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1"Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of money. I do not mean that any beggar in the streets of
2London could earn £ 700 a year--which is less than my average takings--but I had exceptional advantages in my power of
3making up, and also in a facility of repartee, which improved by practice and made me quite a recognised character in
4the City. All day a stream of pennies, varied by silver, poured in upon me, and it was a very bad day in which I failed
5to take £ 2. "As I grew richer I grew more ambitious, took a house in the country, and eventually married, without
6anyone having a suspicion as to my real occupation. My dear wife knew that I had business in the City. She little knew
7what. "Last Monday I had finished for the day and was dressing in my room above the opium den when I looked out of my
8window and saw, to my horror and astonishment, that my wife was standing in the street, with her eyes fixed full upon
9me. I gave a cry of surprise, threw up my arms to cover my face, and, rushing to my confidant, the Lascar, entreated him
10to prevent anyone from coming up to me. I heard her voice downstairs, but I knew that she could not ascend. Swiftly I
11threw off my clothes, pulled on those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. Even a wife's eyes could not pierce
12so complete a disguise. But then it occurred to me that there might be a search in the room, and that the clothes might
13betray me. I threw open the window, reopening by my violence a small cut which I had inflicted upon myself in the
14bedroom that morning. Then I seized my coat, which was weighted by the coppers which I had just transferred to it from
15the leather bag in which I carried my takings. I hurled it out of the window, and it disappeared into the Thames. The
16other clothes would have followed, but at that moment there was a rush of constables up the stair, and a few minutes
17after I found, rather, I confess, to my relief, that instead of being identified as Mr. Neville St. Clair, I was
18arrested as his murderer. "I do not know that there is anything else for me to explain. I was determined to preserve my
19disguise as long as possible, and hence my preference for a dirty face. Knowing that my wife would be terribly anxious,
20I slipped off my ring and confided it to the Lascar at a moment when no constable was watching me, together with a
21hurried scrawl, telling her that she had no cause to fear." "That note only reached her yesterday," said Holmes. "Good
22God! What a week she must have spent!" "The police have watched this Lascar," said Inspector Bradstreet, "and I can
23quite understand that he might find it difficult to post a letter unobserved. Probably he handed it to some sailor
24customer of his, who forgot all about it for some days." "That was it," said Holmes, nodding approvingly; "I have no
25doubt of it. But have you never been prosecuted for begging?" "Many times; but what was a fine to me?" "It must stop
26here, however," said Bradstreet. "If the police are to hush this thing up, there must be no more of Hugh Boone." "I have
27sworn it by the most solemn oaths which a man can take." "In that case I think that it is probable that no further steps
28may be taken. But if you are found again, then all must come out. I am sure, Mr. Holmes, that we are very much indebted
29to you for having cleared the matter up. I wish I knew how you reach your results." "I reached this one," said my
30friend, "by sitting upon five pillows and consuming an ounce of shag. I think, Watson, that if we drive to Baker Street
31we shall just be in time for breakfast."
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