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1"'She came in just now by the back door. I have no doubt that she has only been to the side gate to see someone, but I
2think that it is hardly safe and should be stopped.' "'You must speak to her in the morning, or I will if you prefer it.
3Are you sure that everything is fastened?' "'Quite sure, dad.' "'Then, good-night.' I kissed her and went up to my
4bedroom again, where I was soon asleep. "I am endeavouring to tell you everything, Mr. Holmes, which may have any
5bearing upon the case, but I beg that you will question me upon any point which I do not make clear." "On the contrary,
6your statement is singularly lucid." "I come to a part of my story now in which I should wish to be particularly so. I
7am not a very heavy sleeper, and the anxiety in my mind tended, no doubt, to make me even less so than usual. About two
8in the morning, then, I was awakened by some sound in the house. It had ceased ere I was wide awake, but it had left an
9impression behind it as though a window had gently closed somewhere. I lay listening with all my ears. Suddenly, to my
10horror, there was a distinct sound of footsteps moving softly in the next room. I slipped out of bed, all palpitating
11with fear, and peeped round the corner of my dressing-room door. "'Arthur!' I screamed, 'you villain! you thief! How
12dare you touch that coronet?' "The gas was half up, as I had left it, and my unhappy boy, dressed only in his shirt and
13trousers, was standing beside the light, holding the coronet in his hands. He appeared to be wrenching at it, or bending
14it with all his strength. At my cry he dropped it from his grasp and turned as pale as death. I snatched it up and
15examined it. One of the gold corners, with three of the beryls in it, was missing. "'You blackguard!' I shouted, beside
16myself with rage. 'You have destroyed it! You have dishonoured me forever! Where are the jewels which you have stolen?'
17"'Stolen!' he cried. "'Yes, thief!' I roared, shaking him by the shoulder. "'There are none missing. There cannot be any
18missing,' said he. "'There are three missing. And you know where they are. Must I call you a liar as well as a thief?
19Did I not see you trying to tear off another piece?' "'You have called me names enough,' said he, 'I will not stand it
20any longer. I shall not say another word about this business, since you have chosen to insult me. I will leave your
21house in the morning and make my own way in the world.' "'You shall leave it in the hands of the police!' I cried
22half-mad with grief and rage. 'I shall have this matter probed to the bottom.' "'You shall learn nothing from me,' said
23he with a passion such as I should not have thought was in his nature. 'If you choose to call the police, let the police
24find what they can.' "By this time the whole house was astir, for I had raised my voice in my anger. Mary was the first
25to rush into my room, and, at the sight of the coronet and of Arthur's face, she read the whole story and, with a
26scream, fell down senseless on the ground. I sent the housemaid for the police and put the investigation into their
27hands at once. When the inspector and a constable entered the house, Arthur, who had stood sullenly with his arms
28folded, asked me whether it was my intention to charge him with theft. I answered that it had ceased to be a private
29matter, but had become a public one, since the ruined coronet was national property. I was determined that the law
30should have its way in everything. "'At least,' said he, 'you will not have me arrested at once. It would be to your
31advantage as well as mine if I might leave the house for five minutes.' "'That you may get away, or perhaps that you may
32conceal what you have stolen,' said I. And then, realising the dreadful position in which I was placed, I implored him
33to remember that not only my honour but that of one who was far greater than I was at stake; and that he threatened to
34raise a scandal which would convulse the nation. He might avert it all if he would but tell me what he had done with the
35three missing stones. "'You may as well face the matter,' said I; 'you have been caught in the act, and no confession
36could make your guilt more heinous. If you but make such reparation as is in your power, by telling us where the beryls
37are, all shall be forgiven and forgotten.' "'Keep your forgiveness for those who ask for it,' he answered, turning away
38from me with a sneer. I saw that he was too hardened for any words of mine to influence him. There was but one way for
39it. I called in the inspector and gave him into custody. A search was made at once not only of his person but of his
40room and of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but no trace of them could be
41found, nor would the wretched boy open his mouth for all our persuasions and our threats. This morning he was removed to
42a cell, and I, after going through all the police formalities, have hurried round to you to implore you to use your
43skill in unravelling the matter. The police have openly confessed that they can at present make nothing of it. You may
44go to any expense which you think necessary. I have already offered a reward of £ 1000. My God, what shall I do! I have
45lost my honour, my gems, and my son in one night. Oh, what shall I do!" He put a hand on either side of his head and
46rocked himself to and fro, droning to himself like a child whose grief has got beyond words. Sherlock Holmes sat silent
47for some few minutes, with his brows knitted and his eyes fixed upon the fire. "Do you receive much company?" he asked.
48"None save my partner with his family and an occasional friend of Arthur's. Sir George Burnwell has been several times
49lately. No one else, I think." "Do you go out much in society?" "Arthur does. Mary and I stay at home. We neither of us
50care for it." "That is unusual in a young girl." "She is of a quiet nature. Besides, she is not so very young. She is
51four-and-twenty." "This matter, from what you say, seems to have been a shock to her also." "Terrible! She is even more
52affected than I." "You have neither of you any doubt as to your son's guilt?" "How can we have when I saw him with my
53own eyes with the coronet in his hands." "I hardly consider that a conclusive proof. Was the remainder of the coronet at
54all injured?" "Yes, it was twisted." "Do you not think, then, that he might have been trying to straighten it?" "God
55bless you! You are doing what you can for him and for me. But it is too heavy a task. What was he doing there at all? If
56his purpose were innocent, why did he not say so?" "Precisely. And if it were guilty, why did he not invent a lie? His
57silence appears to me to cut both ways. There are several singular points about the case. What did the police think of
58the noise which awoke you from your sleep?" "They considered that it might be caused by Arthur's closing his bedroom
59door." "A likely story! As if a man bent on felony would slam his door so as to wake a household. What did they say,
60then, of the disappearance of these gems?" "They are still sounding the planking and probing the furniture in the hope
61of finding them." "Have they thought of looking outside the house?" "Yes, they have shown extraordinary energy. The
62whole garden has already been minutely examined."
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