Make a discreet inquiry also as
to any strangers in the neighbourhood. When you have collected
some fresh evidence come to me again. That is the best advice
which I can give you, Mr. Hilton Cubitt. If there are any
pressing fresh developments I shall be always ready to run down
and see you in your Norfolk home."
The interview left Sherlock Holmes very thoughtful, and several
times in the next few days I saw him take his slip of paper from
his note-book and look long and earnestly at the curious figures
inscribed upon it. He made no allusion to the affair, however,
until one afternoon a fortnight or so later. I was going out
when he called me back.
"You had better stay here, Watson."
"Why?"
"Because I had a wire from Hilton Cubitt this morning -- you
remember Hilton Cubitt, of the dancing men? He was to reach
Liverpool Street at one-twenty. He may be here at any moment.
I gather from his wire that there have been some new incidents
of importance."
We had not long to wait, for our Norfolk squire came straight from
the station as fast as a hansom could bring him. He was looking
worried and depressed, with tired eyes and a lined forehead.
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