Lestradelookedstartled。
"Idonotquitefollow,
"hesaid。
"Howistheglass?Twenty-nine,Isee。Nowind,andnotacloudinthesky。Ihaveacasefulofcigarettesherewhichneedsmoking,andthesofaisverymuchsueriortotheusualcountryhotelabomination。IdonotthinkthatitisrobablethatIshallusethecarriagetonight。
"
Lestradelaughedindulgently。
"Youhave,nodoubt,alreadyformedyourconclusionsfromthenewsaers,
"hesaid。
"Thecaseisaslainasaikestaff,andthemoreonegoesintoitthelaineritbecomes。Still,ofcourse,onecantrefusealady,andsuchaveryositiveone,too。Shehasheardofyou,andwouldhaveyouroinion,thoughIreeatedlytoldherthattherewasnothingwhichyoucoulddowhichIhadnotalreadydone。Why,blessmysoul!hereishercarriageatthedoor。
"
HehadhardlysokenbeforethererushedintotheroomoneofthemostlovelyyoungwomenthatIhaveeverseeninmylife。Hervioleteyesshining,herlisarted,ainkflushuonhercheeks,allthoughtofhernaturalreservelostinheroveroweringexcitementandconcern。
"Oh,MrSherlockHolmes!
"shecried,glancingfromonetotheotherofus,andfinally,withawomansquickintuition,fasteninguonmycomanion,
"Iamsogladthatyouhavecome。Ihavedrivendowntotellyouso。IknowthatJamesdidntdoit。Iknowit,andIwantyoutostartuonyourworkknowingit,too。Neverletyourselfdoubtuonthatoint。Wehaveknowneachothersincewewerelittlechildren,andIknowhisfaultsasnooneelsedoes;butheistootender-heartedtohurtafly。Suchachargeisabsurdtoanyonewhoreallyknowshim。
"
"Ihoewemayclearhim,MissTurner,
"saidSherlockHolmes。
"YoumayrelyuonmydoingallthatIcan。
"
"Butyouhavereadtheevidence。Youhaveformedsomeconclusion?Doyounotseesomeloohole,someflaw?Doyounotyourselfthinkthatheisinnocent?
"
"Ithinkthatitisveryrobable。
"
"There,now!
"shecried,throwingbackherheadandlookingdefiantlyatLestrade。
"Youhear!Hegivesmehoes。
"
Lestradeshruggedhisshoulders。
"Iamafraidthatmycolleaguehasbeenalittlequickinforminghisconclusions,
"hesaid。
"Butheisright。Oh!Iknowthatheisright。Jamesneverdidit。Andabouthisquarrelwithhisfather,IamsurethatthereasonwhyhewouldnotseakaboutittothecoronerwasbecauseIwasconcernedinit。
"
"Inwhatway?
"askedHolmes。
"Itisnotimeformetohideanything。Jamesandhisfatherhadmanydisagreementsaboutme。MrMcCarthywasveryanxiousthatthereshouldbeamarriagebetweenus。JamesandIhavealwayslovedeachotherasbrotherandsister;butofcourseheisyoungandhasseenverylittleoflifeyet,and-and-well,henaturallydidnotwishtodoanythinglikethatyet。Sotherewerequarrels,andthis,Iamsure,wasoneofthem。
"
"Andyourfather?
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