage, and finally became a reporter on an evening paper in London.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"One day my editor wished to have a series of articles upon begging in the metropo-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"lis, and I volunteered to supply them. There was the point from which all my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"adventures started. It was only by trying begging as an amateur that I could get","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"the facts upon which to base my articles. 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I painted my face, and to make myself as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"pitiable as possible I made a good scar and fixed one side of my lip in a twist by","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"the aid of a small slip of flesh-coloured plaster. Then with a red head of hair, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"an appropriate dress, I took my station in the business part of the city, ostensibly as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"a match-seller but really as a beggar. 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I was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"at my wit’s end where to get the money, but a sudden idea came to me. I begged","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"a fortnight’s grace from the creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. In ten days I had the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"money and had paid the debt.","dir":"ltr","width":"128.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"“Well, you can imagine how hard it was to settle down to arduous work at","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"2 pounds a week when I knew that I could earn as much in a day by smearing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"my face with a little paint, laying my cap on the ground, and sitting still. It was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"a long fight between my pride and the money, but the dollars won at last, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"I threw up reporting and sat day after day in the corner which I had first chosen,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"inspiring pity by my ghastly face and filling my pockets with coppers. Only one","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"man knew my secret. He was the keeper of a low den in which I used to lodge in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"Swandam Lane, where I could every morning emerge as a squalid beggar and in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"the evenings transform myself into a well-dressed man about town. This fellow,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"a Lascar, was well paid by me for his rooms, so that I knew that my secret was safe","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"in his possession.","dir":"ltr","width":"76.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"“Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of money. I do","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"not mean that any beggar in the streets of London could earn 700 pounds a year—","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"which is less than my average takings—but I had exceptional advantages in my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"power of making up, and also in a facility of repartee, which improved by practice","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"and made me quite a recognised character in the City. All day a stream of pennies,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"varied by silver, poured in upon me, and it was a very bad day in which I failed to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"take 2 pounds.","dir":"ltr","width":"63.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"“As I grew richer I grew more ambitious, took a house in the country, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"eventually married, without anyone having a suspicion as to my real occupation.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"My dear wife knew that I had business in the City. She little knew what.","dir":"ltr","width":"314.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"“Last Monday I had finished for the day and was dressing in my room above","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76499999999993,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":99,"change":"none","str":"the opium den when I looked out of my window and saw, to my horror and as-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999993,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VI. 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I gave a cry of surprise, threw up my arms to cover my face, and, rushing to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"my confidant, the Lascar, entreated him to prevent anyone from coming up to me.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"I heard her voice downstairs, but I knew that she could not ascend. 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The other clothes would have followed, but at that moment there was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"a rush of constables up the stair, and a few minutes after I found, rather, I confess,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"to my relief, that instead of being identified as Mr. Neville St. Clair, I was arrested","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"as his murderer.","dir":"ltr","width":"69.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999997,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“I do not know that there is anything else for me to explain. 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Knowing that my wife would be terribly anxious, I slipped off my ring and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"confided it to the Lascar at a moment when no constable was watching me, together","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"with a hurried scrawl, telling her that she had no cause to fear.”","dir":"ltr","width":"274.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“That note only reached her yesterday,” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"232.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“Good God! What a week she must have spent!”","dir":"ltr","width":"212.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“The police have watched this Lascar,” said Inspector Bradstreet, “and I can","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"quite understand that he might find it difficult to post a letter unobserved. Probably","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"he handed it to some sailor customer of his, who forgot all about it for some days.”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“That was it,” said Holmes, nodding approvingly; “I have no doubt of it. But","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"have you never been prosecuted for begging?”","dir":"ltr","width":"201.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“Many times; but what was a fine to me?”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“It must stop here, however,” said Bradstreet. “If the police are to hush this","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"thing up, there must be no more of Hugh Boone.”","dir":"ltr","width":"215.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“I have sworn it by the most solemn oaths which a man can take.”","dir":"ltr","width":"287.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“In that case I think that it is probable that no further steps may be taken. 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I wish I knew how","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"you reach your results.”","dir":"ltr","width":"103.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"“I reached this one,” said my friend, “by sitting upon five pillows and consum-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"ing an ounce of shag. I think, Watson, that if we drive to Baker Street we shall just","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":100,"change":"none","str":"be in time for breakfast.”","dir":"ltr","width":"108.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"Adventure VII","dir":"ltr","width":"129.70","height":"20.66","transform":["20.66","0.00","0.00","20.66","117.83","630.54"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":630.539} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"The Adventure Of The Blue","dir":"ltr","width":"295.39","height":"24.79","transform":["24.79","0.00","0.00","24.79","117.83","580.73"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":580.725} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"Carbuncle","dir":"ltr","width":"111.05","height":"24.79","transform":["24.79","0.00","0.00","24.79","117.83","550.84"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":550.837} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"I","dir":"ltr","width":"37.06","height":"59.78","transform":["59.78","0.00","0.00","59.78","117.83","455.51"],"fontName":"NVBKCW+RoyalInitialen","x":117.828,"y":455.508} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"HAD","dir":"ltr","width":"19.98","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","157.89","496.15"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":157.889,"y":496.155} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning","dir":"ltr","width":"294.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","181.67","496.15"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":181.67100000000002,"y":496.155} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the","dir":"ltr","width":"316.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","160.34","482.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":160.34400000000002,"y":482.606} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"season. 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I am glad to have a friend with whom I can discuss my results. The","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","360.66"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":360.6630000000001} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"matter is a perfectly trivial one”—he jerked his thumb in the direction of the old","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","347.11"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":347.11400000000015} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"hat—”but there are points in connection with it which are not entirely devoid of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","333.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":333.56500000000017} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"interest and even of instruction.”","dir":"ltr","width":"141.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","320.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":320.0160000000002} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"I seated myself in his armchair and warmed my hands before his crackling","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","306.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":306.4660000000002} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"fire, for a sharp frost had set in, and the windows were thick with the ice crystals.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","292.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":292.9170000000002} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"“I suppose,” I remarked, “that, homely as it looks, this thing has some deadly story","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","279.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":279.3680000000002} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"linked on to it—that it is the clue which will guide you in the solution of some","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","265.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":265.81900000000024} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"mystery and the punishment of some crime.”","dir":"ltr","width":"195.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","252.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":252.27000000000024} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"“No, no. 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Amid the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","211.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":211.6220000000002} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"action and reaction of so dense a swarm of humanity, every possible combination","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","198.07"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":198.0730000000002} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"of events may be expected to take place, and many a little problem will be presented","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","184.52"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":184.5240000000002} {"page":101,"change":"none","str":"which may be striking and bizarre without being criminal. 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You allude to my attempt to recover the Irene Adler papers, to the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"singular case of Miss Mary Sutherland, and to the adventure of the man with the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"twisted lip. Well, I have no doubt that this small matter will fall into the same","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"innocent category. You know Peterson, the commissionaire?”","dir":"ltr","width":"267.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“It is to him that this trophy belongs.”","dir":"ltr","width":"164.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“It is his hat.”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“No, no, he found it. 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The roughs had also fled","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"at the appearance of Peterson, so that he was left in possession of the field of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"battle, and also of the spoils of victory in the shape of this battered hat and a most","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"unimpeachable Christmas goose.”","dir":"ltr","width":"148.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“Which surely he restored to their owner?”","dir":"ltr","width":"187.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“My dear fellow, there lies the problem. It is true that ‘For Mrs. Henry Baker’","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"was printed upon a small card which was tied to the bird’s left leg, and it is also","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"true that the initials ‘H. B.’ are legible upon the lining of this hat, but as there are","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"some thousands of Bakers, and some hundreds of Henry Bakers in this city of ours,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"it is not easy to restore lost property to any one of them.”","dir":"ltr","width":"247.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“What, then, did Peterson do?”","dir":"ltr","width":"135.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“He brought round both hat and goose to me on Christmas morning, knowing","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"that even the smallest problems are of interest to me. The goose we retained until","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"this morning, when there were signs that, in spite of the slight frost, it would be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"well that it should be eaten without unnecessary delay. Its finder has carried it off,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"therefore, to fulfil the ultimate destiny of a goose, while I continue to retain the hat","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"of the unknown gentleman who lost his Christmas dinner.”","dir":"ltr","width":"255.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“Did he not advertise?”","dir":"ltr","width":"102.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“No.”","dir":"ltr","width":"24.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“Then, what clue could you have as to his identity?”","dir":"ltr","width":"228.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“Only as much as we can deduce.”","dir":"ltr","width":"151.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":102,"change":"none","str":"“From his hat?”","dir":"ltr","width":"69.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE","dir":"ltr","width":"322.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"102","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“Precisely.”","dir":"ltr","width":"50.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“But you are joking. What can you gather from this old battered felt?”","dir":"ltr","width":"306.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“Here is my lens. You know my methods. What can you gather yourself as to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"the individuality of the man who has worn this article?”","dir":"ltr","width":"242.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"I took the tattered object in my hands and turned it over rather ruefully. It was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"a very ordinary black hat of the usual round shape, hard and much the worse for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"wear. The lining had been of red silk, but was a good deal discoloured. There was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"no maker’s name; but, as Holmes had remarked, the initials “H. B.” were scrawled","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"upon one side. It was pierced in the brim for a hat-securer, but the elastic was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"missing. For the rest, it was cracked, exceedingly dusty, and spotted in several","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"places, although there seemed to have been some attempt to hide the discoloured","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"patches by smearing them with ink.","dir":"ltr","width":"155.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“I can see nothing,” said I, handing it back to my friend.","dir":"ltr","width":"244.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"from what you see. You are too timid in drawing your inferences.”","dir":"ltr","width":"289.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“Then, pray tell me what it is that you can infer from this hat?”","dir":"ltr","width":"275.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective fashion which was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"characteristic of him. “It is perhaps less suggestive than it might have been,” he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"remarked, “and yet there are a few inferences which are very distinct, and a few","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"others which represent at least a strong balance of probability. That the man was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"highly intellectual is of course obvious upon the face of it, and also that he was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"fairly well-to-do within the last three years, although he has now fallen upon evil","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"days. He had foresight, but has less now than formerly, pointing to a moral ret-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"rogression, which, when taken with the decline of his fortunes, seems to indicate","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"some evil influence, probably drink, at work upon him. This may account also for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"the obvious fact that his wife has ceased to love him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"234.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“My dear Holmes!”","dir":"ltr","width":"86.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“He has, however, retained some degree of self-respect,” he continued, disre-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"garding my remonstrance. “He is a man who leads a sedentary life, goes out little,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"is out of training entirely, is middle-aged, has grizzled hair which he has had cut","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"within the last few days, and which he anoints with lime-cream. These are the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"more patent facts which are to be deduced from his hat. Also, by the way, that it is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"extremely improbable that he has gas laid on in his house.”","dir":"ltr","width":"256.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“You are certainly joking, Holmes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"156.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“Not in the least. Is it possible that even now, when I give you these results,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"you are unable to see how they are attained?”","dir":"ltr","width":"197.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“I have no doubt that I am very stupid, but I must confess that I am unable to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"follow you. For example, how did you deduce that this man was intellectual?”","dir":"ltr","width":"340.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"For answer Holmes clapped the hat upon his head. It came right over the fore-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"head and settled upon the bridge of his nose. “It is a question of cubic capacity,”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"said he; “a man with so large a brain must have something in it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"281.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“The decline of his fortunes, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"155.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"“This hat is three years old. These flat brims curled at the edge came in then.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":103,"change":"none","str":"It is a hat of the very best quality. Look at the band of ribbed silk and the excellent","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. 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If this man could afford to buy so expensive a hat three years ago, and has","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":705.258} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"had no hat since, then he has assuredly gone down in the world.”","dir":"ltr","width":"281.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"“Well, that is clear enough, certainly. But how about the foresight and the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"moral retrogression?”","dir":"ltr","width":"94.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes laughed. “Here is the foresight,” said he putting his finger","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"upon the little disc and loop of the hat-securer. “They are never sold upon hats. If","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"this man ordered one, it is a sign of a certain amount of foresight, since he went out","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"of his way to take this precaution against the wind. But since we see that he has","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"broken the elastic and has not troubled to replace it, it is obvious that he has less","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"foresight now than formerly, which is a distinct proof of a weakening nature. On","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"the other hand, he has endeavoured to conceal some of these stains upon the felt by","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"daubing them with ink, which is a sign that he has not entirely lost his self-respect.”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"“Your reasoning is certainly plausible.”","dir":"ltr","width":"171.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"“The further points, that he is middle-aged, that his hair is grizzled, that it has","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"been recently cut, and that he uses lime-cream, are all to be gathered from a close","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"examination of the lower part of the lining. 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When I see you, my dear Watson,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"with a week’s accumulation of dust upon your hat, and when your wife allows you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"to go out in such a state, I shall fear that you also have been unfortunate enough to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"lose your wife’s affection.”","dir":"ltr","width":"117.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"“But he might be a bachelor.”","dir":"ltr","width":"128.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":104,"change":"none","str":"“Nay, he was bringing home the goose as a peace-offering to his wife. 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The goose, sir!” he gasped.","dir":"ltr","width":"233.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE","dir":"ltr","width":"322.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"104","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"“Eh? What of it, then? 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I suppose you know what you have got?”","dir":"ltr","width":"276.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"“A diamond, sir? A precious stone. It cuts into glass as though it were putty.”","dir":"ltr","width":"336.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"“It’s more than a precious stone. 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I have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"some account of the matter here, I believe.” He rummaged amid his newspapers,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"glancing over the dates, until at last he smoothed one out, doubled it over, and read","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"the following paragraph:","dir":"ltr","width":"107.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"“Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery. 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James Ryder, upper-attendant at","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","273.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":273.2780000000006} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"the hotel, gave his evidence to the effect that he had shown Horner","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","259.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":259.7290000000006} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"up to the dressing-room of the Countess of Morcar upon the day of","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","246.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":246.1800000000006} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"the robbery in order that he might solder the second bar of the grate,","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","232.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":232.6310000000006} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"which was loose. He had remained with Horner some little time, but","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","219.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":219.08100000000059} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"had finally been called away. 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Ryder instantly gave the alarm, and Horner was arrested the","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","151.34"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":151.33500000000055} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"same evening; but the stone could not be found either upon his person","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","137.79"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":137.78600000000054} {"page":105,"change":"none","str":"or in his rooms. Catherine Cusack, maid to the Countess, deposed to","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","124.24"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":124.23700000000053} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE","dir":"ltr","width":"322.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"105","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"having heard Ryder’s cry of dismay on discovering the robbery, and","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":705.258} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"to having rushed into the room, where she found matters as described","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"by the last witness. Inspector Bradstreet, B division, gave evidence","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"as to the arrest of Horner, who struggled frantically, and protested his","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"innocence in the strongest terms. Evidence of a previous conviction","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"for robbery having been given against the prisoner, the magistrate re-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"fused to deal summarily with the offence, but referred it to the Assizes.","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"Horner, who had shown signs of intense emotion during the proceed-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"ings, fainted away at the conclusion and was carried out of court.”","dir":"ltr","width":"287.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"“Hum! So much for the police-court,” said Holmes thoughtfully, tossing aside","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","571.36"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":571.3600000000002} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"the paper. “The question for us now to solve is the sequence of events leading from","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","557.81"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":557.8110000000003} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"a rifled jewel-case at one end to the crop of a goose in Tottenham Court Road at","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","544.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":544.2620000000003} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"the other. You see, Watson, our little deductions have suddenly assumed a much","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","530.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":530.7130000000003} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"more important and less innocent aspect. Here is the stone; the stone came from","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","517.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":517.1640000000003} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"the goose, and the goose came from Mr. Henry Baker, the gentleman with the bad","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","503.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":503.6140000000003} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"hat and all the other characteristics with which I have bored you. So now we must","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","490.07"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":490.06500000000034} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"set ourselves very seriously to finding this gentleman and ascertaining what part he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","476.52"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":476.51600000000036} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"has played in this little mystery. To do this, we must try the simplest means first,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","462.97"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":462.9670000000004} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"and these lie undoubtedly in an advertisement in all the evening papers. If this fail,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","449.42"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":449.4180000000004} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"I shall have recourse to other methods.”","dir":"ltr","width":"172.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","435.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":435.8690000000004} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"“What will you say?”","dir":"ltr","width":"94.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","422.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":422.3190000000004} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"“Give me a pencil and that slip of paper. Now, then: ‘Found at the corner of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","408.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":408.77000000000044} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat. Mr. Henry Baker can have the same","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","395.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":395.22100000000046} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"by applying at 6:30 this evening at 221B, Baker Street.’ That is clear and concise.”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","381.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":381.6720000000005} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"“Very. But will he see it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"114.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","368.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":368.1230000000005} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"“Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since, to a poor man, the loss was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","354.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":354.5730000000005} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"a heavy one. He was clearly so scared by his mischance in breaking the window","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","341.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":341.0240000000005} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"and by the approach of Peterson that he thought of nothing but flight, but since","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","327.48"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":327.47500000000053} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"then he must have bitterly regretted the impulse which caused him to drop his bird.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","313.93"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":313.92600000000056} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"Then, again, the introduction of his name will cause him to see it, for everyone","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","300.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":300.3770000000006} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"who knows him will direct his attention to it. Here you are, Peterson, run down to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","286.83"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":286.82700000000057} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"the advertising agency and have this put in the evening papers.”","dir":"ltr","width":"276.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","273.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":273.2780000000006} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"“In which, sir?”","dir":"ltr","width":"69.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","259.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":259.7290000000006} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, in the Globe, Star, Pall Mall, St. James’s, Evening News, Standard, Echo,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","246.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":246.1800000000006} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"and any others that occur to you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"146.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","232.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":232.6310000000006} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"“Very well, sir. And this stone?”","dir":"ltr","width":"141.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","219.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":219.08100000000059} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, yes, I shall keep the stone. Thank you. And, I say, Peterson, just buy","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","205.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":205.53200000000058} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"a goose on your way back and leave it here with me, for we must have one to give","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","191.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":191.98300000000057} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"to this gentleman in place of the one which your family is now devouring.”","dir":"ltr","width":"326.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","178.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":178.43400000000057} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"When the commissionaire had gone, Holmes took up the stone and held it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","164.89"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":164.88500000000056} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"against the light. “It’s a bonny thing,” said he. “Just see how it glints and sparkles.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","151.34"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":151.33500000000055} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","137.79"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":137.78600000000054} {"page":106,"change":"none","str":"devil’s pet baits. In the larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","124.24"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":124.23700000000053} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. 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It was found in the banks of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":705.258} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"Amoy River in southern China and is remarkable in having every characteristic of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"the carbuncle, save that it is blue in shade instead of ruby red. In spite of its youth,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"it has already a sinister history. There have been two murders, a vitriol-throwing,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"a suicide, and several robberies brought about for the sake of this forty-grain weight","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"of crystallised charcoal. Who would think that so pretty a toy would be a purveyor","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"to the gallows and the prison? I’ll lock it up in my strong box now and drop a line","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"to the Countess to say that we have it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"168.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"“Do you think that this man Horner is innocent?”","dir":"ltr","width":"215.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"“I cannot tell.”","dir":"ltr","width":"63.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"“Well, then, do you imagine that this other one, Henry Baker, had anything to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"do with the matter?”","dir":"ltr","width":"89.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"“It is, I think, much more likely that Henry Baker is an absolutely innocent","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"man, who had no idea that the bird which he was carrying was of considerably","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"more value than if it were made of solid gold. That, however, I shall determine by","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"a very simple test if we have an answer to our advertisement.”","dir":"ltr","width":"269.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"“And you can do nothing until then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"163.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"“Nothing.”","dir":"ltr","width":"47.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"“In that case I shall continue my professional round. But I shall come back in","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"the evening at the hour you have mentioned, for I should like to see the solution of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"so tangled a business.”","dir":"ltr","width":"98.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"“Very glad to see you. I dine at seven. There is a woodcock, I believe. By the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"way, in view of recent occurrences, perhaps I ought to ask Mrs. Hudson to examine","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"its crop.”","dir":"ltr","width":"39.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"I had been delayed at a case, and it was a little after half-past six when I found","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"myself in Baker Street once more. As I approached the house I saw a tall man in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"a Scotch bonnet with a coat which was buttoned up to his chin waiting outside in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"the bright semicircle which was thrown from the fanlight. 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It is a cold night, and I observe that your","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"circulation is more adapted for summer than for winter. Ah, Watson, you have just","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"come at the right time. Is that your hat, Mr. Baker?”","dir":"ltr","width":"226.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir, that is undoubtedly my hat.”","dir":"ltr","width":"165.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"He was a large man with rounded shoulders, a massive head, and a broad,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"intelligent face, sloping down to a pointed beard of grizzled brown. A touch of red","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"in nose and cheeks, with a slight tremor of his extended hand, recalled Holmes’","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"surmise as to his habits. His rusty black frock-coat was buttoned right up in front,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"with the collar turned up, and his lank wrists protruded from his sleeves without","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"a sign of cuff or shirt. He spoke in a slow staccato fashion, choosing his words","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"with care, and gave the impression generally of a man of learning and letters who","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":107,"change":"none","str":"had had ill-usage at the hands of fortune.","dir":"ltr","width":"178.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":108,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. 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By the way, about the bird, we were compelled to eat it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"319.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":108,"change":"none","str":"“To eat it!” Our visitor half rose from his chair in his excitement.","dir":"ltr","width":"283.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":108,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, it would have been of no use to anyone had we not done so. 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No, sir, I think that, with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":108,"change":"none","str":"your permission, I will confine my attentions to the excellent bird which I perceive","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":108,"change":"none","str":"upon the sideboard.”","dir":"ltr","width":"89.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":108,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes glanced sharply across at me with a slight shrug of his shoul-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":108,"change":"none","str":"ders.","dir":"ltr","width":"20.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":108,"change":"none","str":"“There is your hat, then, and there your bird,” said he. “By the way, would it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":108,"change":"none","str":"bore you to tell me where you got the other one from? 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My pence were duly paid, and the rest is familiar to you. 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I was speaking only half an hour ago to Mr. Henry Baker, who was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"a member of your goose club.”","dir":"ltr","width":"133.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Ah! yes, I see. But you see, sir, them’s not our geese.”","dir":"ltr","width":"240.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed! Whose, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"105.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Well, I got the two dozen from a salesman in Covent Garden.”","dir":"ltr","width":"275.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed? I know some of them. Which was it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"208.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Breckinridge is his name.”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Ah! I don’t know him. Well, here’s your good health landlord, and prosperity","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"to your house. Good-night.”","dir":"ltr","width":"122.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Now for Mr. Breckinridge,” he continued, buttoning up his coat as we came","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"out into the frosty air. “Remember, Watson that though we have so homely a thing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"as a goose at one end of this chain, we have at the other a man who will certainly get","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"seven years’ penal servitude unless we can establish his innocence. It is possible","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"that our inquiry may but confirm his guilt; but, in any case, we have a line of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"investigation which has been missed by the police, and which a singular chance","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"has placed in our hands. Let us follow it out to the bitter end. Faces to the south,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"then, and quick march!”","dir":"ltr","width":"105.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a zigzag of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"slums to Covent Garden Market. One of the largest stalls bore the name of Breck-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"inridge upon it, and the proprietor a horsey-looking man, with a sharp face and trim","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"side-whiskers was helping a boy to put up the shutters.","dir":"ltr","width":"238.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Good-evening. It’s a cold night,” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"207.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"The salesman nodded and shot a questioning glance at my companion.","dir":"ltr","width":"307.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Sold out of geese, I see,” continued Holmes, pointing at the bare slabs of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"marble.","dir":"ltr","width":"33.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Let you have five hundred to-morrow morning.”","dir":"ltr","width":"214.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“That’s no good.”","dir":"ltr","width":"77.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Well, there are some on the stall with the gas-flare.”","dir":"ltr","width":"230.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, but I was recommended to you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"164.06","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Who by?”","dir":"ltr","width":"49.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“The landlord of the Alpha.”","dir":"ltr","width":"124.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes; I sent him a couple of dozen.”","dir":"ltr","width":"174.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Fine birds they were, too. Now where did you get them from?”","dir":"ltr","width":"279.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"To my surprise the question provoked a burst of anger from the salesman.","dir":"ltr","width":"320.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"“Now, then, mister,” said he, with his head cocked and his arms akimbo, “what","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":109,"change":"none","str":"are you driving at? Let’s have it straight, now.”","dir":"ltr","width":"204.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE","dir":"ltr","width":"322.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"109","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“It is straight enough. I should like to know who sold you the geese which you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"supplied to the Alpha.”","dir":"ltr","width":"100.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Well then, I shan’t tell you. So now!”","dir":"ltr","width":"168.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, it is a matter of no importance; but I don’t know why you should be so","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"warm over such a trifle.”","dir":"ltr","width":"106.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Warm! You’d be as warm, maybe, if you were as pestered as I am. When","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"I pay good money for a good article there should be an end of the business; but it’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"‘Where are the geese?’ and ‘Who did you sell the geese to?’ and ‘What will you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"take for the geese?’ One would think they were the only geese in the world, to hear","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"the fuss that is made over them.”","dir":"ltr","width":"142.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Well, I have no connection with any other people who have been making","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"inquiries,” said Holmes carelessly. “If you won’t tell us the bet is off, that is all.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"But I’m always ready to back my opinion on a matter of fowls, and I have a fiver","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"on it that the bird I ate is country bred.”","dir":"ltr","width":"171.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Well, then, you’ve lost your fiver, for it’s town bred,” snapped the salesman.","dir":"ltr","width":"334.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“It’s nothing of the kind.”","dir":"ltr","width":"111.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“I say it is.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“I don’t believe it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"83.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“D’you think you know more about fowls than I, who have handled them ever","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"since I was a nipper? I tell you, all those birds that went to the Alpha were town","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"bred.”","dir":"ltr","width":"26.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“You’ll never persuade me to believe that.”","dir":"ltr","width":"187.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Will you bet, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"92.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“It’s merely taking your money, for I know that I am right. 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You see","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"this little book?”","dir":"ltr","width":"72.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Well?”","dir":"ltr","width":"34.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“That’s the list of the folk from whom I buy. D’you see? Well, then, here on","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"this page are the country folk, and the numbers after their names are where their","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"accounts are in the big ledger. Now, then! You see this other page in red ink? Well,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"that is a list of my town suppliers. Now, look at that third name. Just read it out to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"20.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Mrs. Oakshott, 117, Brixton Road—249,” read Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"249.26","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so. Now turn that up in the ledger.”","dir":"ltr","width":"185.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"Holmes turned to the page indicated. “Here you are, ‘Mrs. Oakshott, 117,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"Brixton Road, egg and poultry supplier.’ ”","dir":"ltr","width":"182.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Now, then, what’s the last entry?”","dir":"ltr","width":"152.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘December 22nd. Twenty-four geese at 7s. 6d.’ ”","dir":"ltr","width":"219.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":110,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so. There you are. And underneath?”","dir":"ltr","width":"193.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. 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Well, Watson, we are, I fancy, nearing the end of our quest, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"the only point which remains to be determined is whether we should go on to this","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"Mrs. Oakshott to-night, or whether we should reserve it for to-morrow. It is clear","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"from what that surly fellow said that there are others besides ourselves who are","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"anxious about the matter, and I should—”","dir":"ltr","width":"182.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"His remarks were suddenly cut short by a loud hubbub which broke out from","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"the stall which we had just left. Turning round we saw a little rat-faced fellow","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"standing in the centre of the circle of yellow light which was thrown by the swing-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"ing lamp, while Breckinridge, the salesman, framed in the door of his stall, was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"shaking his fists fiercely at the cringing figure.","dir":"ltr","width":"201.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“I’ve had enough of you and your geese,” he shouted. “I wish you were all at","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"the devil together. If you come pestering me any more with your silly talk I’ll set","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"the dog at you. You bring Mrs. Oakshott here and I’ll answer her, but what have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"you to do with it? Did I buy the geese off you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"208.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“No; but one of them was mine all the same,” whined the little man.","dir":"ltr","width":"296.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“Well, then, ask Mrs. Oakshott for it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"165.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“She told me to ask you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"111.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“Well, you can ask the King of Proosia, for all I care. I’ve had enough of it.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"Get out of this!” He rushed fiercely forward, and the inquirer flitted away into the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"darkness.","dir":"ltr","width":"40.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“Ha! this may save us a visit to Brixton Road,” whispered Holmes. “Come","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"with me, and we will see what is to be made of this fellow.” Striding through","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"the scattered knots of people who lounged round the flaring stalls, my companion","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"speedily overtook the little man and touched him upon the shoulder. He sprang","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"round, and I could see in the gas-light that every vestige of colour had been driven","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"from his face.","dir":"ltr","width":"60.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“Who are you, then? What do you want?” he asked in a quavering voice.","dir":"ltr","width":"317.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“You will excuse me,” said Holmes blandly, “but I could not help overhearing","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"the questions which you put to the salesman just now. I think that I could be of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"assistance to you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"80.74","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“You? Who are you? How could you know anything of the matter?”","dir":"ltr","width":"297.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":111,"change":"none","str":"“My name is Sherlock Holmes. 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You are endeavouring to trace some","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"geese which were sold by Mrs. Oakshott, of Brixton Road, to a salesman named","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"Breckinridge, by him in turn to Mr. Windigate, of the Alpha, and by him to his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"club, of which Mr. Henry Baker is a member.”","dir":"ltr","width":"201.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, sir, you are the very man whom I have longed to meet,” cried the little","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"fellow with outstretched hands and quivering fingers. “I can hardly explain to you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"how interested I am in this matter.”","dir":"ltr","width":"152.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes hailed a four-wheeler which was passing. “In that case we","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"had better discuss it in a cosy room rather than in this wind-swept market-place,”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"said he. “But pray tell me, before we go farther, who it is that I have the pleasure","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"of assisting.”","dir":"ltr","width":"56.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"The man hesitated for an instant. “My name is John Robinson,” he answered","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"with a sidelong glance.","dir":"ltr","width":"100.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"“No, no; the real name,” said Holmes sweetly. “It is always awkward doing","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"business with an alias.”","dir":"ltr","width":"101.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"A flush sprang to the white cheeks of the stranger. “Well then,” said he, “my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"real name is James Ryder.”","dir":"ltr","width":"117.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"“Precisely so. Head attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan. Pray step into the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"cab, and I shall soon be able to tell you everything which you would wish to know.”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"The little man stood glancing from one to the other of us with half-frightened,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"half-hopeful eyes, as one who is not sure whether he is on the verge of a windfall","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"or of a catastrophe. Then he stepped into the cab, and in half an hour we were back","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"in the sitting-room at Baker Street. Nothing had been said during our drive, but the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"high, thin breathing of our new companion, and the claspings and unclaspings of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"his hands, spoke of the nervous tension within him.","dir":"ltr","width":"223.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"“Here we are!” said Holmes cheerily as we filed into the room. “The fire looks","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"very seasonable in this weather. You look cold, Mr. Ryder. Pray take the basket-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"chair. I will just put on my slippers before we settle this little matter of yours. Now,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"then! You want to know what became of those geese?”","dir":"ltr","width":"239.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir.”","dir":"ltr","width":"43.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"“Or rather, I fancy, of that goose. 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Ryder stood","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":112,"change":"none","str":"glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.","dir":"ltr","width":"301.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. 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He’s not got blood enough","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"to go in for felony with impunity. Give him a dash of brandy. So! Now he looks","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"a little more human. 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You had heard, Ryder, of this blue stone of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"the Countess of Morcar’s?”","dir":"ltr","width":"119.67","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"“It was Catherine Cusack who told me of it,” said he in a crackling voice.","dir":"ltr","width":"320.06","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"“I see—her ladyship’s waiting-maid. 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You","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"made some small job in my lady’s room—you and your confederate Cusack—and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"you managed that he should be the man sent for. Then, when he had left, you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"rifled the jewel-case, raised the alarm, and had this unfortunate man arrested. You","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"then—”","dir":"ltr","width":"34.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"Ryder threw himself down suddenly upon the rug and clutched at my compan-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"ion’s knees. “For God’s sake, have mercy!” he shrieked. “Think of my father! Of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"my mother! It would break their hearts. I never went wrong before! I never will","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"again. I swear it. I’ll swear it on a Bible. Oh, don’t bring it into court! For Christ’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"sake, don’t!”","dir":"ltr","width":"56.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"“Get back into your chair!” said Holmes sternly. “It is very well to cringe and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"crawl now, but you thought little enough of this poor Horner in the dock for a crime","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"of which he knew nothing.”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"“I will fly, Mr. Holmes. I will leave the country, sir. Then the charge against","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"him will break down.”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"“Hum! We will talk about that. And now let us hear a true account of the next","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"act. 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Tell us the truth, for there lies your only hope of safety.”","dir":"ltr","width":"283.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"Ryder passed his tongue over his parched lips. “I will tell you it just as it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"happened, sir,” said he. “When Horner had been arrested, it seemed to me that it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"would be best for me to get away with the stone at once, for I did not know at","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"what moment the police might not take it into their heads to search me and my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"room. There was no place about the hotel where it would be safe. I went out,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"as if on some commission, and I made for my sister’s house. She had married","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"a man named Oakshott, and lived in Brixton Road, where she fattened fowls for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"the market. All the way there every man I met seemed to me to be a policeman or","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"a detective; and, for all that it was a cold night, the sweat was pouring down my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":113,"change":"none","str":"face before I came to the Brixton Road. My sister asked me what was the matter,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. 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Then I went into the back yard and smoked a pipe and wondered what it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"would be best to do.","dir":"ltr","width":"88.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"“I had a friend once called Maudsley, who went to the bad, and has just been","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"serving his time in Pentonville. 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I was leaning against the wall at the time and looking at the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"geese which were waddling about round my feet, and suddenly an idea came into","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"my head which showed me how I could beat the best detective that ever lived.","dir":"ltr","width":"338.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"“My sister had told me some weeks before that I might have the pick of her","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"geese for a Christmas present, and I knew that she was always as good as her word.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"I would take my goose now, and in it I would carry my stone to Kilburn. 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I’ll have the other, and I’ll take it now,’ said I.","dir":"ltr","width":"266.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Oh, just as you like,’ said she, a little huffed. ‘Which is it you want, then?’","dir":"ltr","width":"335.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘That white one with the barred tail, right in the middle of the flock.’","dir":"ltr","width":"305.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Oh, very well. 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There was not a bird to be seen there.","dir":"ltr","width":"281.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":114,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Where are they all, Maggie?’ I cried.","dir":"ltr","width":"171.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VII. 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You heard him yourselves to-night.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"Well, he has always answered me like that. My sister thinks that I am going mad.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"Sometimes I think that I am myself. And now—and now I am myself a branded","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"thief, without ever having touched the wealth for which I sold my character. God","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"help me! 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Then my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"friend rose and threw open the door.","dir":"ltr","width":"157.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"“Get out!” said he.","dir":"ltr","width":"81.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"“What, sir! Oh, Heaven bless you!”","dir":"ltr","width":"155.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"“No more words. Get out!”","dir":"ltr","width":"119.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"And no more words were needed. There was a rush, a clatter upon the stairs,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"the bang of a door, and the crisp rattle of running footfalls from the street.","dir":"ltr","width":"321.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"“After all, Watson,” said Holmes, reaching up his hand for his clay pipe, “I am","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"not retained by the police to supply their deficiencies. If Horner were in danger it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"would be another thing; but this fellow will not appear against him, and the case","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"must collapse. I suppose that I am commuting a felony, but it is just possible that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"I am saving a soul. This fellow will not go wrong again; he is too terribly fright-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"ened. Send him to gaol now, and you make him a gaol-bird for life. Besides, it is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"the season of forgiveness. Chance has put in our way a most singular and whim-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"sical problem, and its solution is its own reward. If you will have the goodness to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"touch the bell, Doctor, we will begin another investigation, in which, also a bird","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":115,"change":"none","str":"will be the chief feature.”","dir":"ltr","width":"110.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"Adventure VIII","dir":"ltr","width":"137.74","height":"20.66","transform":["20.66","0.00","0.00","20.66","117.83","630.54"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":630.539} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"The Adventure Of The Speckled","dir":"ltr","width":"342.21","height":"24.79","transform":["24.79","0.00","0.00","24.79","117.83","580.73"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":580.725} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"Band","dir":"ltr","width":"56.49","height":"24.79","transform":["24.79","0.00","0.00","24.79","117.83","550.84"],"fontName":"INBNCB+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi","x":117.828,"y":550.837} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"O","dir":"ltr","width":"50.09","height":"59.78","transform":["59.78","0.00","0.00","59.78","117.83","455.81"],"fontName":"NVBKCW+RoyalInitialen","x":117.828,"y":455.806} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"N","dir":"ltr","width":"6.30","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","168.19","496.45"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":168.193,"y":496.454} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have","dir":"ltr","width":"297.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","178.95","496.45"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":178.948,"y":496.454} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sher-","dir":"ltr","width":"303.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","173.38","482.91"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":173.375,"y":482.90500000000003} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"lock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely","dir":"ltr","width":"303.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","173.38","469.36"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":173.375,"y":469.35600000000005} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the","dir":"ltr","width":"303.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","173.38","455.81"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":173.375,"y":455.80600000000004} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"love of his art than for the acquirement of wealth, he refused to associate himself","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","442.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":442.25700000000006} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual, and even the fantas-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","428.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":428.7080000000001} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"tic. Of all these varied cases, however, I cannot recall any which presented more","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","415.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":415.1590000000001} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"singular features than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey fam-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","401.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":401.6100000000001} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"ily of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran. The events in question occurred in the early","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","388.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":388.06100000000015} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"days of my association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms as bachelors in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","374.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":374.51100000000014} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"Baker Street. It is possible that I might have placed them upon record before, but","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","360.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":360.96200000000016} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"a promise of secrecy was made at the time, from which I have only been freed dur-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","347.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":347.4130000000002} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"ing the last month by the untimely death of the lady to whom the pledge was given.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","333.86"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":333.8640000000002} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"It is perhaps as well that the facts should now come to light, for I have reasons to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","320.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":320.3150000000002} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"know that there are widespread rumours as to the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","306.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":306.7650000000002} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"which tend to make the matter even more terrible than the truth.","dir":"ltr","width":"278.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","293.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.828,"y":293.21600000000024} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"It was early in April in the year ‘83 that I woke one morning to find Sherlock","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","279.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":279.66700000000026} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my bed. He was a late riser, as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","266.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":266.1180000000003} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"a rule, and as the clock on the mantelpiece showed me that it was only a quarter-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","252.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":252.56900000000027} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"past seven, I blinked up at him in some surprise, and perhaps just a little resentment,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","239.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":239.01900000000026} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"for I was myself regular in my habits.","dir":"ltr","width":"163.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","225.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":225.47000000000025} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"“Very sorry to knock you up, Watson,” said he, “but it’s the common lot this","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","211.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":211.92100000000025} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"morning. Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","198.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":198.37200000000024} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"“What is it, then—a fire?”","dir":"ltr","width":"114.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","184.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":184.82300000000023} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"“No; a client. It seems that a young lady has arrived in a considerable state of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","171.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000001,"y":171.27300000000022} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"excitement, who insists upon seeing me. She is waiting now in the sitting-room.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","157.72"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":157.72400000000022} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis at this hour of the morning,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","144.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":144.1750000000002} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"and knock sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is something very","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","130.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000002,"y":130.6260000000002} {"page":116,"change":"none","str":"115","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","288.97","95.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":288.974,"y":95.2830000000002} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VIII. 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I thought, at any rate,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"that I should call you and give you the chance.”","dir":"ltr","width":"206.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“My dear fellow, I would not miss it for anything.”","dir":"ltr","width":"221.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes in his professional investi-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"gations, and in admiring the rapid deductions, as swift as intuitions, and yet always","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"founded on a logical basis with which he unravelled the problems which were sub-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"mitted to him. I rapidly threw on my clothes and was ready in a few minutes to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"accompany my friend down to the sitting-room. A lady dressed in black and heav-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"ily veiled, who had been sitting in the window, rose as we entered.","dir":"ltr","width":"289.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“Good-morning, madam,” said Holmes cheerily. “My name is Sherlock Hol-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"mes. This is my intimate friend and associate, Dr. Watson, before whom you can","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"speak as freely as before myself. Ha! I am glad to see that Mrs. Hudson has had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"the good sense to light the fire. Pray draw up to it, and I shall order you a cup of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"hot coffee, for I observe that you are shivering.”","dir":"ltr","width":"208.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“It is not cold which makes me shiver,” said the woman in a low voice, changing","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"her seat as requested.","dir":"ltr","width":"92.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“What, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"62.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“It is fear, Mr. Holmes. It is terror.” She raised her veil as she spoke, and we","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"could see that she was indeed in a pitiable state of agitation, her face all drawn and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"grey, with restless frightened eyes, like those of some hunted animal. Her features","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"and figure were those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with premature","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"grey, and her expression was weary and haggard. Sherlock Holmes ran her over","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"with one of his quick, all-comprehensive glances.","dir":"ltr","width":"215.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“You must not fear,” said he soothingly, bending forward and patting her fore-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"arm. “We shall soon set matters right, I have no doubt. You have come in by train","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"this morning, I see.”","dir":"ltr","width":"88.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“You know me, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"99.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of your left","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"glove. You must have started early, and yet you had a good drive in a dog-cart,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"along heavy roads, before you reached the station.”","dir":"ltr","width":"222.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"The lady gave a violent start and stared in bewilderment at my companion.","dir":"ltr","width":"325.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“There is no mystery, my dear madam,” said he, smiling. “The left arm of your","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places. The marks are perfectly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"fresh. There is no vehicle save a dog-cart which throws up mud in that way, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"then only when you sit on the left-hand side of the driver.”","dir":"ltr","width":"253.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"“Whatever your reasons may be, you are perfectly correct,” said she. “I started","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"from home before six, reached Leatherhead at twenty past, and came in by the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"first train to Waterloo. Sir, I can stand this strain no longer; I shall go mad if it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"continues. I have no one to turn to—none, save only one, who cares for me, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"he, poor fellow, can be of little aid. I have heard of you, Mr. Holmes; I have heard","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"of you from Mrs. Farintosh, whom you helped in the hour of her sore need. It was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"from her that I had your address. Oh, sir, do you not think that you could help me,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":117,"change":"none","str":"too, and at least throw a little light through the dense darkness which surrounds me?","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":118,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VIII. 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I think it was before your time, Watson. I can only say, madam, that I shall","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":118,"change":"none","str":"be happy to devote the same care to your case as I did to that of your friend. As to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":118,"change":"none","str":"reward, my profession is its own reward; but you are at liberty to defray whatever","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":118,"change":"none","str":"expenses I may be put to, at the time which suits you best. 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No servant would stay with us, and for a long time we did all","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":119,"change":"none","str":"the work of the house. 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You can understand that, living the life which I have described, we were little","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":119,"change":"none","str":"likely to see anyone of our own age and position. We had, however, an aunt, my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":119,"change":"none","str":"mother’s maiden sister, Miss Honoria Westphail, who lives near Harrow, and we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":119,"change":"none","str":"were occasionally allowed to pay short visits at this lady’s house. 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And yet if it were on the lawn, I wonder that you did not hear it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"also.’","dir":"ltr","width":"23.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Ah, but I sleep more heavily than you.’","dir":"ltr","width":"179.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Well, it is of no great consequence, at any rate.’ She smiled back at me,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"closed my door, and a few moments later I heard her key turn in the lock.”","dir":"ltr","width":"323.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed,” said Holmes. “Was it your custom always to lock yourselves in at","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"night?”","dir":"ltr","width":"32.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"“Always.”","dir":"ltr","width":"43.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"“And why?”","dir":"ltr","width":"53.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"“I think that I mentioned to you that the doctor kept a cheetah and a baboon.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"We had no feeling of security unless our doors were locked.”","dir":"ltr","width":"265.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":120,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so. 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I sprang","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND","dir":"ltr","width":"317.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"120","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"from my bed, wrapped a shawl round me, and rushed into the corridor. As I opened","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":705.258} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"my door I seemed to hear a low whistle, such as my sister described, and a few mo-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"ments later a clanging sound, as if a mass of metal had fallen. As I ran down","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"the passage, my sister’s door was unlocked, and revolved slowly upon its hinges.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"I stared at it horror-stricken, not knowing what was about to issue from it. By the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the opening, her face blanched","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"with terror, her hands groping for help, her whole figure swaying to and fro like","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"that of a drunkard. I ran to her and threw my arms round her, but at that moment","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"her knees seemed to give way and she fell to the ground. She writhed as one who","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"is in terrible pain, and her limbs were dreadfully convulsed. At first I thought","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"that she had not recognised me, but as I bent over her she suddenly shrieked out","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"in a voice which I shall never forget, ‘Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"speckled band!’ There was something else which she would fain have said, and she","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"stabbed with her finger into the air in the direction of the doctor’s room, but a fresh","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"convulsion seized her and choked her words. I rushed out, calling loudly for my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"stepfather, and I met him hastening from his room in his dressing-gown. When he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"reached my sister’s side she was unconscious, and though he poured brandy down","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"her throat and sent for medical aid from the village, all efforts were in vain, for she","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"slowly sank and died without having recovered her consciousness. Such was the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"dreadful end of my beloved sister.”","dir":"ltr","width":"152.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“One moment,” said Holmes, “are you sure about this whistle and metallic","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"sound? Could you swear to it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"137.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“That was what the county coroner asked me at the inquiry. It is my strong","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"impression that I heard it, and yet, among the crash of the gale and the creaking of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"an old house, I may possibly have been deceived.”","dir":"ltr","width":"218.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“Was your sister dressed?”","dir":"ltr","width":"116.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“No, she was in her night-dress. In her right hand was found the charred stump","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"of a match, and in her left a match-box.”","dir":"ltr","width":"176.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“Showing that she had struck a light and looked about her when the alarm took","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"place. That is important. And what conclusions did the coroner come to?”","dir":"ltr","width":"323.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“He investigated the case with great care, for Dr. Roylott’s conduct had long","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"been notorious in the county, but he was unable to find any satisfactory cause of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"death. My evidence showed that the door had been fastened upon the inner side,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"and the windows were blocked by old-fashioned shutters with broad iron bars,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"which were secured every night. The walls were carefully sounded, and were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"shown to be quite solid all round, and the flooring was also thoroughly examined,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"with the same result. The chimney is wide, but is barred up by four large staples. It","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"is certain, therefore, that my sister was quite alone when she met her end. Besides,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"there were no marks of any violence upon her.”","dir":"ltr","width":"205.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“How about poison?”","dir":"ltr","width":"94.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“The doctors examined her for it, but without success.”","dir":"ltr","width":"240.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“What do you think that this unfortunate lady died of, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"265.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"“It is my belief that she died of pure fear and nervous shock, though what it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":121,"change":"none","str":"was that frightened her I cannot imagine.”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND","dir":"ltr","width":"317.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"121","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“Were there gipsies in the plantation at the time?”","dir":"ltr","width":"217.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, there are nearly always some there.”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, and what did you gather from this allusion to a band—a speckled band?”","dir":"ltr","width":"340.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“Sometimes I have thought that it was merely the wild talk of delirium, some-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"times that it may have referred to some band of people, perhaps to these very","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"gipsies in the plantation. I do not know whether the spotted handkerchiefs which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"so many of them wear over their heads might have suggested the strange adjective","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"which she used.”","dir":"ltr","width":"73.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"Holmes shook his head like a man who is far from being satisfied.","dir":"ltr","width":"287.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“These are very deep waters,” said he; “pray go on with your narrative.”","dir":"ltr","width":"313.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“Two years have passed since then, and my life has been until lately lonelier","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"than ever. A month ago, however, a dear friend, whom I have known for many","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"years, has done me the honour to ask my hand in marriage. His name is Armitage—","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"Percy Armitage—the second son of Mr. Armitage, of Crane Water, near Reading.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"My stepfather has offered no opposition to the match, and we are to be married in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"the course of the spring. Two days ago some repairs were started in the west wing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"of the building, and my bedroom wall has been pierced, so that I have had to move","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"into the chamber in which my sister died, and to sleep in the very bed in which she","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"slept. Imagine, then, my thrill of terror when last night, as I lay awake, thinking","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"over her terrible fate, I suddenly heard in the silence of the night the low whistle","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"which had been the herald of her own death. I sprang up and lit the lamp, but","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"nothing was to be seen in the room. I was too shaken to go to bed again, however,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"so I dressed, and as soon as it was daylight I slipped down, got a dog-cart at the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"Crown Inn, which is opposite, and drove to Leatherhead, from whence I have come","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"on this morning with the one object of seeing you and asking your advice.”","dir":"ltr","width":"327.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“You have done wisely,” said my friend. “But have you told me all?”","dir":"ltr","width":"300.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, all.”","dir":"ltr","width":"43.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“Miss Roylott, you have not. You are screening your stepfather.”","dir":"ltr","width":"281.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“Why, what do you mean?”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"For answer Holmes pushed back the frill of black lace which fringed the hand","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"that lay upon our visitor’s knee. Five little livid spots, the marks of four fingers and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"a thumb, were printed upon the white wrist.","dir":"ltr","width":"190.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“You have been cruelly used,” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"190.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"The lady coloured deeply and covered over her injured wrist. “He is a hard","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"man,” she said, “and perhaps he hardly knows his own strength.”","dir":"ltr","width":"281.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin upon his hands","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"and stared into the crackling fire.","dir":"ltr","width":"143.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“This is a very deep business,” he said at last. “There are a thousand details","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"which I should desire to know before I decide upon our course of action. Yet we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"have not a moment to lose. If we were to come to Stoke Moran to-day, would it be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"possible for us to see over these rooms without the knowledge of your stepfather?”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"“As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some most important","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":122,"change":"none","str":"business. It is probable that he will be away all day, and that there would be nothing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND","dir":"ltr","width":"317.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"122","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"to disturb you. We have a housekeeper now, but she is old and foolish, and I could","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":705.258} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"easily get her out of the way.”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"“Excellent. You are not averse to this trip, Watson?”","dir":"ltr","width":"227.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"“By no means.”","dir":"ltr","width":"68.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"“Then we shall both come. What are you going to do yourself?”","dir":"ltr","width":"279.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"“I have one or two things which I would wish to do now that I am in town. But","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"I shall return by the twelve o’clock train, so as to be there in time for your coming.”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"“And you may expect us early in the afternoon. I have myself some small","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"business matters to attend to. Will you not wait and breakfast?”","dir":"ltr","width":"276.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"“No, I must go. My heart is lightened already since I have confided my trouble","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"to you. I shall look forward to seeing you again this afternoon.” She dropped her","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"thick black veil over her face and glided from the room.","dir":"ltr","width":"243.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"“And what do you think of it all, Watson?” asked Sherlock Holmes, leaning","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"back in his 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But what in the name of the devil!”","dir":"ltr","width":"182.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"The ejaculation had been drawn from my companion by the fact that our door","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"had been suddenly dashed open, and that a huge man had framed himself in the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"aperture. 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A large face, seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the sun,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":123,"change":"none","str":"and marked with every evil passion, was turned from one to the other of us, while","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VIII. 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What has she been saying to you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"172.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“It is a little cold for the time of the year,” said Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"242.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“What has she been saying to you?” screamed the old man furiously.","dir":"ltr","width":"299.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“But I have heard that the crocuses promise well,” continued my companion","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"imperturbably.","dir":"ltr","width":"63.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“Ha! You put me off, do you?” said our new visitor, taking a step forward and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"shaking his hunting-crop. “I know you, you scoundrel! I have heard of you before.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"You are Holmes, the meddler.”","dir":"ltr","width":"133.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"My friend smiled.","dir":"ltr","width":"78.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“Holmes, the busybody!”","dir":"ltr","width":"110.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"His smile broadened.","dir":"ltr","width":"92.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office!”","dir":"ltr","width":"192.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"Holmes chuckled heartily. “Your conversation is most entertaining,” said he.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“When you go out close the door, for there is a decided draught.”","dir":"ltr","width":"283.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“I will go when I have said my say. 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See here.” He stepped swiftly forward, seized the poker, and bent it into","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"a curve with his huge brown hands.","dir":"ltr","width":"154.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“See that you keep yourself out of my grip,” he snarled, and hurling the twisted","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"poker into the fireplace he strode out of the room.","dir":"ltr","width":"216.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“He seems a very amiable person,” said Holmes, laughing. “I am not quite so","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"bulky, but if he had remained I might have shown him that my grip was not much","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"more feeble than his own.” As he spoke he picked up the steel poker and, with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"a sudden effort, straightened it out again.","dir":"ltr","width":"178.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"force! This incident gives zest to our investigation, however, and I only trust that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"our little friend will not suffer from her imprudence in allowing this brute to trace","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"her. And now, Watson, we shall order breakfast, and afterwards I shall walk down","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"to Doctors’ Commons, where I hope to get some data which may help us in this","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"matter.”","dir":"ltr","width":"34.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"It was nearly one o’clock when Sherlock Holmes returned from his excursion.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"He held in his hand a sheet of blue paper, scrawled over with notes and figures.","dir":"ltr","width":"344.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"“I have seen the will of the deceased wife,” said he. “To determine its exact","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"meaning I have been obliged to work out the present prices of the investments with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":124,"change":"none","str":"which it is concerned. 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From amid the branches there jutted out the grey gables and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":125,"change":"none","str":"high roof-tree of a very old mansion.","dir":"ltr","width":"160.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":125,"change":"none","str":"“Stoke Moran?” said he.","dir":"ltr","width":"107.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":125,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir, that be the house of Dr. Grimesby Roylott,” remarked the driver.","dir":"ltr","width":"322.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":125,"change":"none","str":"“There is some building going on there,” said Holmes; “that is where we are","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":125,"change":"none","str":"going.”","dir":"ltr","width":"31.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":125,"change":"none","str":"“There’s the village,” said the driver, pointing to a cluster of roofs some dis-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":125,"change":"none","str":"tance to the left; “but if you want to get to the house, you’ll find it shorter to get","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":125,"change":"none","str":"over this stile, and so by the foot-path over the fields. 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Some scaffolding had been erected against the end wall,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"and the stone-work had been broken into, but there were no signs of any workmen","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"at the moment of our visit. 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But I am now sleeping in the middle one.”","dir":"ltr","width":"240.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"“Pending the alterations, as I understand. By the way, there does not seem to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"be any very pressing need for repairs at that end wall.”","dir":"ltr","width":"237.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"“There were none. I believe that it was an excuse to move me from my room.”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"“Ah! that is suggestive. Now, on the other side of this narrow wing runs the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"corridor from which these three rooms open. There are windows in it, of course?”","dir":"ltr","width":"356.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, but very small ones. 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Then","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"with his lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built firmly into the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"massive masonry. “Hum!” said he, scratching his chin in some perplexity, “my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"theory certainly presents some difficulties. 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Holmes refused to examine the third chamber, so we passed at once","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"to the second, that in which Miss Stoner was now sleeping, and in which her sister","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":126,"change":"none","str":"had met with her fate. It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VIII. 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The boards round and the panelling of the walls were of brown, worm-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"eaten oak, so old and discoloured that it may have dated from the original building","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"of the house. Holmes drew one of the chairs into a corner and sat silent, while","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"his eyes travelled round and round and up and down, taking in every detail of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"apartment.","dir":"ltr","width":"46.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“Where does that bell communicate with?” he asked at last pointing to a thick","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"bell-rope which hung down beside the bed, the tassel actually lying upon the pillow.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“It goes to the housekeeper’s room.”","dir":"ltr","width":"158.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“It looks newer than the other things?”","dir":"ltr","width":"168.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, it was only put there a couple of years ago.”","dir":"ltr","width":"217.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“Your sister asked for it, I suppose?”","dir":"ltr","width":"160.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“No, I never heard of her using it. We used always to get what we wanted for","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"ourselves.”","dir":"ltr","width":"47.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed, it seemed unnecessary to put so nice a bell-pull there. 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Finally he took the bell-rope in his hand and gave it a brisk tug.","dir":"ltr","width":"301.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“Why, it’s a dummy,” said he.","dir":"ltr","width":"129.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“Won’t it ring?”","dir":"ltr","width":"70.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“No, it is not even attached to a wire. This is very interesting. You can see now","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“How very absurd! I never noticed that before.”","dir":"ltr","width":"208.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“Very strange!” muttered Holmes, pulling at the rope. “There are one or two","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"very singular points about this room. For example, what a fool a builder must be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"to open a ventilator into another room, when, with the same trouble, he might have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"communicated with the outside air!”","dir":"ltr","width":"159.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“That is also quite modern,” said the lady.","dir":"ltr","width":"182.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“Done about the same time as the bell-rope?” remarked Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"281.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, there were several little changes carried out about that time.”","dir":"ltr","width":"290.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"“They seem to have been of a most interesting character—dummy bell-ropes,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"and ventilators which do not ventilate. With your permission, Miss Stoner, we shall","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"now carry our researches into the inner apartment.”","dir":"ltr","width":"223.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"Dr. Grimesby Roylott’s chamber was larger than that of his step-daughter, but","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"was as plainly furnished. A camp-bed, a small wooden shelf full of books, mostly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"of a technical character, an armchair beside the bed, a plain wooden chair against","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":127,"change":"none","str":"the wall, a round table, and a large iron safe were the principal things which met","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VIII. 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Holmes walked slowly round and examined each and all of them with the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":705.258} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"keenest interest.","dir":"ltr","width":"70.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“What’s in here?” he asked, tapping the safe.","dir":"ltr","width":"195.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“My stepfather’s business papers.”","dir":"ltr","width":"150.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“Oh! you have seen inside, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"149.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“Only once, some years ago. I remember that it was full of papers.”","dir":"ltr","width":"294.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“There isn’t a cat in it, for example?”","dir":"ltr","width":"162.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“No. What a strange idea!”","dir":"ltr","width":"119.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“Well, look at this!” He took up a small saucer of milk which stood on the top","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"of it.","dir":"ltr","width":"20.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“No; we don’t keep a cat. But there is a cheetah and a baboon.”","dir":"ltr","width":"276.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a saucer of milk","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"does not go very far in satisfying its wants, I daresay. 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That is quite settled,” said he, rising and putting his lens in his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"pocket. “Hullo! Here is something interesting!”","dir":"ltr","width":"208.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"The object which had caught his eye was a small dog lash hung on one corner","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"of the bed. The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"of whipcord.","dir":"ltr","width":"55.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“What do you make of that, Watson?”","dir":"ltr","width":"165.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“It’s a common enough lash. But I don’t know why it should be tied.”","dir":"ltr","width":"303.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“That is not quite so common, is it? Ah, me! it’s a wicked world, and when","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst of all. I think that I have seen","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"enough now, Miss Stoner, and with your permission we shall walk out upon the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"lawn.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"I had never seen my friend’s face so grim or his brow so dark as it was when","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"we turned from the scene of this investigation. We had walked several times up and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"down the lawn, neither Miss Stoner nor myself liking to break in upon his thoughts","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"before he roused himself from his reverie.","dir":"ltr","width":"182.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“It is very essential, Miss Stoner,” said he, “that you should absolutely follow","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"my advice in every respect.”","dir":"ltr","width":"123.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“I shall most certainly do so.”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“The matter is too serious for any hesitation. Your life may depend upon your","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"compliance.”","dir":"ltr","width":"57.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“I assure you that I am in your hands.”","dir":"ltr","width":"167.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“In the first place, both my friend and I must spend the night in your room.”","dir":"ltr","width":"330.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"Both Miss Stoner and I gazed at him in astonishment.","dir":"ltr","width":"233.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, it must be so. Let me explain. I believe that that is the village inn over","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"there?”","dir":"ltr","width":"31.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, that is the Crown.”","dir":"ltr","width":"107.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“Very good. Your windows would be visible from there?”","dir":"ltr","width":"252.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":128,"change":"none","str":"“Certainly.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE VIII. 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Then when you hear him retire for the night, you must","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"open the shutters of your window, undo the hasp, put your lamp there as a signal","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"to us, and then withdraw quietly with everything which you are likely to want into","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"the room which you used to occupy. I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"you could manage there for one night.”","dir":"ltr","width":"170.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes, easily.”","dir":"ltr","width":"75.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“The rest you will leave in our hands.”","dir":"ltr","width":"167.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“But what will you do?”","dir":"ltr","width":"106.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“We shall spend the night in your room, and we shall investigate the cause of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"this noise which has disturbed you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"157.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“I believe, Mr. Holmes, that you have already made up your mind,” said Miss","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"Stoner, laying her hand upon my companion’s sleeve.","dir":"ltr","width":"233.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“Perhaps I have.”","dir":"ltr","width":"75.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“Then, for pity’s sake, tell me what was the cause of my sister’s death.”","dir":"ltr","width":"311.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“I should prefer to have clearer proofs before I speak.”","dir":"ltr","width":"237.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“You can at least tell me whether my own thought is correct, and if she died","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"from some sudden fright.”","dir":"ltr","width":"114.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":129,"change":"none","str":"“No, I do not think so. 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It was so small that a rat could hardly pass through.”","dir":"ltr","width":"357.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“I knew that we should find a ventilator before ever we came to Stoke Moran.”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“My dear Holmes!”","dir":"ltr","width":"86.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes, I did. You remember in her statement she said that her sister could","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"smell Dr. Roylott’s cigar. Now, of course that suggested at once that there must be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"a communication between the two rooms. It could only be a small one, or it would","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"have been remarked upon at the coroner’s inquiry. I deduced a ventilator.”","dir":"ltr","width":"322.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“But what harm can there be in that?”","dir":"ltr","width":"165.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“Well, there is at least a curious coincidence of dates. A ventilator is made,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"a cord is hung, and a lady who sleeps in the bed dies. Does not that strike you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"348.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“I cannot as yet see any connection.”","dir":"ltr","width":"160.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“Did you observe anything very peculiar about that bed?”","dir":"ltr","width":"251.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“No.”","dir":"ltr","width":"24.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“It was clamped to the floor. Did you ever see a bed fastened like that before?”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“I cannot say that I have.”","dir":"ltr","width":"112.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“The lady could not move her bed. It must always be in the same relative","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"position to the ventilator and to the rope—or so we may call it, since it was clearly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"never meant for a bell-pull.”","dir":"ltr","width":"122.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“Holmes,” I cried, “I seem to see dimly what you are hinting at. 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Palmer and Pritchard were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"among the heads of their profession. This man strikes even deeper, but I think,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"Watson, that we shall be able to strike deeper still. 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Two hours passed slowly away, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"then, suddenly, just at the stroke of eleven, a single bright light shone out right in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"front of us.","dir":"ltr","width":"48.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"“That is our signal,” said Holmes, springing to his feet; “it comes from the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"middle window.”","dir":"ltr","width":"74.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"As we passed out he exchanged a few words with the landlord, explaining that","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"we were going on a late visit to an acquaintance, and that it was possible that we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":130,"change":"none","str":"might spend the night there. 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Of","dir":"ltr","width":"303.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","173.38","455.81"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":173.37500000000003,"y":455.80600000000004} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"these the latter may have afforded a finer field for an acute and original observer,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","442.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":442.25700000000006} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"but the other was so strange in its inception and so dramatic in its details that it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","428.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":428.7080000000001} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"may be the more worthy of being placed upon record, even if it gave my friend","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","415.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":415.1590000000001} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"fewer openings for those deductive methods of reasoning by which he achieved","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","401.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":401.6100000000001} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"such remarkable results. The story has, I believe, been told more than once in the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","388.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":388.06100000000015} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"newspapers, but, like all such narratives, its effect is much less striking when set","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","374.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":374.51100000000014} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"forth en bloc in a single half-column of print than when the facts slowly evolve be-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","360.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":360.96200000000016} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"fore your own eyes, and the mystery clears gradually away as each new discovery","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","347.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":347.4130000000002} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"furnishes a step which leads on to the complete truth. 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My practice had steadily increased, and as I happened","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","239.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":239.01900000000026} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"to live at no very great distance from Paddington Station, I got a few patients from","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","225.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":225.47000000000025} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"among the officials. One of these, whom I had cured of a painful and lingering","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","211.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":211.92100000000025} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"disease, was never weary of advertising my virtues and of endeavouring to send","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","198.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":198.37200000000024} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"me on every sufferer over whom he might have any influence.","dir":"ltr","width":"269.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","184.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":184.82300000000023} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"One morning, at a little before seven o’clock, I was awakened by the maid","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","171.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":171.27300000000022} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"tapping at the door to announce that two men had come from Paddington and were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","157.72"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":157.72400000000022} {"page":134,"change":"none","str":"waiting in the consulting-room. 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I gave the maid a card, but I see that she has left it upon the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":135,"change":"none","str":"side-table.”","dir":"ltr","width":"49.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":135,"change":"none","str":"I took it up and glanced at it.","dir":"ltr","width":"125.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":135,"change":"none","str":"“Mr. Victor Hatherley, hydraulic engineer, 16A, Victoria Street (3rd","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","398.21"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000006,"y":398.2100000000005} {"page":135,"change":"none","str":"floor).”","dir":"ltr","width":"31.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","384.66"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000006,"y":384.6610000000005} {"page":135,"change":"none","str":"That was the name, style, and abode of my morning visitor. “I regret that I have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","362.15"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000006,"y":362.1450000000005} {"page":135,"change":"none","str":"kept you waiting,” said I, sitting down in my library-chair. “You are fresh from","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","348.60"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000006,"y":348.5960000000005} {"page":135,"change":"none","str":"a night journey, I understand, which is in itself a monotonous occupation.”","dir":"ltr","width":"324.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","335.05"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000006,"y":335.04700000000054} {"page":135,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, my night could not be called monotonous,” said he, and laughed. 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When I came to I found that it was still bleeding, so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly round the wrist and braced it up","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"with a twig.”","dir":"ltr","width":"55.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“Excellent! You should have been a surgeon.”","dir":"ltr","width":"200.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“It is a question of hydraulics, you see, and came within my own province.”","dir":"ltr","width":"330.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“This has been done,” said I, examining the wound, “by a very heavy and sharp","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"instrument.”","dir":"ltr","width":"53.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“A thing like a cleaver,” said he.","dir":"ltr","width":"139.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“An accident, I presume?”","dir":"ltr","width":"114.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“By no means.”","dir":"ltr","width":"68.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“What! a murderous attack?”","dir":"ltr","width":"128.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“Very murderous indeed.”","dir":"ltr","width":"113.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“You horrify me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"78.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"I sponged the wound, cleaned it, dressed it, and finally covered it over with","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"cotton wadding and carbolised bandages. He lay back without wincing, though he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"bit his lip from time to time.","dir":"ltr","width":"123.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“How is that?” I asked when I had finished.","dir":"ltr","width":"189.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“Capital! Between your brandy and your bandage, I feel a new man. I was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"very weak, but I have had a good deal to go through.”","dir":"ltr","width":"233.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“Perhaps you had better not speak of the matter. It is evidently trying to your","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"nerves.”","dir":"ltr","width":"35.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, no, not now. I shall have to tell my tale to the police; but, between our-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"selves, if it were not for the convincing evidence of this wound of mine, I should","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"be surprised if they believed my statement, for it is a very extraordinary one, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"I have not much in the way of proof with which to back it up; and, even if they be-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"lieve me, the clues which I can give them are so vague that it is a question whether","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"justice will be done.”","dir":"ltr","width":"91.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“Ha!” cried I, “if it is anything in the nature of a problem which you desire to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"see solved, I should strongly recommend you to come to my friend, Mr. Sherlock","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"Holmes, before you go to the official police.”","dir":"ltr","width":"196.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, I have heard of that fellow,” answered my visitor, “and I should be very","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"glad if he would take the matter up, though of course I must use the official police","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"as well. Would you give me an introduction to him?”","dir":"ltr","width":"231.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“I’ll do better. I’ll take you round to him myself.”","dir":"ltr","width":"216.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“I should be immensely obliged to you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"176.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":136,"change":"none","str":"“We’ll call a cab and go together. 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He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal. 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Tell us","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"what you can, but stop when you are tired and keep up your strength with a little","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"stimulant.”","dir":"ltr","width":"47.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"“Thank you,” said my patient. “but I have felt another man since the doctor","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"bandaged me, and I think that your breakfast has completed the cure. 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By profession I am a hydraulic engineer, and I have had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"considerable experience of my work during the seven years that I was apprenticed","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"to Venner & Matheson, the well-known firm, of Greenwich. 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To me it has been exceptionally so. During two years I have had three","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"consultations and one small job, and that is absolutely all that my profession has","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"brought me. My gross takings amount to 27 pounds 10s. Every day, from nine in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"the morning until four in the afternoon, I waited in my little den, until at last my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"heart began to sink, and I came to believe that I should never have any practice at","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"all.","dir":"ltr","width":"13.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"“Yesterday, however, just as I was thinking of leaving the office, my clerk","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"entered to say there was a gentleman waiting who wished to see me upon business.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"He brought up a card, too, with the name of ‘Colonel Lysander Stark’ engraved","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":137,"change":"none","str":"upon it. 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I understand that it","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"was on a professional matter that you wished to speak to me?’","dir":"ltr","width":"271.06","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Undoubtedly so. But you will find that all I say is really to the point.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"I have a professional commission for you, but absolute secrecy is quite essential—","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"absolute secrecy, you understand, and of course we may expect that more from","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"a man who is alone than from one who lives in the bosom of his family.’","dir":"ltr","width":"314.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘If I promise to keep a secret,’ said I, ‘you may absolutely depend upon my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"doing so.’","dir":"ltr","width":"42.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“He looked very hard at me as I spoke, and it seemed to me that I had never","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"seen so suspicious and questioning an eye.","dir":"ltr","width":"185.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Do you promise, then?’ said he at last.","dir":"ltr","width":"178.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Yes, I promise.’","dir":"ltr","width":"78.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Absolute and complete silence before, during, and after? 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The passage outside was empty.","dir":"ltr","width":"268.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘That’s all right,’ said he, coming back. ‘I know that clerks are sometimes","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"curious as to their master’s affairs. Now we can talk in safety.’ He drew up his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"chair very close to mine and began to stare at me again with the same questioning","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"and thoughtful look.","dir":"ltr","width":"88.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“A feeling of repulsion, and of something akin to fear had begun to rise within","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"me at the strange antics of this fleshless man. Even my dread of losing a client","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"could not restrain me from showing my impatience.","dir":"ltr","width":"225.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I beg that you will state your business, sir,’ said I; ‘my time is of value.’","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"Heaven forgive me for that last sentence, but the words came to my lips.","dir":"ltr","width":"314.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘How would fifty guineas for a night’s work suit you?’ he asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"288.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Most admirably.’","dir":"ltr","width":"84.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I say a night’s work, but an hour’s would be nearer the mark. 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What do you think of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"such a commission as that?’","dir":"ltr","width":"122.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":138,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘The work appears to be light and the pay munificent.’","dir":"ltr","width":"243.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB","dir":"ltr","width":"328.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"138","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Precisely so. We shall want you to come to-night by the last train.’","dir":"ltr","width":"300.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Where to?’","dir":"ltr","width":"59.06","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘To Eyford, in Berkshire. It is a little place near the borders of Oxfordshire,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"and within seven miles of Reading. There is a train from Paddington which would","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"bring you there at about 11:15.’","dir":"ltr","width":"137.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Very good.’","dir":"ltr","width":"61.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I shall come down in a carriage to meet you.’","dir":"ltr","width":"206.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘There is a drive, then?’","dir":"ltr","width":"110.74","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Yes, our little place is quite out in the country. It is a good seven miles from","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"Eyford Station.’","dir":"ltr","width":"69.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Then we can hardly get there before midnight. I suppose there would be no","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"chance of a train back. I should be compelled to stop the night.’","dir":"ltr","width":"277.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Yes, we could easily give you a shake-down.’","dir":"ltr","width":"207.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘That is very awkward. Could I not come at some more convenient hour?’","dir":"ltr","width":"329.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘We have judged it best that you should come late. 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It is very natural that the pledge of secrecy which we have exacted","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"from you should have aroused your curiosity. I have no wish to commit you to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"anything without your having it all laid before you. I suppose that we are absolutely","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"safe from eavesdroppers?’","dir":"ltr","width":"114.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Entirely.’","dir":"ltr","width":"50.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Then the matter stands thus. 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These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine. Naturally, it was to my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"interest to buy their land before they discovered its true value, but unfortunately","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"I had no capital by which I could do this. I took a few of my friends into the secret,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"however, and they suggested that we should quietly and secretly work our own","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"little deposit and that in this way we should earn the money which would enable us","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":139,"change":"none","str":"to buy the neighbouring fields. 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That is why I have made you promise me that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"you will not tell a human being that you are going to Eyford to-night. 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I have taken you fully into my confidence now, Mr. Hatherley, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"I have shown you how I trust you.’ He rose as he spoke. ‘I shall expect you, then,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"at Eyford at 11:15.’","dir":"ltr","width":"84.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I shall certainly be there.’","dir":"ltr","width":"121.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘And not a word to a soul.’ He looked at me with a last long, questioning","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"gaze, and then, pressing my hand in a cold, dank grasp, he hurried from the room.","dir":"ltr","width":"356.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"“Well, when I came to think it all over in cool blood I was very much aston-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"ished, as you may both think, at this sudden commission which had been intrusted","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"to me. 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On the other hand, the face and manner of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"my patron had made an unpleasant impression upon me, and I could not think that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"his explanation of the fuller’s-earth was sufficient to explain the necessity for my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"coming at midnight, and his extreme anxiety lest I should tell anyone of my errand.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"However, I threw all fears to the winds, ate a hearty supper, drove to Paddington,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"and started off, having obeyed to the letter the injunction as to holding my tongue.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":140,"change":"none","str":"“At Reading I had to change not only my carriage but my station. 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This is only where we compress it. But never mind that. All we","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":143,"change":"none","str":"wish you to do is to examine the machine and to let us know what is wrong with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":143,"change":"none","str":"it.’","dir":"ltr","width":"11.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":143,"change":"none","str":"“We went upstairs together, the colonel first with the lamp, the fat manager and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":143,"change":"none","str":"I behind him. 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The same porter was on duty, I found,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":705.258} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"as had been there when I arrived. I inquired of him whether he had ever heard of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"Colonel Lysander Stark. The name was strange to him. Had he observed a car-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"riage the night before waiting for me? No, he had not. Was there a police-station","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"anywhere near? There was one about three miles off.","dir":"ltr","width":"231.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“It was too far for me to go, weak and ill as I was. I determined to wait until","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"I got back to town before telling my story to the police. 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I put the case into your hands and shall do exactly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"what you advise.”","dir":"ltr","width":"77.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"We both sat in silence for some little time after listening to this extraordinary","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"narrative. Then Sherlock Holmes pulled down from the shelf one of the ponderous","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"commonplace books in which he placed his cuttings.","dir":"ltr","width":"230.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“Here is an advertisement which will interest you,” said he. “It appeared in all","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"the papers about a year ago. Listen to this: ’Lost, on the 9th inst., Mr. Jeremiah","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"Hayling, aged twenty-six, a hydraulic engineer. Left his lodgings at ten o’clock","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"at night, and has not been heard of since. Was dressed in,’ etc., etc. Ha! That","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"represents the last time that the colonel needed to have his machine overhauled,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"I fancy.”","dir":"ltr","width":"36.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“Good heavens!” cried my patient. “Then that explains what the girl said.”","dir":"ltr","width":"325.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“Undoubtedly. It is quite clear that the colonel was a cool and desperate man,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"who was absolutely determined that nothing should stand in the way of his little","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"game, like those out-and-out pirates who will leave no survivor from a captured","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"ship. Well, every moment now is precious, so if you feel equal to it we shall go","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"down to Scotland Yard at once as a preliminary to starting for Eyford.”","dir":"ltr","width":"308.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"Some three hours or so afterwards we were all in the train together, bound from","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"Reading to the little Berkshire village. There were Sherlock Holmes, the hydraulic","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"engineer, Inspector Bradstreet, of Scotland Yard, a plain-clothes man, and myself.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"Bradstreet had spread an ordnance map of the county out upon the seat and was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford for its centre.","dir":"ltr","width":"295.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“There you are,” said he. “That circle is drawn at a radius of ten miles from the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"village. The place we want must be somewhere near that line. You said ten miles,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"I think, sir.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“It was an hour’s good drive.”","dir":"ltr","width":"130.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“And you think that they brought you back all that way when you were uncon-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"scious?”","dir":"ltr","width":"36.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“They must have done so. I have a confused memory, too, of having been lifted","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"and conveyed somewhere.”","dir":"ltr","width":"118.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“What I cannot understand,” said I, “is why they should have spared you when","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"they found you lying fainting in the garden. 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I never saw a more inexorable face in my life.”","dir":"ltr","width":"319.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, we shall soon clear up all that,” said Bradstreet. “Well, I have drawn my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":146,"change":"none","str":"circle, and I only wish I knew at what point upon it the folk that we are in search","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IX. 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Come,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"now, we shall see who agrees with you. I say it is south, for the country is more","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"deserted there.”","dir":"ltr","width":"67.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“And I say east,” said my patient.","dir":"ltr","width":"145.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“I am for west,” remarked the plain-clothes man. “There are several quiet little","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"villages up there.”","dir":"ltr","width":"78.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“And I am for north,” said I, “because there are no hills there, and our friend","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"says that he did not notice the carriage go up any.”","dir":"ltr","width":"219.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“Come,” cried the inspector, laughing; “it’s a very pretty diversity of opinion.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"We have boxed the compass among us. Who do you give your casting vote to?”","dir":"ltr","width":"347.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“You are all wrong.”","dir":"ltr","width":"89.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“But we can’t all be.”","dir":"ltr","width":"93.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes, you can. This is my point.” He placed his finger in the centre of the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"circle. “This is where we shall find them.”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“But the twelve-mile drive?” gasped Hatherley.","dir":"ltr","width":"206.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“Six out and six back. Nothing simpler. You say yourself that the horse was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"fresh and glossy when you got in. How could it be that if it had gone twelve miles","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"over heavy roads?”","dir":"ltr","width":"83.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed, it is a likely ruse enough,” observed Bradstreet thoughtfully. “Of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"course there can be no doubt as to the nature of this gang.”","dir":"ltr","width":"255.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“None at all,” said Holmes. “They are coiners on a large scale, and have used","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"the machine to form the amalgam which has taken the place of silver.”","dir":"ltr","width":"306.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“We have known for some time that a clever gang was at work,” said the in-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"spector. “They have been turning out half-crowns by the thousand. We even traced","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"them as far as Reading, but could get no farther, for they had covered their traces","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"in a way that showed that they were very old hands. But now, thanks to this lucky","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"chance, I think that we have got them right enough.”","dir":"ltr","width":"228.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"But the inspector was mistaken, for those criminals were not destined to fall","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"into the hands of justice. As we rolled into Eyford Station we saw a gigantic","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"column of smoke which streamed up from behind a small clump of trees in the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"neighbourhood and hung like an immense ostrich feather over the landscape.","dir":"ltr","width":"334.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“A house on fire?” asked Bradstreet as the train steamed off again on its way.","dir":"ltr","width":"335.67","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir!” said the station-master.","dir":"ltr","width":"148.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“When did it break out?”","dir":"ltr","width":"109.67","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“I hear that it was during the night, sir, but it has got worse, and the whole place","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"is in a blaze.”","dir":"ltr","width":"58.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“Whose house is it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"91.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“Dr. Becher’s.”","dir":"ltr","width":"66.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"“Tell me,” broke in the engineer, “is Dr. Becher a German, very thin, with","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"a long, sharp nose?”","dir":"ltr","width":"88.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"The station-master laughed heartily. “No, sir, Dr. Becher is an Englishman,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":147,"change":"none","str":"and there isn’t a man in the parish who has a better-lined waistcoat. But he has","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE IX. 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The road topped a low hill, and there was a great","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"widespread whitewashed building in front of us, spouting fire at every chink and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"window, while in the garden in front three fire-engines were vainly striving to keep","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"the flames under.","dir":"ltr","width":"74.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"“That’s it!” cried Hatherley, in intense excitement. “There is the gravel-drive,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"and there are the rose-bushes where I lay. That second window is the one that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"I jumped from.”","dir":"ltr","width":"69.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"“Well, at least,” said Holmes, “you have had your revenge upon them. There","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"can be no question that it was your oil-lamp which, when it was crushed in the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"press, set fire to the wooden walls, though no doubt they were too excited in the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"chase after you to observe it at the time. Now keep your eyes open in this crowd","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"for your friends of last night, though I very much fear that they are a good hundred","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"miles off by now.”","dir":"ltr","width":"79.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"And Holmes’ fears came to be realised, for from that day to this no word has","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"ever been heard either of the beautiful woman, the sinister German, or the morose","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":148,"change":"none","str":"Englishman. 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Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more","dir":"ltr","width":"309.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","167.34","469.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":167.33800000000002,"y":469.1170000000001} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this four-year-old","dir":"ltr","width":"309.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","167.34","455.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":167.33800000000002,"y":455.56700000000006} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"drama. As I have reason to believe, however, that the full facts have never been re-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","442.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":442.0180000000001} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"vealed to the general public, and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a considerable","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","428.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":428.4690000000001} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"share in clearing the matter up, I feel that no memoir of him would be complete","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","414.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":414.92000000000013} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"without some little sketch of this remarkable episode.","dir":"ltr","width":"233.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","401.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":401.37100000000015} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"It was a few weeks before my own marriage, during the days when I was still","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","387.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":387.82100000000014} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"sharing rooms with Holmes in Baker Street, that he came home from an afternoon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","374.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":374.27200000000016} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"stroll to find a letter on the table waiting for him. I had remained indoors all day,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","360.72"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":360.7230000000002} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"for the weather had taken a sudden turn to rain, with high autumnal winds, and the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","347.17"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":347.1740000000002} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"Jezail bullet which I had brought back in one of my limbs as a relic of my Afghan","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","333.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":333.6250000000002} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"campaign throbbed with dull persistence. 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This looks like one of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","211.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":211.68200000000027} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","198.13"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":198.13300000000027} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"lie.”","dir":"ltr","width":"17.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","184.58"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":184.58300000000025} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"He broke the seal and glanced over the contents.","dir":"ltr","width":"210.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","171.03"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":171.03400000000025} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, come, it may prove to be something of interest, after all.”","dir":"ltr","width":"272.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","157.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":157.48500000000024} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"“Not social, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"83.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","143.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":143.93600000000023} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"“No, distinctly professional.”","dir":"ltr","width":"127.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","130.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":130.38700000000023} {"page":149,"change":"none","str":"148","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","288.97","95.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":288.97400000000005,"y":95.28300000000023} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR","dir":"ltr","width":"315.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"149","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"“And from a noble client?”","dir":"ltr","width":"117.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"“One of the highest in England.”","dir":"ltr","width":"142.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"“My dear fellow, I congratulate you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"162.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"“I assure you, Watson, without affectation, that the status of my client is a mat-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"ter of less moment to me than the interest of his case. It is just possible, however,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"that that also may not be wanting in this new investigation. You have been reading","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"the papers diligently of late, have you not?”","dir":"ltr","width":"190.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"“It looks like it,” said I ruefully, pointing to a huge bundle in the corner. “I have","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"had nothing else to do.”","dir":"ltr","width":"103.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"“It is fortunate, for you will perhaps be able to post me up. I read nothing","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"except the criminal news and the agony column. The latter is always instructive.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"But if you have followed recent events so closely you must have read about Lord","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"St. Simon and his wedding?”","dir":"ltr","width":"126.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes, with the deepest interest.”","dir":"ltr","width":"156.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"“That is well. The letter which I hold in my hand is from Lord St. Simon.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"I will read it to you, and in return you must turn over these papers and let me have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"whatever bears upon the matter. 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Yours faithfully, S","dir":"ltr","width":"236.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","346.21"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":346.20500000000055} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"T","dir":"ltr","width":"5.33","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","382.40","346.21"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":382.404,"y":346.20500000000055} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":". 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It is three now. He will be here in an hour.”","dir":"ltr","width":"289.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.2330000000006} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"“Then I have just time, with your assistance, to get clear upon the subject.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":271.6840000000006} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"Turn over those papers and arrange the extracts in their order of time, while I take","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000006} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"a glance as to who our client is.” He picked a red-covered volume from a line of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.5860000000006} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"books of reference beside the mantelpiece. “Here he is,” said he, sitting down and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.0370000000006} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"flattening it out upon his knee. “ ‘Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.4870000000006} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"second son of the Duke of Balmoral.’ Hum! ‘Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000059} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"over a fess sable. Born in 1846.’ He’s forty-one years of age, which is mature for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000058} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"marriage. Was Under-Secretary for the colonies in a late administration. The Duke,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":176.84000000000057} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"his father, was at one time Secretary for Foreign Affairs. They inherit Plantagenet","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000057} {"page":150,"change":"none","str":"blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side. Ha! 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Then there is another note in the Morning Post to say that","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":151,"change":"none","str":"the marriage would be an absolutely quiet one, that it would be at St. George’s,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":151,"change":"none","str":"Hanover Square, that only half a dozen intimate friends would be invited, and that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":151,"change":"none","str":"the party would return to the furnished house at Lancaster Gate which has been","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":151,"change":"none","str":"taken by Mr. Aloysius Doran. Two days later—that is, on Wednesday last—there","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":151,"change":"none","str":"is a curt announcement that the wedding had taken place, and that the honeymoon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":151,"change":"none","str":"would be passed at Lord Backwater’s place, near Petersfield. Those are all the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":151,"change":"none","str":"notices which appeared before the disappearance of the bride.”","dir":"ltr","width":"273.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":151,"change":"none","str":"“Before the what?” asked Holmes with a start.","dir":"ltr","width":"202.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":151,"change":"none","str":"“The vanishing of the lady.”","dir":"ltr","width":"122.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR","dir":"ltr","width":"315.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"151","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"“When did she vanish, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"“At the wedding breakfast.”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed. This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"fact.”","dir":"ltr","width":"23.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"“Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”","dir":"ltr","width":"239.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"“They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honey-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"moon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this. Pray let me have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"the details.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"“I warn you that they are very incomplete.”","dir":"ltr","width":"188.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"“Perhaps we may make them less so.”","dir":"ltr","width":"165.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"“Such as they are, they are set forth in a single article of a morning paper of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"yesterday, which I will read to you. It is headed, ‘Singular Occurrence at a Fash-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"ionable Wedding’:","dir":"ltr","width":"80.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"“The family of Lord Robert St. Simon has been thrown into the","dir":"ltr","width":"287.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.46","517.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.46499999999997,"y":517.1640000000003} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"greatest consternation by the strange and painful episodes which have","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","503.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":503.6140000000003} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"taken place in connection with his wedding. 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It","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","273.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":273.2780000000006} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"was only after a painful and prolonged scene that she was ejected by","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","259.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":259.7290000000006} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"the butler and the footman. 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Her prolonged absence having caused some com-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","205.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":205.53200000000058} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"ment, her father followed her, but learned from her maid that she had","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","191.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":191.98300000000057} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"only come up to her chamber for an instant, caught up an ulster and","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","178.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10099999999997,"y":178.43400000000057} {"page":152,"change":"none","str":"bonnet, and hurried down to the passage. 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Up to a late hour last night, however, nothing","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady. There are","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"rumours of foul play in the matter, and it is said that the police have","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"caused the arrest of the woman who had caused the original distur-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"bance, in the belief that, from jealousy or some other motive, she may","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"have been concerned in the strange disappearance of the bride.”","dir":"ltr","width":"276.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"“And is that all?”","dir":"ltr","width":"75.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","571.36"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":571.3600000000002} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"“Only one little item in another of the morning papers, but it is a suggestive","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","557.81"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":557.8110000000003} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"one.”","dir":"ltr","width":"22.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","544.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":544.2620000000003} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"“And it is—”","dir":"ltr","width":"57.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","530.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":530.7130000000003} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"“That Miss Flora Millar, the lady who had caused the disturbance, has actually","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","517.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":517.1640000000003} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"been arrested. It appears that she was formerly a danseuse at the Allegro, and that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","503.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":503.6140000000003} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"she has known the bridegroom for some years. There are no further particulars, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","490.07"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":490.06500000000034} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"the whole case is in your hands now—so far as it has been set forth in the public","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","476.52"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":476.51600000000036} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"press.”","dir":"ltr","width":"29.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","462.97"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":462.9670000000004} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"“And an exceedingly interesting case it appears to be. I would not have missed","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","449.42"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":449.4180000000004} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"it for worlds. But there is a ring at the bell, Watson, and as the clock makes it a few","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","435.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":435.8690000000004} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"minutes after four, I have no doubt that this will prove to be our noble client. Do","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","422.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":422.3190000000004} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"not dream of going, Watson, for I very much prefer having a witness, if only as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","408.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":408.77000000000044} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"a check to my own memory.”","dir":"ltr","width":"127.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","395.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":395.22100000000046} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"“Lord Robert St. Simon,” announced our page-boy, throwing open the door.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","381.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":381.6720000000005} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"A gentleman entered, with a pleasant, cultured face, high-nosed and pale, with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","368.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":368.1230000000005} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"something perhaps of petulance about the mouth, and with the steady, well-opened","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","354.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":354.5730000000005} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"eye of a man whose pleasant lot it had ever been to command and to be obeyed. His","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","341.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":341.0240000000005} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"manner was brisk, and yet his general appearance gave an undue impression of age,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","327.48"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":327.47500000000053} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"for he had a slight forward stoop and a little bend of the knees as he walked. His","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","313.93"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":313.92600000000056} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"hair, too, as he swept off his very curly-brimmed hat, was grizzled round the edges","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","300.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":300.3770000000006} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"and thin upon the top. As to his dress, it was careful to the verge of foppishness,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","286.83"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":286.82700000000057} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"with high collar, black frock-coat, white waistcoat, yellow gloves, patent-leather","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","273.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":273.2780000000006} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"shoes, and light-coloured gaiters. He advanced slowly into the room, turning his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","259.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":259.7290000000006} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"head from left to right, and swinging in his right hand the cord which held his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","246.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":246.1800000000006} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"golden eyeglasses.","dir":"ltr","width":"80.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","232.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":232.6310000000006} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"“Good-day, Lord St. Simon,” said Holmes, rising and bowing. “Pray take the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","219.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":219.08100000000059} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"basket-chair. This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson. Draw up a little to the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","205.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":205.53200000000058} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"fire, and we will talk this matter over.”","dir":"ltr","width":"167.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","191.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":191.98300000000057} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"“A most painful matter to me, as you can most readily imagine, Mr. Holmes.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","178.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":178.43400000000057} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"I have been cut to the quick. I understand that you have already managed several","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","164.89"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":164.88500000000056} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"delicate cases of this sort, sir, though I presume that they were hardly from the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","151.34"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":151.33500000000055} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"same class of society.”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","137.79"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":137.78600000000054} {"page":153,"change":"none","str":"“No, I am descending.”","dir":"ltr","width":"101.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","124.24"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":124.23700000000053} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR","dir":"ltr","width":"315.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"153","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“I beg pardon.”","dir":"ltr","width":"66.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“My last client of the sort was a king.”","dir":"ltr","width":"167.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, really! I had no idea. And which king?”","dir":"ltr","width":"198.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“The King of Scandinavia.”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“What! Had he lost his wife?”","dir":"ltr","width":"132.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“You can understand,” said Holmes suavely, “that I extend to the affairs of my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"other clients the same secrecy which I promise to you in yours.”","dir":"ltr","width":"279.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“Of course! Very right! very right! I’m sure I beg pardon. As to my own","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"case, I am ready to give you any information which may assist you in forming an","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"opinion.”","dir":"ltr","width":"40.15","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“Thank you. I have already learned all that is in the public prints, nothing","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"more. I presume that I may take it as correct— this article, for example, as to the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"disappearance of the bride.”","dir":"ltr","width":"121.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"Lord St. Simon glanced over it. “Yes, it is correct, as far as it goes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"294.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“But it needs a great deal of supplementing before anyone could offer an opin-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"ion. I think that I may arrive at my facts most directly by questioning you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"327.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“Pray do so.”","dir":"ltr","width":"57.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“When did you first meet Miss Hatty Doran?”","dir":"ltr","width":"200.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“In San Francisco, a year ago.”","dir":"ltr","width":"135.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“You were travelling in the States?”","dir":"ltr","width":"156.26","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“Did you become engaged then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"147.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“No.”","dir":"ltr","width":"24.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“But you were on a friendly footing?”","dir":"ltr","width":"166.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“I was amused by her society, and she could see that I was amused.”","dir":"ltr","width":"297.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“Her father is very rich?”","dir":"ltr","width":"110.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“He is said to be the richest man on the Pacific slope.”","dir":"ltr","width":"236.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“And how did he make his money?”","dir":"ltr","width":"157.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, invested it,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"and came up by leaps and bounds.”","dir":"ltr","width":"153.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“Now, what is your own impression as to the young lady’s—your wife’s char-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"acter?”","dir":"ltr","width":"30.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"The nobleman swung his glasses a little faster and stared down into the fire.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“You see, Mr. Holmes,” said he, “my wife was twenty before her father became","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"a rich man. During that time she ran free in a mining camp and wandered through","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"woods or mountains, so that her education has come from Nature rather than from","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"the schoolmaster. She is what we call in England a tomboy, with a strong nature,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"wild and free, unfettered by any sort of traditions. She is impetuous—volcanic,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"I was about to say. She is swift in making up her mind and fearless in carrying","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"out her resolutions. On the other hand, I would not have given her the name which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"I have the honour to bear”—he gave a little stately cough—”had not I thought her","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"to be at bottom a noble woman. I believe that she is capable of heroic self-sacrifice","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"and that anything dishonourable would be repugnant to her.”","dir":"ltr","width":"263.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":154,"change":"none","str":"“Have you her photograph?”","dir":"ltr","width":"125.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR","dir":"ltr","width":"315.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"154","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“I brought this with me.” He opened a locket and showed us the full face of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"a very lovely woman. It was not a photograph but an ivory miniature, and the artist","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"had brought out the full effect of the lustrous black hair, the large dark eyes, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"the exquisite mouth. Holmes gazed long and earnestly at it. Then he closed the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"locket and handed it back to Lord St. Simon.","dir":"ltr","width":"194.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“The young lady came to London, then, and you renewed your acquaintance?”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, her father brought her over for this last London season. I met her several","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"times, became engaged to her, and have now married her.”","dir":"ltr","width":"253.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“She brought, I understand, a considerable dowry?”","dir":"ltr","width":"225.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“A fair dowry. Not more than is usual in my family.”","dir":"ltr","width":"229.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“And this, of course, remains to you, since the marriage is a fait accompli?”","dir":"ltr","width":"329.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“I really have made no inquiries on the subject.”","dir":"ltr","width":"210.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Very naturally not. Did you see Miss Doran on the day before the wedding?”","dir":"ltr","width":"340.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Was she in good spirits?”","dir":"ltr","width":"115.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Never better. She kept talking of what we should do in our future lives.”","dir":"ltr","width":"318.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed! That is very interesting. And on the morning of the wedding?”","dir":"ltr","width":"314.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“She was as bright as possible—at least until after the ceremony.”","dir":"ltr","width":"286.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“And did you observe any change in her then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"206.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Well, to tell the truth, I saw then the first signs that I had ever seen that her","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"temper was just a little sharp. The incident however, was too trivial to relate and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"can have no possible bearing upon the case.”","dir":"ltr","width":"194.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Pray let us have it, for all that.”","dir":"ltr","width":"140.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, it is childish. She dropped her bouquet as we went towards the vestry.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"She was passing the front pew at the time, and it fell over into the pew. There was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"a moment’s delay, but the gentleman in the pew handed it up to her again, and it did","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"not appear to be the worse for the fall. Yet when I spoke to her of the matter, she","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"answered me abruptly; and in the carriage, on our way home, she seemed absurdly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"agitated over this trifling cause.”","dir":"ltr","width":"141.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Indeed! You say that there was a gentleman in the pew. Some of the general","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"public were present, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"119.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes. It is impossible to exclude them when the church is open.”","dir":"ltr","width":"298.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”","dir":"ltr","width":"233.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"looking person. I hardly noticed his appearance. But really I think that we are","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"wandering rather far from the point.”","dir":"ltr","width":"160.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"mind than she had gone to it. What did she do on re-entering her father’s house?”","dir":"ltr","width":"355.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“I saw her in conversation with her maid.”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“And who is her maid?”","dir":"ltr","width":"105.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“Alice is her name. She is an American and came from California with her.”","dir":"ltr","width":"331.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":155,"change":"none","str":"“A confidential servant?”","dir":"ltr","width":"109.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR","dir":"ltr","width":"315.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"155","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“A little too much so. It seemed to me that her mistress allowed her to take","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"great liberties. Still, of course, in America they look upon these things in a different","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"way.”","dir":"ltr","width":"24.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“How long did she speak to this Alice?”","dir":"ltr","width":"175.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, a few minutes. I had something else to think of.”","dir":"ltr","width":"235.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“You did not overhear what they said?”","dir":"ltr","width":"171.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“Lady St. Simon said something about ‘jumping a claim.’ She was accustomed","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"to use slang of the kind. I have no idea what she meant.”","dir":"ltr","width":"246.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“American slang is very expressive sometimes. And what did your wife do","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"when she finished speaking to her maid?”","dir":"ltr","width":"181.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“She walked into the breakfast-room.”","dir":"ltr","width":"167.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“On your arm?”","dir":"ltr","width":"70.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“No, alone. She was very independent in little matters like that. Then, after","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"we had sat down for ten minutes or so, she rose hurriedly, muttered some words of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"apology, and left the room. She never came back.”","dir":"ltr","width":"219.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“But this maid, Alice, as I understand, deposes that she went to her room,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"covered her bride’s dress with a long ulster, put on a bonnet, and went out.”","dir":"ltr","width":"328.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so. And she was afterwards seen walking into Hyde Park in company","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"with Flora Millar, a woman who is now in custody, and who had already made","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"a disturbance at Mr. Doran’s house that morning.”","dir":"ltr","width":"217.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, yes. I should like a few particulars as to this young lady, and your relations","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"to her.”","dir":"ltr","width":"31.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"Lord St. Simon shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows. “We have been","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"on a friendly footing for some years—I may say on a very friendly footing. She","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"used to be at the Allegro. I have not treated her ungenerously, and she had no just","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"cause of complaint against me, but you know what women are, Mr. Holmes. Flora","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"was a dear little thing, but exceedingly hot-headed and devotedly attached to me.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"She wrote me dreadful letters when she heard that I was about to be married, and,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"to tell the truth, the reason why I had the marriage celebrated so quietly was that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"I feared lest there might be a scandal in the church. She came to Mr. Doran’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"door just after we returned, and she endeavoured to push her way in, uttering very","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"abusive expressions towards my wife, and even threatening her, but I had foreseen","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"the possibility of something of the sort, and I had two police fellows there in private","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"clothes, who soon pushed her out again. She was quiet when she saw that there was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"no good in making a row.”","dir":"ltr","width":"115.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“Did your wife hear all this?”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“No, thank goodness, she did not.”","dir":"ltr","width":"151.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“And she was seen walking with this very woman afterwards?”","dir":"ltr","width":"275.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“Yes. That is what Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, looks upon as so serious. It","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"is thought that Flora decoyed my wife out and laid some terrible trap for her.”","dir":"ltr","width":"338.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“Well, it is a possible supposition.”","dir":"ltr","width":"152.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“You think so, too?”","dir":"ltr","width":"89.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“I did not say a probable one. But you do not yourself look upon this as likely?”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":156,"change":"none","str":"“I do not think Flora would hurt a fly.”","dir":"ltr","width":"167.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR","dir":"ltr","width":"315.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"156","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“Still, jealousy is a strange transformer of characters. Pray what is your own","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"theory as to what took place?”","dir":"ltr","width":"132.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“Well, really, I came to seek a theory, not to propound one. I have given you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"all the facts. Since you ask me, however, I may say that it has occurred to me as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"possible that the excitement of this affair, the consciousness that she had made so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"immense a social stride, had the effect of causing some little nervous disturbance","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"in my wife.”","dir":"ltr","width":"54.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“In short, that she had become suddenly deranged?”","dir":"ltr","width":"227.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“Well, really, when I consider that she has turned her back—I will not say upon","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"me, but upon so much that many have aspired to without success—I can hardly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"explain it in any other fashion.”","dir":"ltr","width":"136.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“Well, certainly that is also a conceivable hypothesis,” said Holmes, smiling.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“And now, Lord St. Simon, I think that I have nearly all my data. May I ask whether","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"you were seated at the breakfast-table so that you could see out of the window?”","dir":"ltr","width":"350.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“We could see the other side of the road and the Park.”","dir":"ltr","width":"238.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so. Then I do not think that I need to detain you longer. I shall commu-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"nicate with you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"74.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“Should you be fortunate enough to solve this problem,” said our client, rising.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“I have solved it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"78.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“Eh? What was that?”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“I say that I have solved it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“Where, then, is my wife?”","dir":"ltr","width":"119.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“That is a detail which I shall speedily supply.”","dir":"ltr","width":"205.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"Lord St. Simon shook his head. “I am afraid that it will take wiser heads than","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"yours or mine,” he remarked, and bowing in a stately, old-fashioned manner he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"departed.","dir":"ltr","width":"40.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“It is very good of Lord St. Simon to honour my head by putting it on a level","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"with his own,” said Sherlock Holmes, laughing. “I think that I shall have a whisky","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"and soda and a cigar after all this cross-questioning. I had formed my conclusions","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"as to the case before our client came into the room.”","dir":"ltr","width":"226.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“My dear Holmes!”","dir":"ltr","width":"86.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“I have notes of several similar cases, though none, as I remarked before, which","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"were quite as prompt. My whole examination served to turn my conjecture into","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"a certainty. Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau’s example.”","dir":"ltr","width":"231.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“But I have heard all that you have heard.”","dir":"ltr","width":"185.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"“Without, however, the knowledge of pre-existing cases which serves me so","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"well. There was a parallel instance in Aberdeen some years back, and something","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"on very much the same lines at Munich the year after the Franco-Prussian War. It","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"is one of these cases—but, hullo, here is Lestrade! Good-afternoon, Lestrade! You","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"will find an extra tumbler upon the sideboard, and there are cigars in the box.”","dir":"ltr","width":"340.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"The official detective was attired in a pea-jacket and cravat, which gave him","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":157,"change":"none","str":"a decidedly nautical appearance, and he carried a black canvas bag in his hand.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE X. 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It is this infernal St. Simon marriage case. I can make","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"neither head nor tail of the business.”","dir":"ltr","width":"161.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Really! You surprise me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"118.06","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Who ever heard of such a mixed affair? Every clue seems to slip through my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"fingers. I have been at work upon it all day.”","dir":"ltr","width":"192.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“And very wet it seems to have made you,” said Holmes laying his hand upon","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"the arm of the pea-jacket.","dir":"ltr","width":"111.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, I have been dragging the Serpentine.”","dir":"ltr","width":"189.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“In heaven’s name, what for?”","dir":"ltr","width":"132.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“In search of the body of Lady St. Simon.”","dir":"ltr","width":"185.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his chair and laughed heartily.","dir":"ltr","width":"275.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Have you dragged the basin of Trafalgar Square fountain?” he asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"305.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Why? What do you mean?”","dir":"ltr","width":"126.62","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Because you have just as good a chance of finding this lady in the one as in","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"the other.”","dir":"ltr","width":"44.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"Lestrade shot an angry glance at my companion. “I suppose you know all about","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"it,” he snarled.","dir":"ltr","width":"62.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Well, I have only just heard the facts, but my mind is made up.”","dir":"ltr","width":"281.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, indeed! Then you think that the Serpentine plays no part in the matter?”","dir":"ltr","width":"337.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“I think it very unlikely.”","dir":"ltr","width":"108.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Then perhaps you will kindly explain how it is that we found this in it?” He","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"opened his bag as he spoke, and tumbled onto the floor a wedding-dress of watered","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"silk, a pair of white satin shoes and a bride’s wreath and veil, all discoloured and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"soaked in water. “There,” said he, putting a new wedding-ring upon the top of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"pile. “There is a little nut for you to crack, Master Holmes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"261.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, indeed!” said my friend, blowing blue rings into the air. “You dragged","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"them from the Serpentine?”","dir":"ltr","width":"120.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“No. They were found floating near the margin by a park-keeper. They have","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"been identified as her clothes, and it seemed to me that if the clothes were there the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"body would not be far off.”","dir":"ltr","width":"118.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“By the same brilliant reasoning, every man’s body is to be found in the neigh-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"bourhood of his wardrobe. And pray what did you hope to arrive at through this?”","dir":"ltr","width":"357.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“At some evidence implicating Flora Millar in the disappearance.”","dir":"ltr","width":"288.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“I am afraid that you will find it difficult.”","dir":"ltr","width":"182.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“Are you, indeed, now?” cried Lestrade with some bitterness. “I am afraid,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"Holmes, that you are not very practical with your deductions and your inferences.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"You have made two blunders in as many minutes. This dress does implicate Miss","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"Flora Millar.”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":158,"change":"none","str":"“And how?”","dir":"ltr","width":"53.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR","dir":"ltr","width":"315.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"158","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“In the dress is a pocket. In the pocket is a card-case. In the card-case is a note.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"And here is the very note.” He slapped it down upon the table in front of him.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“Listen to this: ‘You will see me when all is ready. Come at once. F.H.M.’ Now my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"theory all along has been that Lady St. Simon was decoyed away by Flora Millar,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"and that she, with confederates, no doubt, was responsible for her disappearance.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"Here, signed with her initials, is the very note which was no doubt quietly slipped","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"into her hand at the door and which lured her within their reach.”","dir":"ltr","width":"283.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“Very good, Lestrade,” said Holmes, laughing. “You really are very fine indeed.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"Let me see it.” He took up the paper in a listless way, but his attention instantly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"became riveted, and he gave a little cry of satisfaction. “This is indeed important,”","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"said he.","dir":"ltr","width":"33.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“Ha! you find it so?”","dir":"ltr","width":"91.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“Extremely so. I congratulate you warmly.”","dir":"ltr","width":"190.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"Lestrade rose in his triumph and bent his head to look. “Why,” he shrieked,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“you’re looking at the wrong side!”","dir":"ltr","width":"154.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“On the contrary, this is the right side.”","dir":"ltr","width":"170.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“The right side? You’re mad! Here is the note written in pencil over here.”","dir":"ltr","width":"324.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“And over here is what appears to be the fragment of a hotel bill, which interests","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"me deeply.”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“There’s nothing in it. I looked at it before,” said Lestrade. “ ‘Oct. 4th, rooms","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"8s., breakfast 2s. 6d., cocktail 1s., lunch 2s. 6d., glass sherry, 8d.’ I see nothing in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"that.”","dir":"ltr","width":"23.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“Very likely not. It is most important, all the same. As to the note, it is impor-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"tant also, or at least the initials are, so I congratulate you again.”","dir":"ltr","width":"279.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“I’ve wasted time enough,” said Lestrade, rising. “I believe in hard work and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"not in sitting by the fire spinning fine theories. Good-day, Mr. Holmes, and we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"shall see which gets to the bottom of the matter first.” He gathered up the garments,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"thrust them into the bag, and made for the door.","dir":"ltr","width":"207.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“Just one hint to you, Lestrade,” drawled Holmes before his rival vanished;","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"“I will tell you the true solution of the matter. Lady St. Simon is a myth. There is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"not, and there never has been, any such person.”","dir":"ltr","width":"209.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"Lestrade looked sadly at my companion. Then he turned to me, tapped his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"forehead three times, shook his head solemnly, and hurried away.","dir":"ltr","width":"284.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"He had hardly shut the door behind him when Holmes rose to put on his over-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"coat. “There is something in what the fellow says about outdoor work,” he re-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"marked, “so I think, Watson, that I must leave you to your papers for a little.”","dir":"ltr","width":"336.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"It was after five o’clock when Sherlock Holmes left me, but I had no time to be","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"lonely, for within an hour there arrived a confectioner’s man with a very large flat","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"box. This he unpacked with the help of a youth whom he had brought with him, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"presently, to my very great astonishment, a quite epicurean little cold supper began","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":159,"change":"none","str":"to be laid out upon our humble lodging-house mahogany. 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His","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"features were gravely set, but there was a light in his eye which made me think that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"he had not been disappointed in his conclusions.","dir":"ltr","width":"210.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“They have laid the supper, then,” he said, rubbing his hands.","dir":"ltr","width":"266.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“You seem to expect company. 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Have you","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"good authority for what you say?”","dir":"ltr","width":"149.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“The best possible.”","dir":"ltr","width":"87.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"Lord St. Simon sank into a chair and passed his hand over his forehead.","dir":"ltr","width":"311.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“What will the Duke say,” he murmured, “when he hears that one of the family","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"has been subjected to such humiliation?”","dir":"ltr","width":"178.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“It is the purest accident. I cannot allow that there is any humiliation.”","dir":"ltr","width":"306.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, you look on these things from another standpoint.”","dir":"ltr","width":"243.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“I fail to see that anyone is to blame. 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Having no mother, she had no one to advise her at such a crisis.”","dir":"ltr","width":"325.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“It was a slight, sir, a public slight,” said Lord St. Simon, tapping his fingers","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"upon the table.","dir":"ltr","width":"64.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“You must make allowance for this poor girl, placed in so unprecedented a po-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"sition.”","dir":"ltr","width":"31.06","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"“I will make no allowance. 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The lady, I think, you have already","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"met.”","dir":"ltr","width":"23.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"At the sight of these newcomers our client had sprung from his seat and stood","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"very erect, with his eyes cast down and his hand thrust into the breast of his frock-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":160,"change":"none","str":"coat, a picture of offended dignity. 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I only wonder I didn’t","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":161,"change":"none","str":"fall down and do a faint right there before the altar.”","dir":"ltr","width":"226.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":161,"change":"none","str":"“Perhaps, Mrs. Moulton, you would like my friend and me to leave the room","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":161,"change":"none","str":"while you explain this matter?”","dir":"ltr","width":"136.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":161,"change":"none","str":"“If I may give an opinion,” remarked the strange gentleman, “we’ve had just","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":161,"change":"none","str":"a little too much secrecy over this business already. 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Then I saw him scribble on a piece of paper, and I knew that he was writing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"me a note. As I passed his pew on the way out I dropped my bouquet over to him,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"and he slipped the note into my hand when he returned me the flowers. It was only","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"a line asking me to join him when he made the sign to me to do so. 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Some woman came talking something or other about Lord St. Simon to me—","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"seemed to me from the little I heard as if he had a little secret of his own before","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"marriage also—but I managed to get away from her and soon overtook Frank. We","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"got into a cab together, and away we drove to some lodgings he had taken in Gordon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"Square, and that was my true wedding after all those years of waiting. 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It is likely","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"that we should have gone on to Paris to-morrow, only that this good gentleman,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Holmes, came round to us this evening, though how he found us is more than","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"I can think, and he showed us very clearly and kindly that I was wrong and that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"Frank was right, and that we should be putting ourselves in the wrong if we were","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"so secret. Then he offered to give us a chance of talking to Lord St. Simon alone,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":162,"change":"none","str":"and so we came right away round to his rooms at once. 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I think that with your permission I will now wish you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"all a very good-night.” He included us all in a sweeping bow and stalked out of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"room.","dir":"ltr","width":"25.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"“Then I trust that you at least will honour me with your company,” said Sher-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"lock Holmes. “It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"of those who believe that the folly of a monarch and the blundering of a minister","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"in far-gone years will not prevent our children from being some day citizens of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"same world-wide country under a flag which shall be a quartering of the Union","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"Jack with the Stars and Stripes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"140.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"“The case has been an interesting one,” remarked Holmes when our visitors had","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"left us, “because it serves to show very clearly how simple the explanation may be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"of an affair which at first sight seems to be almost inexplicable. Nothing could","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"be more natural than the sequence of events as narrated by this lady, and nothing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"stranger than the result when viewed, for instance, by Mr. Lestrade of Scotland","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"Yard.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"“You were not yourself at fault at all, then?”","dir":"ltr","width":"192.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"“From the first, two facts were very obvious to me, the one that the lady had","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"been quite willing to undergo the wedding ceremony, the other that she had re-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"pented of it within a few minutes of returning home. Obviously something had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"occurred during the morning, then, to cause her to change her mind. What could","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"that something be? She could not have spoken to anyone when she was out, for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"she had been in the company of the bridegroom. Had she seen someone, then? 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You see we have already arrived, by a process of exclusion, at the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"idea that she might have seen an American. Then who could this American be, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"why should he possess so much influence over her? It might be a lover; it might","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"be a husband. Her young womanhood had, I knew, been spent in rough scenes and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"under strange conditions. So far I had got before I ever heard Lord St. Simon’s nar-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"rative. When he told us of a man in a pew, of the change in the bride’s manner, of so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"transparent a device for obtaining a note as the dropping of a bouquet, of her resort","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"to her confidential maid, and of her very significant allusion to claim-jumping—","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"which in miners’ parlance means taking possession of that which another person","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"has a prior claim to—the whole situation became absolutely clear. She had gone","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":163,"change":"none","str":"off with a man, and the man was either a lover or was a previous husband—the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE X. 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The initials were, of course, of the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"highest importance, but more valuable still was it to know that within a week he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"had settled his bill at one of the most select London hotels.”","dir":"ltr","width":"260.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"“How did you deduce the select?”","dir":"ltr","width":"148.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"“By the select prices. Eight shillings for a bed and eightpence for a glass of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"sherry pointed to one of the most expensive hotels. There are not many in London","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"which charge at that rate. In the second one which I visited in Northumberland Av-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"enue, I learned by an inspection of the book that Francis H. 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His let-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"ters were to be forwarded to 226 Gordon Square; so thither I travelled, and being","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"fortunate enough to find the loving couple at home, I ventured to give them some","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"paternal advice and to point out to them that it would be better in every way that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"they should make their position a little clearer both to the general public and to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"Lord St. Simon in particular. I invited them to meet him here, and, as you see,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"I made him keep the appointment.”","dir":"ltr","width":"153.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"“But with no very good result,” I remarked. “His conduct was certainly not","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"very gracious.”","dir":"ltr","width":"65.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, Watson,” said Holmes, smiling, “perhaps you would not be very gracious","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"either, if, after all the trouble of wooing and wedding, you found yourself deprived","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":164,"change":"none","str":"in an instant of wife and of fortune. 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What could","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"have happened, then, to bring one of the foremost citizens of London to this most","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"pitiable pass? We waited, all curiosity, until with another effort he braced himself","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"to tell his story.","dir":"ltr","width":"67.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"“I feel that time is of value,” said he; “that is why I hastened here when the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"police inspector suggested that I should secure your co-operation. I came to Baker","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"Street by the Underground and hurried from there on foot, for the cabs go slowly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"through this snow. That is why I was so out of breath, for I am a man who takes","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"very little exercise. I feel better now, and I will put the facts before you as shortly","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"and yet as clearly as I can.","dir":"ltr","width":"114.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"“It is, of course, well known to you that in a successful banking business as","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"much depends upon our being able to find remunerative investments for our funds","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"as upon our increasing our connection and the number of our depositors. One of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":166,"change":"none","str":"our most lucrative means of laying out money is in the shape of loans, where the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. 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We have done a good deal in this direction during the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":705.258} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"last few years, and there are many noble families to whom we have advanced large","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"sums upon the security of their pictures, libraries, or plate.","dir":"ltr","width":"254.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“Yesterday morning I was seated in my office at the bank when a card was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"brought in to me by one of the clerks. I started when I saw the name, for it was that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"of none other than—well, perhaps even to you I had better say no more than that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"it was a name which is a household word all over the earth—one of the highest,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"noblest, most exalted names in England. I was overwhelmed by the honour and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"attempted, when he entered, to say so, but he plunged at once into business with","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"the air of a man who wishes to hurry quickly through a disagreeable task.","dir":"ltr","width":"319.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Mr. Holder,’ said he, ‘I have been informed that you are in the habit of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"advancing money.’","dir":"ltr","width":"81.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘The firm does so when the security is good.’ I answered.","dir":"ltr","width":"256.80","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘It is absolutely essential to me,’ said he, ‘that I should have 50,000 pounds at","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"once. I could, of course, borrow so trifling a sum ten times over from my friends,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"but I much prefer to make it a matter of business and to carry out that business","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"myself. In my position you can readily understand that it is unwise to place one’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"self under obligations.’","dir":"ltr","width":"100.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘For how long, may I ask, do you want this sum?’ I asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"260.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Next Monday I have a large sum due to me, and I shall then most certainly","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"repay what you advance, with whatever interest you think it right to charge. 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The lowest estimate would put the worth of the coronet at double the sum","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"which I have asked. I am prepared to leave it with you as my security.’","dir":"ltr","width":"307.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“I took the precious case into my hands and looked in some perplexity from it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"to my illustrious client.","dir":"ltr","width":"101.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘You doubt its value?’ he asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"146.92","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Not at all. I only doubt—’","dir":"ltr","width":"124.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘The propriety of my leaving it. You may set your mind at rest about that.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"I should not dream of doing so were it not absolutely certain that I should be able","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"in four days to reclaim it. It is a pure matter of form. Is the security sufficient?’","dir":"ltr","width":"345.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":167,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Ample.’","dir":"ltr","width":"44.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. 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There could be no doubt that, as it was a national possession, a horrible","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"scandal would ensue if any misfortune should occur to it. I already regretted having","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"ever consented to take charge of it. 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I determined, therefore, that for the next few days I would always carry","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"the case backward and forward with me, so that it might never be really out of my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"reach. With this intention, I called a cab and drove out to my house at Streatham,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"carrying the jewel with me. 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My groom and my page sleep out of the house, and may","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"be set aside altogether. I have three maid-servants who have been with me a number","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"of years and whose absolute reliability is quite above suspicion. Another, Lucy","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"Parr, the second waiting-maid, has only been in my service a few months. 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That is the only drawback which we have found to her, but we","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"believe her to be a thoroughly good girl in every way.","dir":"ltr","width":"233.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"“So much for the servants. My family itself is so small that it will not take me","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"long to describe it. I am a widower and have an only son, Arthur. He has been","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"a disappointment to me, Mr. Holmes—a grievous disappointment. I have no doubt","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"that I am myself to blame. People tell me that I have spoiled him. Very likely","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"I have. When my dear wife died I felt that he was all I had to love. 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Perhaps it would have been better for both of us had I been sterner, but","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"I meant it for the best.","dir":"ltr","width":"96.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"“It was naturally my intention that he should succeed me in my business, but he","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":168,"change":"none","str":"was not of a business turn. 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So I think, and so, too, thinks","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":169,"change":"none","str":"my little Mary, who has a woman’s quick insight into character.","dir":"ltr","width":"277.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":169,"change":"none","str":"“And now there is only she to be described. 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As I came down the stairs I saw Mary herself at the side window","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"of the hall, which she closed and fastened as I approached.","dir":"ltr","width":"255.58","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Tell me, dad,’ said she, looking, I thought, a little disturbed, ‘did you give","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"Lucy, the maid, leave to go out to-night?’","dir":"ltr","width":"180.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Certainly not.’","dir":"ltr","width":"73.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘She came in just now by the back door. 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Are you sure","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"that everything is fastened?’","dir":"ltr","width":"122.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Quite sure, dad.’","dir":"ltr","width":"82.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Then, good-night.’ I kissed her and went up to my bedroom again, where","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"I was soon asleep.","dir":"ltr","width":"79.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"“I am endeavouring to tell you everything, Mr. Holmes, which may have any","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"bearing upon the case, but I beg that you will question me upon any point which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"I do not make clear.”","dir":"ltr","width":"90.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"“On the contrary, your statement is singularly lucid.”","dir":"ltr","width":"230.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"“I come to a part of my story now in which I should wish to be particularly","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"so. I am not a very heavy sleeper, and the anxiety in my mind tended, no doubt, to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"make me even less so than usual. About two in the morning, then, I was awakened","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":170,"change":"none","str":"by some sound in the house. 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One of the gold corners, with three of the beryls in it, was missing.","dir":"ltr","width":"303.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘You blackguard!’ I shouted, beside myself with rage. ‘You have destroyed it!","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"You have dishonoured me forever! 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Did I not see you trying to tear off another piece?’","dir":"ltr","width":"300.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘You have called me names enough,’ said he, ‘I will not stand it any longer.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"I shall not say another word about this business, since you have chosen to insult","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"me. I will leave your house in the morning and make my own way in the world.’","dir":"ltr","width":"350.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘You shall leave it in the hands of the police!’ I cried half-mad with grief and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"rage. ‘I shall have this matter probed to the bottom.’","dir":"ltr","width":"227.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘You shall learn nothing from me,’ said he with a passion such as I should not","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"have thought was in his nature. ‘If you choose to call the police, let the police find","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"what they can.’","dir":"ltr","width":"66.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"“By this time the whole house was astir, for I had raised my voice in my anger.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"Mary was the first to rush into my room, and, at the sight of the coronet and of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"Arthur’s face, she read the whole story and, with a scream, fell down senseless on","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"the ground. 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And then, realising the dreadful position in which I was placed,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"I implored him to remember that not only my honour but that of one who was far","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"greater than I was at stake; and that he threatened to raise a scandal which would","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"convulse the nation. He might avert it all if he would but tell me what he had done","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"with the three missing stones.","dir":"ltr","width":"129.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘You may as well face the matter,’ said I; ‘you have been caught in the act, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"no confession could make your guilt more heinous. If you but make such reparation","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"as is in your power, by telling us where the beryls are, all shall be forgiven and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"forgotten.’","dir":"ltr","width":"45.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Keep your forgiveness for those who ask for it,’ he answered, turning away","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"from me with a sneer. I saw that he was too hardened for any words of mine to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":171,"change":"none","str":"influence him. There was but one way for it. I called in the inspector and gave him","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. 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A search was made at once not only of his person but of his room and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":705.258} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"no trace of them could be found, nor would the wretched boy open his mouth for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"all our persuasions and our threats. This morning he was removed to a cell, and I,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"after going through all the police formalities, have hurried round to you to implore","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"you to use your skill in unravelling the matter. The police have openly confessed","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"that they can at present make nothing of it. You may go to any expense which you","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"think necessary. I have already offered a reward of 1000 pounds. My God, what","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"shall I do! I have lost my honour, my gems, and my son in one night. Oh, what","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"shall I do!”","dir":"ltr","width":"49.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"He put a hand on either side of his head and rocked himself to and fro, droning","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"to himself like a child whose grief has got beyond words.","dir":"ltr","width":"249.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"Sherlock Holmes sat silent for some few minutes, with his brows knitted and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"his eyes fixed upon the fire.","dir":"ltr","width":"119.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“Do you receive much company?” he asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"193.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“None save my partner with his family and an occasional friend of Arthur’s.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"Sir George Burnwell has been several times lately. No one else, I think.”","dir":"ltr","width":"315.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“Do you go out much in society?”","dir":"ltr","width":"149.07","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“Arthur does. Mary and I stay at home. We neither of us care for it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"297.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“That is unusual in a young girl.”","dir":"ltr","width":"144.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“She is of a quiet nature. Besides, she is not so very young. She is four-and-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"twenty.”","dir":"ltr","width":"35.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“This matter, from what you say, seems to have been a shock to her also.”","dir":"ltr","width":"320.98","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“Terrible! She is even more affected than I.”","dir":"ltr","width":"192.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“You have neither of you any doubt as to your son’s guilt?”","dir":"ltr","width":"258.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“How can we have when I saw him with my own eyes with the coronet in his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"hands.”","dir":"ltr","width":"32.26","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“I hardly consider that a conclusive proof. Was the remainder of the coronet at","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"all injured?”","dir":"ltr","width":"54.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, it was twisted.”","dir":"ltr","width":"92.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“Do you not think, then, that he might have been trying to straighten it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"316.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“God bless you! You are doing what you can for him and for me. But it is too","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"heavy a task. What was he doing there at all? If his purpose were innocent, why","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"did he not say so?”","dir":"ltr","width":"83.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“Precisely. And if it were guilty, why did he not invent a lie? His silence","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"appears to me to cut both ways. There are several singular points about the case.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"What did the police think of the noise which awoke you from your sleep?”","dir":"ltr","width":"325.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“They considered that it might be caused by Arthur’s closing his bedroom","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"door.”","dir":"ltr","width":"26.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“A likely story! As if a man bent on felony would slam his door so as to wake","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"a household. What did they say, then, of the disappearance of these gems?”","dir":"ltr","width":"328.49","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“They are still sounding the planking and probing the furniture in the hope of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"finding them.”","dir":"ltr","width":"62.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":172,"change":"none","str":"“Have they thought of looking outside the house?”","dir":"ltr","width":"220.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. 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The whole garden has already","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"been minutely examined.”","dir":"ltr","width":"113.90","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"“Now, my dear sir,” said Holmes. “is it not obvious to you now that this matter","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"really strikes very much deeper than either you or the police were at first inclined to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"think? It appeared to you to be a simple case; to me it seems exceedingly complex.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"Consider what is involved by your theory. You suppose that your son came down","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"from his bed, went, at great risk, to your dressing-room, opened your bureau, took","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"out your coronet, broke off by main force a small portion of it, went off to some","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"other place, concealed three gems out of the thirty-nine, with such skill that nobody","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"can find them, and then returned with the other thirty-six into the room in which he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"exposed himself to the greatest danger of being discovered. I ask you now, is such","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"a theory tenable?”","dir":"ltr","width":"79.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"“But what other is there?” cried the banker with a gesture of despair. “If his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"motives were innocent, why does he not explain them?”","dir":"ltr","width":"243.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"“It is our task to find that out,” replied Holmes; “so now, if you please, Mr. Hol-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"der, we will set off for Streatham together, and devote an hour to glancing a little","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"more closely into details.”","dir":"ltr","width":"113.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"My friend insisted upon my accompanying them in their expedition, which","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"I was eager enough to do, for my curiosity and sympathy were deeply stirred by","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"the story to which we had listened. I confess that the guilt of the banker’s son","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"appeared to me to be as obvious as it did to his unhappy father, but still I had such","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"faith in Holmes’ judgment that I felt that there must be some grounds for hope as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"long as he was dissatisfied with the accepted explanation. 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A double carriage-sweep, with a snow-clad lawn, stretched down","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"in front to two large iron gates which closed the entrance. 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Holmes left us standing","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"at the door and walked slowly all round the house, across the front, down the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"tradesmen’s path, and so round by the garden behind into the stable lane. So long","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"was he that Mr. Holder and I went into the dining-room and waited by the fire","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"until he should return. We were sitting there in silence when the door opened and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"a young lady came in. She was rather above the middle height, slim, with dark","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"hair and eyes, which seemed the darker against the absolute pallor of her skin.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"I do not think that I have ever seen such deadly paleness in a woman’s face. Her","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":173,"change":"none","str":"lips, too, were bloodless, but her eyes were flushed with crying. As she swept","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. 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You know what woman’s instincts are.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"I know that he has done no harm and that you will be sorry for having acted so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"harshly.”","dir":"ltr","width":"38.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“Why is he silent, then, if he is innocent?”","dir":"ltr","width":"184.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“Who knows? Perhaps because he was so angry that you should suspect him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"340.96","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“How could I help suspecting him, when I actually saw him with the coronet","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"in his hand?”","dir":"ltr","width":"57.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, but he had only picked it up to look at it. Oh, do, do take my word for it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"that he is innocent. Let the matter drop and say no more. It is so dreadful to think","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"of our dear Arthur in prison!”","dir":"ltr","width":"129.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“I shall never let it drop until the gems are found—never, Mary! Your affection","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"for Arthur blinds you as to the awful consequences to me. Far from hushing the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"thing up, I have brought a gentleman down from London to inquire more deeply","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"into it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"32.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“This gentleman?” she asked, facing round to me.","dir":"ltr","width":"217.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“No, his friend. He wished us to leave him alone. He is round in the stable lane","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"now.”","dir":"ltr","width":"24.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“The stable lane?” She raised her dark eyebrows. “What can he hope to find","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"there? Ah! this, I suppose, is he. I trust, sir, that you will succeed in proving, what","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"I feel sure is the truth, that my cousin Arthur is innocent of this crime.”","dir":"ltr","width":"309.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“I fully share your opinion, and I trust, with you, that we may prove it,” returned","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"Holmes, going back to the mat to knock the snow from his shoes. “I believe I have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"the honour of addressing Miss Mary Holder. Might I ask you a question or two?”","dir":"ltr","width":"354.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up.”","dir":"ltr","width":"255.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“You heard nothing yourself last night?”","dir":"ltr","width":"176.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“Nothing, until my uncle here began to speak loudly. I heard that, and I came","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"down.”","dir":"ltr","width":"30.77","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“You shut up the windows and doors the night before. Did you fasten all the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"windows?”","dir":"ltr","width":"48.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“Were they all fastened this morning?”","dir":"ltr","width":"169.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“You have a maid who has a sweetheart? I think that you remarked to your","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"uncle last night that she had been out to see him?”","dir":"ltr","width":"218.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, and she was the girl who waited in the drawing-room, and who may have","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":174,"change":"none","str":"heard uncle’s remarks about the coronet.”","dir":"ltr","width":"181.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET","dir":"ltr","width":"310.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"174","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“I see. You infer that she may have gone out to tell her sweetheart, and that the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"two may have planned the robbery.”","dir":"ltr","width":"156.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“But what is the good of all these vague theories,” cried the banker impatiently,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“when I have told you that I saw Arthur with the coronet in his hands?”","dir":"ltr","width":"311.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“Wait a little, Mr. Holder. We must come back to that. About this girl, Miss","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"Holder. You saw her return by the kitchen door, I presume?”","dir":"ltr","width":"263.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“Yes; when I went to see if the door was fastened for the night I met her slipping","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"in. I saw the man, too, in the gloom.”","dir":"ltr","width":"162.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“Do you know him?”","dir":"ltr","width":"93.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, yes! he is the green-grocer who brings our vegetables round. His name is","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"Francis Prosper.”","dir":"ltr","width":"74.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“He stood,” said Holmes, “to the left of the door—that is to say, farther up the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"path than is necessary to reach the door?”","dir":"ltr","width":"181.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, he did.”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.95","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“And he is a man with a wooden leg?”","dir":"ltr","width":"167.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"Something like fear sprang up in the young lady’s expressive black eyes. “Why,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"you are like a magician,” said she. “How do you know that?” She smiled, but there","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"was no answering smile in Holmes’ thin, eager face.","dir":"ltr","width":"228.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“I should be very glad now to go upstairs,” said he. “I shall probably wish to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"go over the outside of the house again. 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This","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"case, I presume, contains the coronet. We must have a look at it.” He opened the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"case, and taking out the diadem he laid it upon the table. It was a magnificent","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"specimen of the jeweller’s art, and the thirty-six stones were the finest that I have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"ever seen. At one side of the coronet was a cracked edge, where a corner holding","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"three gems had been torn away.","dir":"ltr","width":"137.16","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"“Now, Mr. Holder,” said Holmes, “here is the corner which corresponds to that","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"which has been so unfortunately lost. Might I beg that you will break it off.”","dir":"ltr","width":"332.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":175,"change":"none","str":"The banker recoiled in horror. “I should not dream of trying,” said he.","dir":"ltr","width":"304.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. 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An ordinary man could not do it. Now,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"what do you think would happen if I did break it, Mr. Holder? There would be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"a noise like a pistol shot. Do you tell me that all this happened within a few yards","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"of your bed and that you heard nothing of it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"200.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“I do not know what to think. It is all dark to me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"218.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“But perhaps it may grow lighter as we go. What do you think, Miss Holder?”","dir":"ltr","width":"341.55","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“I confess that I still share my uncle’s perplexity.”","dir":"ltr","width":"217.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“Your son had no shoes or slippers on when you saw him?”","dir":"ltr","width":"259.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“He had nothing on save only his trousers and shirt.”","dir":"ltr","width":"229.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“Thank you. We have certainly been favoured with extraordinary luck during","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"this inquiry, and it will be entirely our own fault if we do not succeed in clear-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"ing the matter up. With your permission, Mr. Holder, I shall now continue my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"investigations outside.”","dir":"ltr","width":"101.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"He went alone, at his own request, for he explained that any unnecessary foot-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"marks might make his task more difficult. For an hour or more he was at work,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"returning at last with his feet heavy with snow and his features as inscrutable as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"ever.","dir":"ltr","width":"20.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“I think that I have seen now all that there is to see, Mr. Holder,” said he; “I can","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"serve you best by returning to my rooms.”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“But the gems, Mr. Holmes. Where are they?”","dir":"ltr","width":"202.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“I cannot tell.”","dir":"ltr","width":"63.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"The banker wrung his hands. “I shall never see them again!” he cried. “And","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"my son? You give me hopes?”","dir":"ltr","width":"132.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“My opinion is in no way altered.”","dir":"ltr","width":"150.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“Then, for God’s sake, what was this dark business which was acted in my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"house last night?”","dir":"ltr","width":"78.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“If you can call upon me at my Baker Street rooms to-morrow morning between","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"nine and ten I shall be happy to do what I can to make it clearer. I understand that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"you give me carte blanche to act for you, provided only that I get back the gems,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"and that you place no limit on the sum I may draw.”","dir":"ltr","width":"225.61","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“I would give my fortune to have them back.”","dir":"ltr","width":"199.18","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"“Very good. I shall look into the matter between this and then. 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Several times during our homeward journey I endeavoured to sound him upon","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"the point, but he always glided away to some other topic, until at last I gave it over","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"in despair. It was not yet three when we found ourselves in our rooms once more.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"He hurried to his chamber and was down again in a few minutes dressed as a com-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"mon loafer. With his collar turned up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":176,"change":"none","str":"worn boots, he was a perfect sample of the class.","dir":"ltr","width":"212.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET","dir":"ltr","width":"310.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"176","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“I think that this should do,” said he, glancing into the glass above the fireplace.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“I only wish that you could come with me, Watson, but I fear that it won’t do. I may","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"be on the trail in this matter, or I may be following a will-o’-the-wisp, but I shall","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"soon know which it is. I hope that I may be back in a few hours.” He cut a slice of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"beef from the joint upon the sideboard, sandwiched it between two rounds of bread,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"and thrusting this rude meal into his pocket he started off upon his expedition.","dir":"ltr","width":"340.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"I had just finished my tea when he returned, evidently in excellent spirits,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"swinging an old elastic-sided boot in his hand. He chucked it down into a cor-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"ner and helped himself to a cup of tea.","dir":"ltr","width":"166.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“I only looked in as I passed,” said he. “I am going right on.”","dir":"ltr","width":"266.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“Where to?”","dir":"ltr","width":"54.82","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, to the other side of the West End. It may be some time before I get back.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"Don’t wait up for me in case I should be late.”","dir":"ltr","width":"201.01","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“How are you getting on?”","dir":"ltr","width":"117.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, so so. Nothing to complain of. 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However, I must not sit gossiping here, but must","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"get these disreputable clothes off and return to my highly respectable self.”","dir":"ltr","width":"326.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"I could see by his manner that he had stronger reasons for satisfaction than his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"words alone would imply. His eyes twinkled, and there was even a touch of colour","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"upon his sallow cheeks. He hastened upstairs, and a few minutes later I heard the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"slam of the hall door, which told me that he was off once more upon his congenial","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"hunt.","dir":"ltr","width":"22.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"I waited until midnight, but there was no sign of his return, so I retired to my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"room. It was no uncommon thing for him to be away for days and nights on end","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"when he was hot upon a scent, so that his lateness caused me no surprise. I do not","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"know at what hour he came in, but when I came down to breakfast in the morning","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"there he was with a cup of coffee in one hand and the paper in the other, as fresh","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"and trim as possible.","dir":"ltr","width":"89.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“You will excuse my beginning without you, Watson,” said he, “but you re-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"member that our client has rather an early appointment this morning.”","dir":"ltr","width":"304.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“Why, it is after nine now,” I answered. “I should not be surprised if that were","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"he. I thought I heard a ring.”","dir":"ltr","width":"124.10","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"It was, indeed, our friend the financier. I was shocked by the change which had","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"come over him, for his face which was naturally of a broad and massive mould,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"was now pinched and fallen in, while his hair seemed to me at least a shade whiter.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"He entered with a weariness and lethargy which was even more painful than his","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"violence of the morning before, and he dropped heavily into the armchair which","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"I pushed forward for him.","dir":"ltr","width":"112.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“I do not know what I have done to be so severely tried,” said he. “Only two","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"days ago I was a happy and prosperous man, without a care in the world. Now I am","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"left to a lonely and dishonoured age. One sorrow comes close upon the heels of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"another. My niece, Mary, has deserted me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"189.44","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":177,"change":"none","str":"“Deserted you?”","dir":"ltr","width":"72.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET","dir":"ltr","width":"310.97","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","736.02"],"fontName":"CMEHHO+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu-Slant_167","x":117.828,"y":736.017} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"177","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","460.12","736.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":460.12,"y":736.017} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“Yes. Her bed this morning had not been slept in, her room was empty, and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","705.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":705.258} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"a note for me lay upon the hall table. I had said to her last night, in sorrow and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"not in anger, that if she had married my boy all might have been well with him.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"Perhaps it was thoughtless of me to say so. It is to that remark that she refers in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"this note:","dir":"ltr","width":"40.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“M","dir":"ltr","width":"14.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","625.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":625.5570000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"Y","dir":"ltr","width":"6.30","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","160.46","625.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":160.461,"y":625.5570000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"D","dir":"ltr","width":"7.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","169.73","625.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":169.73200000000003,"y":625.5570000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"EAREST","dir":"ltr","width":"35.66","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","178.15","625.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":178.15400000000002,"y":625.5570000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"U","dir":"ltr","width":"7.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","216.78","625.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":216.78100000000003,"y":625.5570000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"NCLE","dir":"ltr","width":"24.40","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","225.20","625.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":225.20300000000003,"y":625.5570000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":":—I feel that I have brought trouble upon you,","dir":"ltr","width":"199.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","249.87","625.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":249.86800000000002,"y":625.5570000000001} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"and that if I had acted differently this terrible misfortune might never","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","612.01"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000003,"y":612.0080000000002} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"have occurred. I cannot, with this thought in my mind, ever again be","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","598.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000003,"y":598.4590000000002} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"happy under your roof, and I feel that I must leave you forever. Do not","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","584.91"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000003,"y":584.9100000000002} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"worry about my future, for that is provided for; and, above all, do not","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","571.36"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000003,"y":571.3600000000002} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"search for me, for it will be fruitless labour and an ill-service to me.","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","557.81"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000003,"y":557.8110000000003} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"In life or in death, I am ever your loving,—M","dir":"ltr","width":"198.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","544.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000003,"y":544.2620000000003} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"ARY","dir":"ltr","width":"18.93","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","344.38","544.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":344.37600000000003,"y":544.2620000000003} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":".’","dir":"ltr","width":"5.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","363.58","544.26"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":363.57500000000005,"y":544.2620000000003} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“What could she mean by that note, Mr. Holmes? Do you think it points to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","518.76"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":518.7580000000003} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"suicide?”","dir":"ltr","width":"40.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","505.21"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":505.2090000000003} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“No, no, nothing of the kind. It is perhaps the best possible solution. 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I am saved!”","dir":"ltr","width":"228.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","315.52"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":315.5200000000005} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"The reaction of joy was as passionate as his grief had been, and he hugged his","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","301.97"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":301.9710000000005} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"recovered gems to his bosom.","dir":"ltr","width":"129.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","288.42"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":288.4210000000005} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“There is one other thing you owe, Mr. Holder,” said Sherlock Holmes rather","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","274.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":274.8720000000005} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"sternly.","dir":"ltr","width":"31.71","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","261.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":261.32300000000055} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“Owe!” He caught up a pen. “Name the sum, and I will pay it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"276.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","247.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":247.77400000000054} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“No, the debt is not to me. You owe a very humble apology to that noble lad,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","234.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":234.22500000000053} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"your son, who has carried himself in this matter as I should be proud to see my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","220.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":220.67500000000052} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"own son do, should I ever chance to have one.”","dir":"ltr","width":"204.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","207.13"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":207.12600000000052} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“Then it was not Arthur who took them?”","dir":"ltr","width":"181.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","193.58"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":193.5770000000005} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“I told you yesterday, and I repeat to-day, that it was not.”","dir":"ltr","width":"251.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","180.03"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":180.0280000000005} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“You are sure of it! Then let us hurry to him at once to let him know that the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","166.48"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":166.4790000000005} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"truth is known.”","dir":"ltr","width":"69.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","152.93"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":152.9300000000005} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"“He knows it already. When I had cleared it all up I had an interview with him,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","139.38"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":139.38000000000048} {"page":178,"change":"none","str":"and finding that he would not tell me the story, I told it to him, on which he had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","125.83"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":125.83100000000047} {"page":179,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XI. 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Your news of this morning, however, may open his lips.”","dir":"ltr","width":"301.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":179,"change":"none","str":"“For heaven’s sake, tell me, then, what is this extraordinary mystery!”","dir":"ltr","width":"304.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":179,"change":"none","str":"“I will do so, and I will show you the steps by which I reached it. And let me","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":179,"change":"none","str":"say to you, first, that which it is hardest for me to say and for you to hear: there has","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":179,"change":"none","str":"been an understanding between Sir George Burnwell and your niece Mary. 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Your niece knew nothing of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":179,"change":"none","str":"such men. When he breathed his vows to her, as he had done to a hundred before","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":179,"change":"none","str":"her, she flattered herself that she alone had touched his heart. 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You","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","171.03"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":171.0340000000002} {"page":183,"change":"none","str":"have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales.”","dir":"ltr","width":"348.21","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","157.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":157.48500000000018} {"page":183,"change":"none","str":"It was a cold morning of the early spring, and we sat after breakfast on either","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","143.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":143.93600000000018} {"page":183,"change":"none","str":"side of a cheery fire in the old room at Baker Street. A thick fog rolled down be-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","130.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":130.38700000000017} {"page":183,"change":"none","str":"182","dir":"ltr","width":"16.36","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","288.97","95.28"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":288.974,"y":95.28300000000017} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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Sherlock Holmes had been silent all the morning, dipping continu-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"ously into the advertisement columns of a succession of papers until at last, having","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"apparently given up his search, he had emerged in no very sweet temper to lecture","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"me upon my literary shortcomings.","dir":"ltr","width":"153.02","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“At the same time,” he remarked after a pause, during which he had sat puffing","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"at his long pipe and gazing down into the fire, “you can hardly be open to a charge","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"of sensationalism, for out of these cases which you have been so kind as to interest","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"yourself in, a fair proportion do not treat of crime, in its legal sense, at all. 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But in avoiding the sensational, I fear that you may","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"have bordered on the trivial.”","dir":"ltr","width":"126.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“The end may have been so,” I answered, “but the methods I hold to have been","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"novel and of interest.”","dir":"ltr","width":"95.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“Pshaw, my dear fellow, what do the public, the great unobservant public, who","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"could hardly tell a weaver by his tooth or a compositor by his left thumb, care about","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"the finer shades of analysis and deduction! But, indeed, if you are trivial. I cannot","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"blame you, for the days of the great cases are past. Man, or at least criminal man,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"has lost all enterprise and originality. As to my own little practice, it seems to be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"young ladies from boarding-schools. I think that I have touched bottom at last,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"however. This note I had this morning marks my zero-point, I fancy. Read it!” He","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"tossed a crumpled letter across to me.","dir":"ltr","width":"163.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"It was dated from Montague Place upon the preceding evening, and ran thus:","dir":"ltr","width":"334.84","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“D","dir":"ltr","width":"12.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","319.11"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000006,"y":319.10600000000056} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"EAR","dir":"ltr","width":"18.53","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","158.64","319.11"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":158.63900000000007,"y":319.10600000000056} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"M","dir":"ltr","width":"9.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","179.78","319.11"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":179.78100000000006,"y":319.10600000000056} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"R","dir":"ltr","width":"5.82","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","190.02","319.11"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":190.02400000000006,"y":319.10600000000056} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":". 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I shall call at half-past ten to-morrow if I do not incon-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","292.01"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000008,"y":292.0080000000006} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"venience you. Yours faithfully, V","dir":"ltr","width":"145.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","278.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000008,"y":278.45900000000063} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"IOLET","dir":"ltr","width":"27.36","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","291.03","278.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":291.03100000000006,"y":278.45900000000063} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"H","dir":"ltr","width":"7.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","321.65","278.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":321.65200000000004,"y":278.45900000000063} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"UNTER","dir":"ltr","width":"31.24","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","330.07","278.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":330.07400000000007,"y":278.45900000000063} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":".”","dir":"ltr","width":"6.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","361.58","278.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":361.57900000000006,"y":278.45900000000063} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“Do you know the young lady?” I asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"177.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000007,"y":258.1350000000006} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“Not I.”","dir":"ltr","width":"34.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000007,"y":244.5860000000006} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“It is half-past ten now.”","dir":"ltr","width":"105.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000007,"y":231.0370000000006} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, and I have no doubt that is her ring.”","dir":"ltr","width":"185.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000007,"y":217.4870000000006} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“It may turn out to be of more interest than you think. You remember that the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000007,"y":203.93800000000059} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"affair of the blue carbuncle, which appeared to be a mere whim at first, developed","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000007,"y":190.38900000000058} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"into a serious investigation. It may be so in this case, also.”","dir":"ltr","width":"257.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000007,"y":176.84000000000057} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"“Well, let us hope so. But our doubts will very soon be solved, for here, unless","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000007,"y":163.29100000000057} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"I am much mistaken, is the person in question.”","dir":"ltr","width":"206.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000007,"y":149.74100000000055} {"page":184,"change":"none","str":"As he spoke the door opened and a young lady entered the room. 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He was such a comfortable-looking man that it was quite a pleasure to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"look at him.","dir":"ltr","width":"52.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘You are looking for a situation, miss?’ he asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"221.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Yes, sir.’","dir":"ltr","width":"47.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘As governess?’","dir":"ltr","width":"76.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Yes, sir.’","dir":"ltr","width":"47.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘And what salary do you ask?’","dir":"ltr","width":"139.40","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I had 4 pounds a month in my last place with Colonel Spence Munro.’","dir":"ltr","width":"316.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Oh, tut, tut! sweating—rank sweating!’ he cried, throwing his fat hands out","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"into the air like a man who is in a boiling passion. ‘How could anyone offer so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":185,"change":"none","str":"pitiful a sum to a lady with such attractions and accomplishments?’","dir":"ltr","width":"293.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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Charming rural place. The Copper Beeches, five miles on the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"far side of Winchester. It is the most lovely country, my dear young lady, and the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"dearest old country-house.’","dir":"ltr","width":"118.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘And my duties, sir? 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You see no difficulty, heh?’","dir":"ltr","width":"267.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I should be happy to make myself useful.’","dir":"ltr","width":"192.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Quite so. In dress now, for example. We are faddy people, you know—faddy","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress which we might give you,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"you would not object to our little whim. Heh?’","dir":"ltr","width":"203.87","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘No,’ said I, considerably astonished at his words.","dir":"ltr","width":"223.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Or to sit here, or sit there, that would not be offensive to you?’","dir":"ltr","width":"282.46","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Oh, no.’","dir":"ltr","width":"45.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":186,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Or to cut your hair quite short before you come to us?’","dir":"ltr","width":"248.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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It has been considered","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"artistic. I could not dream of sacrificing it in this offhand fashion.","dir":"ltr","width":"285.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I am afraid that that is quite impossible,’ said I. 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And so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"you won’t cut your hair?’","dir":"ltr","width":"111.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘No, sir, I really could not,’ I answered firmly.","dir":"ltr","width":"207.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Ah, very well; then that quite settles the matter. It is a pity, because in other","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"respects you would really have done very nicely. In that case, Miss Stoper, I had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"best inspect a few more of your young ladies.’","dir":"ltr","width":"201.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"“The manageress had sat all this while busy with her papers without a word to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"either of us, but she glanced at me now with so much annoyance upon her face that","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"I could not help suspecting that she had lost a handsome commission through my","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"refusal.","dir":"ltr","width":"32.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Do you desire your name to be kept upon the books?’ she asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"292.19","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘If you please, Miss Stoper.’","dir":"ltr","width":"129.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Well, really, it seems rather useless, since you refuse the most excellent offers","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"in this fashion,’ said she sharply. ‘You can hardly expect us to exert ourselves to","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"find another such opening for you. Good-day to you, Miss Hunter.’ She struck","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"a gong upon the table, and I was shown out by the page.","dir":"ltr","width":"244.43","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"“Well, Mr. Holmes, when I got back to my lodgings and found little enough in","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"the cupboard, and two or three bills upon the table. 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Very few governesses in England are getting 100","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"pounds a year. Besides, what use was my hair to me? Many people are improved","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"by wearing it short and perhaps I should be among the number. Next day I was","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"inclined to think that I had made a mistake, and by the day after I was sure of it.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"I had almost overcome my pride so far as to go back to the agency and inquire","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"whether the place was still open when I received this letter from the gentleman","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"himself. I have it here and I will read it to you:","dir":"ltr","width":"203.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"“The Copper Beeches, near Winchester.","dir":"ltr","width":"174.05","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","275.16","249.17"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":275.158,"y":249.16900000000066} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"D","dir":"ltr","width":"7.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","161.74","235.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":161.73700000000002,"y":235.61900000000065} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"EAR","dir":"ltr","width":"18.53","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","170.16","235.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":170.15900000000002,"y":235.61900000000065} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"M","dir":"ltr","width":"9.70","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","193.37","235.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":193.37300000000002,"y":235.61900000000065} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"ISS","dir":"ltr","width":"13.68","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","203.62","235.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":203.61700000000002,"y":235.61900000000065} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"H","dir":"ltr","width":"7.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","221.99","235.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":221.98700000000002,"y":235.61900000000065} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"UNTER","dir":"ltr","width":"31.24","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","230.41","235.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":230.40900000000002,"y":235.61900000000065} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":":—Miss Stoper has very kindly given me","dir":"ltr","width":"187.30","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","261.91","235.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":261.91400000000004,"y":235.61900000000065} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"your address, and I write from here to ask you whether you have re-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","222.07"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000006,"y":222.07000000000065} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"considered your decision. My wife is very anxious that you should","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","208.52"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000006,"y":208.52100000000064} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"come, for she has been much attracted by my description of you. 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My wife is fond of a par-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","154.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000006,"y":154.3240000000006} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"ticular shade of electric blue and would like you to wear such a dress","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","140.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000006,"y":140.7750000000006} {"page":187,"change":"none","str":"indoors in the morning. You need not, however, go to the expense of","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","127.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.10100000000006,"y":127.2260000000006} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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As regards your hair, it","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"is no doubt a pity, especially as I could not help remarking its beauty","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"during our short interview, but I am afraid that I must remain firm","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"upon this point, and I only hope that the increased salary may recom-","dir":"ltr","width":"304.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","145.10","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":145.101,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"pense you for the loss. 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I thought, however, that before taking the final step","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","533.70"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":533.7020000000003} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"I should like to submit the whole matter to your consideration.”","dir":"ltr","width":"276.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","520.15"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":520.1520000000004} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“Well, Miss Hunter, if your mind is made up, that settles the question,” said","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","506.60"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":506.6030000000004} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"Holmes, smiling.","dir":"ltr","width":"74.86","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","493.05"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":493.0540000000004} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“But you would not advise me to refuse?”","dir":"ltr","width":"183.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","479.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":479.50500000000045} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“I confess that it is not the situation which I should like to see a sister of mine","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","465.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":465.9560000000005} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"apply for.”","dir":"ltr","width":"45.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","452.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":452.4070000000005} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“What is the meaning of it all, Mr. Holmes?”","dir":"ltr","width":"196.34","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","438.86"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":438.8570000000005} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“Ah, I have no data. I cannot tell. Perhaps you have yourself formed some","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","425.31"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":425.3080000000005} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"opinion?”","dir":"ltr","width":"43.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","411.76"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":411.7590000000005} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“Well, there seems to me to be only one possible solution. Mr. Rucastle seemed","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","398.21"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":398.21000000000055} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"to be a very kind, good-natured man. Is it not possible that his wife is a lunatic,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","384.66"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":384.66100000000057} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"that he desires to keep the matter quiet for fear she should be taken to an asylum,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","371.11"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":371.11100000000056} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"and that he humours her fancies in every way in order to prevent an outbreak?”","dir":"ltr","width":"344.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","357.56"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":357.5620000000006} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“That is a possible solution—in fact, as matters stand, it is the most probable","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","344.01"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":344.0130000000006} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"one. But in any case it does not seem to be a nice household for a young lady.”","dir":"ltr","width":"342.91","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","330.46"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":330.4640000000006} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“But the money, Mr. Holmes, the money!”","dir":"ltr","width":"185.31","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","316.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":316.91500000000065} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“Well, yes, of course the pay is good—too good. That is what makes me un-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","303.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":303.36500000000063} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"easy. Why should they give you 120 pounds a year, when they could have their","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","289.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":289.81600000000066} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"pick for 40 pounds? There must be some strong reason behind.”","dir":"ltr","width":"278.93","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","276.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":276.2670000000007} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“I thought that if I told you the circumstances you would understand afterwards","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","262.72"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":262.7180000000007} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"if I wanted your help. I should feel so much stronger if I felt that you were at the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","249.17"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":249.1690000000007} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"back of me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"55.28","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","235.62"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":235.61900000000068} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"“Oh, you may carry that feeling away with you. 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What danger do you foresee?”","dir":"ltr","width":"176.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","167.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":167.87300000000064} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"Holmes shook his head gravely. “It would cease to be a danger if we could","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","154.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":154.32400000000064} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"define it,” said he. “But at any time, day or night, a telegram would bring me down","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","140.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":140.77500000000063} {"page":188,"change":"none","str":"to your help.”","dir":"ltr","width":"59.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","127.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":127.22600000000062} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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He opened the yellow envelope, and then, glanc-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"ing at the message, threw it across to me.","dir":"ltr","width":"179.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"“Just look up the trains in Bradshaw,” said he, and turned back to his chemical","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"studies.","dir":"ltr","width":"33.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"The summons was a brief and urgent one.","dir":"ltr","width":"182.08","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"“Please be at the Black Swan Hotel at Winchester at midday to-morrow,” it","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"said. “Do come! I am at my wit’s end. H","dir":"ltr","width":"178.88","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"UNTER","dir":"ltr","width":"31.24","height":"8.73","transform":["8.73","0.00","0.00","8.73","297.25","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":297.248,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":".”","dir":"ltr","width":"6.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","328.75","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":328.753,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"“Will you come with me?” asked Holmes, glancing up.","dir":"ltr","width":"240.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"“I should wish to.”","dir":"ltr","width":"81.65","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"“Just look it up, then.”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"“There is a train at half-past nine,” said I, glancing over my Bradshaw. “It is","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"due at Winchester at 11:30.”","dir":"ltr","width":"123.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"“That will do very nicely. Then perhaps I had better postpone my analysis of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"the acetones, as we may need to be at our best in the morning.”","dir":"ltr","width":"274.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"By eleven o’clock the next day we were well upon our way to the old English","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"capital. Holmes had been buried in the morning papers all the way down, but after","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"we had passed the Hampshire border he threw them down and began to admire the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"scenery. It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked with little fleecy white","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"clouds drifting across from west to east. The sun was shining very brightly, and yet","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":189,"change":"none","str":"there was an exhilarating nip in the air, which set an edge to a man’s energy. All","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty.","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there.”","dir":"ltr","width":"280.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“Good heavens!” I cried. “Who would associate crime with these dear old","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"homesteads?”","dir":"ltr","width":"60.59","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“They always fill me with a certain horror. It is my belief, Watson, founded","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.”","dir":"ltr","width":"343.11","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“You horrify me!”","dir":"ltr","width":"79.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“But the reason is very obvious. The pressure of public opinion can do in the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"town what the law cannot accomplish. There is no lane so vile that the scream of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"a tortured child, or the thud of a drunkard’s blow, does not beget sympathy and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"indignation among the neighbours, and then the whole machinery of justice is ever","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"so close that a word of complaint can set it going, and there is but a step between","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"the crime and the dock. But look at these lonely houses, each in its own fields,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"filled for the most part with poor ignorant folk who know little of the law. Think","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"year out, in such places, and none the wiser. Had this lady who appeals to us for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"help gone to live in Winchester, I should never have had a fear for her. It is the five","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"miles of country which makes the danger. Still, it is clear that she is not personally","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"threatened.”","dir":"ltr","width":"52.24","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“No. If she can come to Winchester to meet us she can get away.”","dir":"ltr","width":"286.57","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“Quite so. She has her freedom.”","dir":"ltr","width":"143.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“What","dir":"ltr","width":"28.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"can","dir":"ltr","width":"15.75","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","165.96","285.23"],"fontName":"NLQRRF+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal","x":165.96400000000006,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"be the matter, then? Can you suggest no explanation?”","dir":"ltr","width":"237.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","184.44","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":184.44400000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“I have devised seven separate explanations, each of which would cover the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"facts as far as we know them. But which of these is correct can only be determined","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"by the fresh information which we shall no doubt find waiting for us. 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She had engaged","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"a sitting-room, and our lunch awaited us upon the table.","dir":"ltr","width":"243.03","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“I am so delighted that you have come,” she said earnestly. “It is so very kind","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"of you both; but indeed I do not know what I should do. Your advice will be","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"altogether invaluable to me.”","dir":"ltr","width":"125.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":190,"change":"none","str":"“Pray tell us what has happened to you.”","dir":"ltr","width":"176.78","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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I got his leave to come into town this morning, though he little knew","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"for what purpose.”","dir":"ltr","width":"80.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"“Let us have everything in its due order.” Holmes thrust his long thin legs out","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"towards the fire and composed himself to listen.","dir":"ltr","width":"208.69","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"“In the first place, I may say that I have met, on the whole, with no actual","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"ill-treatment from Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle. It is only fair to them to say that. But","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"I cannot understand them, and I am not easy in my mind about them.”","dir":"ltr","width":"304.35","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"“What can you not understand?”","dir":"ltr","width":"142.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"“Their reasons for their conduct. But you shall have it all just as it occurred.","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"When I came down, Mr. Rucastle met me here and drove me in his dog-cart to the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"Copper Beeches. It is, as he said, beautifully situated, but it is not beautiful in itself,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"for it is a large square block of a house, whitewashed, but all stained and streaked","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"with damp and bad weather. 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There was no truth,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Holmes, in the conjecture which seemed to us to be probable in your rooms","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"at Baker Street. Mrs. Rucastle is not mad. 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He was kind to her also in his bluff, boisterous","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"fashion, and on the whole they seemed to be a happy couple. And yet she had","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"some secret sorrow, this woman. She would often be lost in deep thought, with the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"saddest look upon her face. More than once I have surprised her in tears. I have","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"thought sometimes that it was the disposition of her child which weighed upon her","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"mind, for I have never met so utterly spoiled and so ill-natured a little creature. He","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":191,"change":"none","str":"is small for his age, with a head which is quite disproportionately large. 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How very impertinent! Kindly turn round and motion to him to go","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":193,"change":"none","str":"away.’","dir":"ltr","width":"27.63","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":193,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Surely it would be better to take no notice.’","dir":"ltr","width":"198.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":193,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘No, no, we should have him loitering here always. 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Re-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":195,"change":"none","str":"cently he has been drinking hard, and yesterday evening he was very drunk; and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":195,"change":"none","str":"when I came upstairs there was the key in the door. I have no doubt at all that he","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":195,"change":"none","str":"had left it there. 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He overdid it. I was keenly on my","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"guard against him.","dir":"ltr","width":"80.85","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I was foolish enough to go into the empty wing,’ I answered. ’But it is so","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"lonely and eerie in this dim light that I was frightened and ran out again. Oh, it is","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"so dreadfully still in there!’","dir":"ltr","width":"119.38","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Only that?’ said he, looking at me keenly.","dir":"ltr","width":"192.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Why, what did you think?’ I asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"164.00","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Why do you think that I lock this door?’","dir":"ltr","width":"185.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I am sure that I do not know.’","dir":"ltr","width":"138.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘It is to keep people out who have no business there. Do you see?’ He was","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"still smiling in the most amiable manner.","dir":"ltr","width":"177.89","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘I am sure if I had known—’","dir":"ltr","width":"131.81","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":196,"change":"none","str":"“ ‘Well, then, you know now. 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Now I have told","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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My friend","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"rose now and paced up and down the room, his hands in his pockets, and an ex-","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"pression of the most profound gravity upon his face.","dir":"ltr","width":"227.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“Is Toller still drunk?” he asked.","dir":"ltr","width":"141.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“Yes. I heard his wife tell Mrs. Rucastle that she could do nothing with him.”","dir":"ltr","width":"336.64","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“That is well. And the Rucastles go out to-night?”","dir":"ltr","width":"219.12","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“Yes.”","dir":"ltr","width":"27.52","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“Is there a cellar with a good strong lock?”","dir":"ltr","width":"187.22","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, the wine-cellar.”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.51","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“You seem to me to have acted all through this matter like a very brave and","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"sensible girl, Miss Hunter. Do you think that you could perform one more feat?","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"I should not ask it of you if I did not think you a quite exceptional woman.”","dir":"ltr","width":"328.94","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“I will try. What is it?”","dir":"ltr","width":"100.54","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“We shall be at the Copper Beeches by seven o’clock, my friend and I. The","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"Rucastles will be gone by that time, and Toller will, we hope, be incapable. There","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"only remains Mrs. Toller, who might give the alarm. 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The most serious point in the case is the disposition of","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"the child.”","dir":"ltr","width":"44.68","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“What on earth has that to do with it?” I ejaculated.","dir":"ltr","width":"224.50","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"“My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining light as to the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"tendencies of a child by the study of the parents. 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This child’s disposition is abnormally cruel,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"merely for cruelty’s sake, and whether he derives this from his smiling father, as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"I should suspect, or from his mother, it bodes evil for the poor girl who is in their","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":197,"change":"none","str":"power.”","dir":"ltr","width":"33.20","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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No sound came from within, and at the silence Holmes’","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"face clouded over.","dir":"ltr","width":"79.23","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"“I trust that we are not too late,” said he. “I think, Miss Hunter, that we had","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"better go in without you. Now, Watson, put your shoulder to it, and we shall see","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"whether we cannot make our way in.”","dir":"ltr","width":"164.73","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"It was an old rickety door and gave at once before our united strength. Together","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"we rushed into the room. It was empty. There was no furniture save a little pallet","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"bed, a small table, and a basketful of linen. The skylight above was open, and the","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"prisoner gone.","dir":"ltr","width":"62.41","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"“There has been some villainy here,” said Holmes; “this beauty has guessed","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"Miss Hunter’s intentions and has carried his victim off.”","dir":"ltr","width":"244.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"“But how?”","dir":"ltr","width":"51.53","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"“Through the skylight. We shall soon see how he managed it.” He swung him-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"self up onto the roof. “Ah, yes,” he cried, “here’s the end of a long light ladder","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"against the eaves. That is how he did it.”","dir":"ltr","width":"176.13","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"“But it is impossible,” said Miss Hunter; “the ladder was not there when the","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"Rucastles went away.”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.32","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"“He has come back and done it. I tell you that he is a clever and dangerous","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"man. I should not be very much surprised if this were he whose step I hear now","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"upon the stair. I think, Watson, that it would be as well for you to have your pistol","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"ready.”","dir":"ltr","width":"30.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"The words were hardly out of his mouth before a man appeared at the door of","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.76","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.765,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":198,"change":"none","str":"the room, a very fat and burly man, with a heavy stick in his hand. Miss Hunter","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82799999999999,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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Spies and thieves!","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"I have caught you, have I? You are in my power. I’ll serve you!” He turned and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"clattered down the stairs as hard as he could go.","dir":"ltr","width":"208.17","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“He’s gone for the dog!” cried Miss Hunter.","dir":"ltr","width":"191.48","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“I have my revolver,” said I.","dir":"ltr","width":"122.27","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“Better close the front door,” cried Holmes, and we all rushed down the stairs","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"together. We had hardly reached the hall when we heard the baying of a hound,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"and then a scream of agony, with a horrible worrying sound which it was dreadful","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"to listen to. An elderly man with a red face and shaking limbs came staggering out","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"at a side door.","dir":"ltr","width":"60.60","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“My God!” he cried. “Someone has loosed the dog. It’s not been fed for two","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"days. Quick, quick, or it’ll be too late!”","dir":"ltr","width":"172.04","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"Holmes and I rushed out and round the angle of the house, with Toller hurrying","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"behind us. There was the huge famished brute, its black muzzle buried in Rucastle’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"throat, while he writhed and screamed upon the ground. 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We laid him upon the drawing-room sofa, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"having dispatched the sobered Toller to bear the news to his wife, I did what I could","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"to relieve his pain. We were all assembled round him when the door opened, and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","393.63"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":393.6270000000005} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"a tall, gaunt woman entered the room.","dir":"ltr","width":"165.26","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","380.08"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":380.07800000000054} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“Mrs. Toller!” cried Miss Hunter.","dir":"ltr","width":"146.42","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","366.53"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":366.52900000000056} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, miss. Mr. Rucastle let me out when he came back before he went up to","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","352.98"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":352.97900000000055} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"you. Ah, miss, it is a pity you didn’t let me know what you were planning, for","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","339.43"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":339.4300000000006} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"I would have told you that your pains were wasted.”","dir":"ltr","width":"226.47","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","325.88"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":325.8810000000006} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“Ha!” said Holmes, looking keenly at her. “It is clear that Mrs. Toller knows","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","312.33"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":312.3320000000006} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"more about this matter than anyone else.”","dir":"ltr","width":"180.56","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","298.78"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":298.78300000000064} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir, I do, and I am ready enough to tell what I know.”","dir":"ltr","width":"255.76","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“Then, pray, sit down, and let us hear it for there are several points on which","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"I must confess that I am still in the dark.”","dir":"ltr","width":"179.83","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","258.14"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":258.1350000000007} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“I will soon make it clear to you,” said she; “and I’d have done so before now if","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","244.59"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":244.58600000000067} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"I could ha’ got out from the cellar. If there’s police-court business over this, you’ll","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","231.04"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":231.03700000000066} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"remember that I was the one that stood your friend, and that I was Miss Alice’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","217.49"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":217.48700000000065} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"friend too.","dir":"ltr","width":"45.45","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","203.94"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":203.93800000000064} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"“She was never happy at home, Miss Alice wasn’t, from the time that her father","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","190.39"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":190.38900000000064} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"married again. She was slighted like and had no say in anything, but it never really","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","176.84"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":176.84000000000063} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"became bad for her until after she met Mr. Fowler at a friend’s house. As well as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","163.29"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":163.29100000000062} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"I could learn, Miss Alice had rights of her own by will, but she was so quiet and","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","149.74"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":149.7410000000006} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"patient, she was, that she never said a word about them but just left everything in","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","136.19"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":136.1920000000006} {"page":199,"change":"none","str":"Mr. Rucastle’s hands. He knew he was safe with her; but when there was a chance","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","122.64"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":122.6430000000006} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"ADVENTURE XII. 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He wanted her to sign a paper, so","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","691.71"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":691.7090000000001} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"that whether she married or not, he could use her money. When she wouldn’t do it,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","678.16"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":678.1600000000001} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"he kept on worrying her until she got brain-fever, and for six weeks was at death’s","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","664.61"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":664.6110000000001} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"door. Then she got better at last, all worn to a shadow, and with her beautiful hair","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","651.06"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":651.0620000000001} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"cut off; but that didn’t make no change in her young man, and he stuck to her as","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","637.51"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":637.5120000000002} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"true as man could be.”","dir":"ltr","width":"97.09","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","623.96"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000003,"y":623.9630000000002} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"“Ah,” said Holmes, “I think that what you have been good enough to tell us","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","610.41"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":610.4140000000002} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"makes the matter fairly clear, and that I can deduce all that remains. Mr. Rucastle","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","596.87"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":596.8650000000002} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"then, I presume, took to this system of imprisonment?”","dir":"ltr","width":"239.99","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","583.32"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":583.3160000000003} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"“Yes, sir.”","dir":"ltr","width":"43.29","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","569.77"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":569.7660000000003} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"“And brought Miss Hunter down from London in order to get rid of the dis-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","556.22"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":556.2170000000003} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"agreeable persistence of Mr. Fowler.”","dir":"ltr","width":"162.39","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","542.67"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":542.6680000000003} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"“That was it, sir.”","dir":"ltr","width":"75.79","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","529.12"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":529.1190000000004} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"“But Mr. Fowler being a persevering man, as a good seaman should be, block-","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","515.57"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":515.5700000000004} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"aded the house, and having met you succeeded by certain arguments, metallic or","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","502.02"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":502.0200000000004} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"otherwise, in convincing you that your interests were the same as his.”","dir":"ltr","width":"306.33","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","488.47"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":488.4710000000004} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"“Mr. Fowler was a very kind-spoken, free-handed gentleman,” said Mrs. Toller","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","474.92"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":474.9220000000004} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"serenely.","dir":"ltr","width":"38.37","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","461.37"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":461.37300000000045} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"“And in this way he managed that your good man should have no want of drink,","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","447.82"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":447.82400000000047} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"and that a ladder should be ready at the moment when your master had gone out.”","dir":"ltr","width":"356.14","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","434.27"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":434.27400000000046} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"“You have it, sir, just as it happened.”","dir":"ltr","width":"163.25","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","420.73"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":420.7250000000005} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"“I am sure we owe you an apology, Mrs. Toller,” said Holmes, “for you have","dir":"ltr","width":"341.72","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","134.77","407.18"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":134.76500000000004,"y":407.1760000000005} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"certainly cleared up everything which puzzled us. 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Mr. Fowler and Miss Rucastle were married, by special license,","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","285.23"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":285.23300000000063} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"in Southampton the day after their flight, and he is now the holder of a government","dir":"ltr","width":"358.66","height":"10.91","transform":["10.91","0.00","0.00","10.91","117.83","271.68"],"fontName":"KKLGKN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu","x":117.82800000000005,"y":271.68400000000065} {"page":200,"change":"none","str":"appointment in the island of Mauritius. 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