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1"Well, I have only just heard the facts, but my mind is made up." "Oh, indeed! Then you think that the Serpentine plays
2no part in the matter?" "I think it very unlikely." "Then perhaps you will kindly explain how it is that we found this
3in it?" He opened his bag as he spoke, and tumbled onto the floor a wedding-dress of watered silk, a pair of white satin
4shoes and a bride's wreath and veil, all discoloured and soaked in water. "There," said he, putting a new wedding-ring
5upon the top of the pile. "There is a little nut for you to crack, Master Holmes." "Oh, indeed!" said my friend, blowing
6blue rings into the air. "You dragged them from the Serpentine?" "No. They were found floating near the margin by a
7park-keeper. They have been identified as her clothes, and it seemed to me that if the clothes were there the body would
8not be far off." "By the same brilliant reasoning, every man's body is to be found in the neighbourhood of his wardrobe.
9And pray what did you hope to arrive at through this?" "At some evidence implicating Flora Millar in the disappearance."
10"I am afraid that you will find it difficult." "Are you, indeed, now?" cried Lestrade with some bitterness. "I am
11afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your deductions and your inferences. You have made two blunders in
12as many minutes. This dress does implicate Miss Flora Millar." "And how?" "In the dress is a pocket. In the pocket is a
13card-case. In the card-case is a note. And here is the very note." He slapped it down upon the table in front of him.
14"Listen to this: 'You will see me when all is ready. Come at once. F. H. M.' Now my theory all along has been that Lady
15St. Simon was decoyed away by Flora Millar, and that she, with confederates, no doubt, was responsible for her
16disappearance. Here, signed with her initials, is the very note which was no doubt quietly slipped into her hand at the
17door and which lured her within their reach." "Very good, Lestrade," said Holmes, laughing. "You really are very fine
18indeed. Let me see it." He took up the paper in a listless way, but his attention instantly became riveted, and he gave
19a little cry of satisfaction. "This is indeed important," said he. "Ha! you find it so?" "Extremely so. I congratulate
20you warmly." Lestrade rose in his triumph and bent his head to look. "Why," he shrieked, "you're looking at the wrong
21side!" "On the contrary, this is the right side." "The right side? You're mad! Here is the note written in pencil over
22here." "And over here is what appears to be the fragment of a hotel bill, which interests me deeply." "There's nothing
23in it. I looked at it before," said Lestrade. "'Oct. 4th, rooms 8s., breakfast 2s. 6d., cocktail 1s., lunch 2s. 6d.,
24glass sherry, 8d.' I see nothing in that." "Very likely not. It is most important, all the same. As to the note, it is
25important also, or at least the initials are, so I congratulate you again." "I've wasted time enough," said Lestrade,
26rising. "I believe in hard work and not in sitting by the fire spinning fine theories. Good-day, Mr. Holmes, and we
27shall see which gets to the bottom of the matter first." He gathered up the garments, thrust them into the bag, and made
28for the door. "Just one hint to you, Lestrade," drawled Holmes before his rival vanished; "I will tell you the true
29solution of the matter. Lady St. Simon is a myth. There is not, and there never has been, any such person." Lestrade
30looked sadly at my companion. Then he turned to me, tapped his forehead three times, shook his head solemnly, and
31hurried away. He had hardly shut the door behind him when Holmes rose to put on his overcoat. "There is something in
32what the fellow says about outdoor work," he remarked, "so I think, Watson, that I must leave you to your papers for a
33little." It was after five o'clock when Sherlock Holmes left me, but I had no time to be lonely, for within an hour
34there arrived a confectioner's man with a very large flat box. This he unpacked with the help of a youth whom he had
35brought with him, and presently, to my very great astonishment, a quite epicurean little cold supper began to be laid
36out upon our humble lodging-house mahogany. There were a couple of brace of cold woodcock, a pheasant, a pâté de foie
37gras pie with a group of ancient and cobwebby bottles. Having laid out all these luxuries, my two visitors vanished
38away, like the genii of the Arabian Nights, with no explanation save that the things had been paid for and were ordered
39to this address. Just before nine o'clock Sherlock Holmes stepped briskly into the room. His features were gravely set,
40but there was a light in his eye which made me think that he had not been disappointed in his conclusions. "They have
41laid the supper, then," he said, rubbing his hands. "You seem to expect company. They have laid for five." "Yes, I fancy
42we may have some company dropping in," said he. "I am surprised that Lord St. Simon has not already arrived. Ha! I fancy
43that I hear his step now upon the stairs." It was indeed our visitor of the afternoon who came bustling in, dangling his
44glasses more vigorously than ever, and with a very perturbed expression upon his aristocratic features. "My messenger
45reached you, then?" asked Holmes. "Yes, and I confess that the contents startled me beyond measure. Have you good
46authority for what you say?" "The best possible." Lord St. Simon sank into a chair and passed his hand over his
47forehead. "What will the Duke say," he murmured, "when he hears that one of the family has been subjected to such
48humiliation?" "It is the purest accident. I cannot allow that there is any humiliation." "Ah, you look on these things
49from another standpoint." "I fail to see that anyone is to blame. I can hardly see how the lady could have acted
50otherwise, though her abrupt method of doing it was undoubtedly to be regretted. Having no mother, she had no one to
51advise her at such a crisis." "It was a slight, sir, a public slight," said Lord St. Simon, tapping his fingers upon the
52table. "You must make allowance for this poor girl, placed in so unprecedented a position." "I will make no allowance. I
53am very angry indeed, and I have been shamefully used." "I think that I heard a ring," said Holmes. "Yes, there are
54steps on the landing. If I cannot persuade you to take a lenient view of the matter, Lord St. Simon, I have brought an
55advocate here who may be more successful." He opened the door and ushered in a lady and gentleman. "Lord St. Simon,"
56said he "allow me to introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hay Moulton. The lady, I think, you have already met." At the
57sight of these newcomers our client had sprung from his seat and stood very erect, with his eyes cast down and his hand
58thrust into the breast of his frock-coat, a picture of offended dignity. The lady had taken a quick step forward and had
59held out her hand to him, but he still refused to raise his eyes. It was as well for his resolution, perhaps, for her
60pleading face was one which it was hard to resist. "You're angry, Robert," said she. "Well, I guess you have every cause
61to be." "Pray make no apology to me," said Lord St. Simon bitterly. "Oh, yes, I know that I have treated you real bad
62and that I should have spoken to you before I went; but I was kind of rattled, and from the time when I saw Frank here
63again I just didn't know what I was doing or saying. I only wonder I didn't fall down and do a faint right there before
64the altar." "Perhaps, Mrs. Moulton, you would like my friend and me to leave the room while you explain this matter?"
65"If I may give an opinion," remarked the strange gentleman, "we've had just a little too much secrecy over this business
66already. For my part, I should like all Europe and America to hear the rights of it." He was a small, wiry, sunburnt
67man, clean-shaven, with a sharp face and alert manner.
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