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1"Yes, sir, but very quietly. It was to be at St. Saviour's, near King's Cross, and we were to have breakfast afterwards
2at the St. Pancras Hotel. Hosmer came for us in a hansom, but as there were two of us he put us both into it and stepped
3himself into a four-wheeler, which happened to be the only other cab in the street. We got to the church first, and when
4the four-wheeler drove up we waited for him to step out, but he never did, and when the cabman got down from the box and
5looked there was no one there! The cabman said that he could not imagine what had become of him, for he had seen him get
6in with his own eyes. That was last Friday, Mr. Holmes, and I have never seen or heard anything since then to throw any
7light upon what became of him." "It seems to me that you have been very shamefully treated," said Holmes. "Oh, no, sir!
8He was too good and kind to leave me so. Why, all the morning he was saying to me that, whatever happened, I was to be
9true; and that even if something quite unforeseen occurred to separate us, I was always to remember that I was pledged
10to him, and that he would claim his pledge sooner or later. It seemed strange talk for a wedding-morning, but what has
11happened since gives a meaning to it." "Most certainly it does. Your own opinion is, then, that some unforeseen
12catastrophe has occurred to him?" "Yes, sir. I believe that he foresaw some danger, or else he would not have talked so.
13And then I think that what he foresaw happened." "But you have no notion as to what it could have been?" "None." "One
14more question. How did your mother take the matter?" "She was angry, and said that I was never to speak of the matter
15again." "And your father? Did you tell him?" "Yes; and he seemed to think, with me, that something had happened, and
16that I should hear of Hosmer again. As he said, what interest could anyone have in bringing me to the doors of the
17church, and then leaving me? Now, if he had borrowed my money, or if he had married me and got my money settled on him,
18there might be some reason, but Hosmer was very independent about money and never would look at a shilling of mine. And
19yet, what could have happened? And why could he not write? Oh, it drives me half-mad to think of it, and I can't sleep a
20wink at night." She pulled a little handkerchief out of her muff and began to sob heavily into it. "I shall glance into
21the case for you," said Holmes, rising, "and I have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result. Let the weight of
22the matter rest upon me now, and do not let your mind dwell upon it further. Above all, try to let Mr. Hosmer Angel
23vanish from your memory, as he has done from your life." "Then you don't think I'll see him again?" "I fear not." "Then
24what has happened to him?" "You will leave that question in my hands. I should like an accurate description of him and
25any letters of his which you can spare." "I advertised for him in last Saturday's Chronicle," said she. "Here is the
26slip and here are four letters from him." "Thank you. And your address?" "No. 31 Lyon Place, Camberwell." "Mr. Angel's
27address you never had, I understand. Where is your father's place of business?" "He travels for Westhouse & Marbank, the
28great claret importers of Fenchurch Street." "Thank you. You have made your statement very clearly. You will leave the
29papers here, and remember the advice which I have given you. Let the whole incident be a sealed book, and do not allow
30it to affect your life." "You are very kind, Mr. Holmes, but I cannot do that. I shall be true to Hosmer. He shall find
31me ready when he comes back." For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was something noble in the simple
32faith of our visitor which compelled our respect. She laid her little bundle of papers upon the table and went her way,
33with a promise to come again whenever she might be summoned. Sherlock Holmes sat silent for a few minutes with his
34fingertips still pressed together, his legs stretched out in front of him, and his gaze directed upward to the ceiling.
35Then he took down from the rack the old and oily clay pipe, which was to him as a counsellor, and, having lit it, he
36leaned back in his chair, with the thick blue cloud-wreaths spinning up from him, and a look of infinite languor in his
37face. "Quite an interesting study, that maiden," he observed. "I found her more interesting than her little problem,
38which, by the way, is rather a trite one. You will find parallel cases, if you consult my index, in Andover in '77, and
39there was something of the sort at The Hague last year. Old as is the idea, however, there were one or two details which
40were new to me. But the maiden herself was most instructive." "You appeared to read a good deal upon her which was quite
41invisible to me," I remarked. "Not invisible but unnoticed, Watson. You did not know where to look, and so you missed
42all that was important. I can never bring you to realise the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails,
43or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace. Now, what did you gather from that woman's appearance? Describe it."
44"Well, she had a slate-coloured, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a feather of a brickish red. Her jacket was black, with
45black beads sewn upon it, and a fringe of little black jet ornaments. Her dress was brown, rather darker than coffee
46colour, with a little purple plush at the neck and sleeves. Her gloves were greyish and were worn through at the right
47forefinger. Her boots I didn't observe. She had small round, hanging gold earrings, and a general air of being fairly
48well-to-do in a vulgar, comfortable, easy-going way." Sherlock Holmes clapped his hands softly together and chuckled.
49"'Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along wonderfully. You have really done very well indeed. It is true that you have
50missed everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method, and you have a quick eye for colour. Never trust to
51general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details. My first glance is always at a woman's sleeve. In a
52man it is perhaps better first to take the knee of the trouser. As you observe, this woman had plush upon her sleeves,
53which is a most useful material for showing traces. The double line a little above the wrist, where the typewritist
54presses against the table, was beautifully defined. The sewing-machine, of the hand type, leaves a similar mark, but
55only on the left arm, and on the side of it farthest from the thumb, instead of being right across the broadest part, as
56this was. I then glanced at her face, and, observing the dint of a pince-nez at either side of her nose, I ventured a
57remark upon short sight and typewriting, which seemed to surprise her." "It surprised me." "But, surely, it was obvious.
58I was then much surprised and interested on glancing down to observe that, though the boots which she was wearing were
59not unlike each other, they were really odd ones; the one having a slightly decorated toe-cap, and the other a plain
60one. One was buttoned only in the two lower buttons out of five, and the other at the first, third, and fifth. Now, when
61you see that a young lady, otherwise neatly dressed, has come away from home with odd boots, half-buttoned, it is no
62great deduction to say that she came away in a hurry." "And what else?" I asked, keenly interested, as I always was, by
63my friend's incisive reasoning. "I noted, in passing, that she had written a note before leaving home but after being
64fully dressed. You observed that her right glove was torn at the forefinger, but you did not apparently see that both
65glove and finger were stained with violet ink. She had written in a hurry and dipped her pen too deep. It must have been
66this morning, or the mark would not remain clear upon the finger. All this is amusing, though rather elementary, but I
67must go back to business, Watson. Would you mind reading me the advertised description of Mr. Hosmer Angel?"
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