There was no other sign of the fellow anywhere, though I ran all
over the grounds. And yet the amazing thing is that he must have
been there all the time, for when I examined the door again in
the morning he had scrawled some more of his pictures under the
line which I had already seen."
"Have you that fresh drawing?"
"Yes; it is very short, but I made a copy of it, and here it is."
Again he produced a paper. The new dance was in this form:--
GRAPHIC
"Tell me," said Holmes -- and I could see by his eyes that
he was much excited -- "was this a mere addition to the first,
or did it appear to be entirely separate?"
"It was on a different panel of the door."
"Excellent! This is far the most important of all for our
purpose. It fills me with hopes. Now, Mr. Hilton Cubitt,
please continue your most interesting statement."
"I have nothing more to say, Mr. Holmes, except that I was angry
with my wife that night for having held me back when I might
have caught the skulking rascal. She said that she feared that
I might come to harm. For an instant it had crossed my mind
that perhaps what she really feared was that HE might come to
harm, for I could not doubt that she knew who this man was and
what he meant by these strange signals.
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