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1The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a
2crab, thrown out on each side. In one of these wings the windows were broken and blocked with wooden boards, while the
3roof was partly caved in, a picture of ruin. The central portion was in little better repair, but the right-hand block
4was comparatively modern, and the blinds in the windows, with the blue smoke curling up from the chimneys, showed that
5this was where the family resided. Some scaffolding had been erected against the end wall, and the stone-work had been
6broken into, but there were no signs of any workmen at the moment of our visit. Holmes walked slowly up and down the
7ill-trimmed lawn and examined with deep attention the outsides of the windows. "This, I take it, belongs to the room in
8which you used to sleep, the centre one to your sister's, and the one next to the main building to Dr. Roylott's
9chamber?" "Exactly so. But I am now sleeping in the middle one." "Pending the alterations, as I understand. By the way,
10there does not seem to be any very pressing need for repairs at that end wall." "There were none. I believe that it was
11an excuse to move me from my room." "Ah! that is suggestive. Now, on the other side of this narrow wing runs the
12corridor from which these three rooms open. There are windows in it, of course?" "Yes, but very small ones. Too narrow
13for anyone to pass through." "As you both locked your doors at night, your rooms were unapproachable from that side.
14Now, would you have the kindness to go into your room and bar your shutters?" Miss Stoner did so, and Holmes, after a
15careful examination through the open window, endeavoured in every way to force the shutter open, but without success.
16There was no slit through which a knife could be passed to raise the bar. Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but
17they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry. "Hum!" said he, scratching his chin in some perplexity,
18"my theory certainly presents some difficulties. No one could pass these shutters if they were bolted. Well, we shall
19see if the inside throws any light upon the matter." A small side door led into the whitewashed corridor from which the
20three bedrooms opened. Holmes refused to examine the third chamber, so we passed at once to the second, that in which
21Miss Stoner was now sleeping, and in which her sister had met with her fate. It was a homely little room, with a low
22ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses. A brown chest of drawers stood in one corner, a
23narrow white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the left-hand side of the window. These articles, with
24two small wicker-work chairs, made up all the furniture in the room save for a square of Wilton carpet in the centre.
25The boards round and the panelling of the walls were of brown, worm-eaten oak, so old and discoloured that it may have
26dated from the original building of the house. Holmes drew one of the chairs into a corner and sat silent, while his
27eyes travelled round and round and up and down, taking in every detail of the apartment. "Where does that bell
28communicate with?" he asked at last pointing to a thick bell-rope which hung down beside the bed, the tassel actually
29lying upon the pillow. "It goes to the housekeeper's room." "It looks newer than the other things?" "Yes, it was only
30put there a couple of years ago." "Your sister asked for it, I suppose?" "No, I never heard of her using it. We used
31always to get what we wanted for ourselves." "Indeed, it seemed unnecessary to put so nice a bell-pull there. You will
32excuse me for a few minutes while I satisfy myself as to this floor." He threw himself down upon his face with his lens
33in his hand and crawled swiftly backward and forward, examining minutely the cracks between the boards. Then he did the
34same with the wood-work with which the chamber was panelled. Finally he walked over to the bed and spent some time in
35staring at it and in running his eye up and down the wall. Finally he took the bell-rope in his hand and gave it a brisk
36tug. "Why, it's a dummy," said he. "Won't it ring?" "No, it is not even attached to a wire. This is very interesting.
37You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is." "How very
38absurd! I never noticed that before." "Very strange!" muttered Holmes, pulling at the rope. "There are one or two very
39singular points about this room. For example, what a fool a builder must be to open a ventilator into another room,
40when, with the same trouble, he might have communicated with the outside air!" "That is also quite modern," said the
41lady. "Done about the same time as the bell-rope?" remarked Holmes. "Yes, there were several little changes carried out
42about that time." "They seem to have been of a most interesting character--dummy bell-ropes, and ventilators which do
43not ventilate. With your permission, Miss Stoner, we shall now carry our researches into the inner apartment." Dr.
44Grimesby Roylott's chamber was larger than that of his step-daughter, but was as plainly furnished. A camp-bed, a small
45wooden shelf full of books, mostly of a technical character, an armchair beside the bed, a plain wooden chair against
46the wall, a round table, and a large iron safe were the principal things which met the eye. Holmes walked slowly round
47and examined each and all of them with the keenest interest. "What's in here?" he asked, tapping the safe. "My
48stepfather's business papers." "Oh! you have seen inside, then?" "Only once, some years ago. I remember that it was full
49of papers." "There isn't a cat in it, for example?" "No. What a strange idea!" "Well, look at this!" He took up a small
50saucer of milk which stood on the top of it. "No; we don't keep a cat. But there is a cheetah and a baboon." "Ah, yes,
51of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a saucer of milk does not go very far in satisfying its wants, I
52daresay. There is one point which I should wish to determine." He squatted down in front of the wooden chair and
53examined the seat of it with the greatest attention. "Thank you. That is quite settled," said he, rising and putting his
54lens in his pocket. "Hullo! Here is something interesting!" The object which had caught his eye was a small dog lash
55hung on one corner of the bed. The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord.
56"What do you make of that, Watson?" "It's a common enough lash. But I don't know why it should be tied." "That is not
57quite so common, is it? Ah, me! it's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst of
58all. I think that I have seen enough now, Miss Stoner, and with your permission we shall walk out upon the lawn." I had
59never seen my friend's face so grim or his brow so dark as it was when we turned from the scene of this investigation.
60We had walked several times up and down the lawn, neither Miss Stoner nor myself liking to break in upon his thoughts
61before he roused himself from his reverie. "It is very essential, Miss Stoner," said he, "that you should absolutely
62follow my advice in every respect." "I shall most certainly do so." "The matter is too serious for any hesitation. Your
63life may depend upon your compliance." "I assure you that I am in your hands." "In the first place, both my friend and I
64must spend the night in your room." Both Miss Stoner and I gazed at him in astonishment. "Yes, it must be so. Let me
65explain. I believe that that is the village inn over there?" "Yes, that is the Crown." "Very good. Your windows would be
66visible from there?" "Certainly." "You must confine yourself to your room, on pretence of a headache, when your
67stepfather comes back. Then when you hear him retire for the night, you must open the shutters of your window, undo the
68hasp, put your lamp there as a signal to us, and then withdraw quietly with everything which you are likely to want into
69the room which you used to occupy. I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs, you could manage there for one night."
70"Oh, yes, easily."
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