"
"I believe that it was undoubtedly so. I rather think,
Inspector Martin, that we have now exhausted all that this room
can teach us. If you will kindly step round with me, we shall
see what fresh evidence the garden has to offer."
A flower-bed extended up to the study window, and we all broke
into an exclamation as we approached it. The flowers were
trampled down, and the soft soil was imprinted all over with
footmarks. Large, masculine feet they were, with peculiarly long,
sharp toes. Holmes hunted about among the grass and leaves like a
retriever after a wounded bird. Then, with a cry of satisfaction,
he bent forward and picked up a little brazen cylinder.
"I thought so," said he; "the revolver had an ejector, and here
is the third cartridge. I really think, Inspector Martin, that
our case is almost complete."
The country inspector's face had shown his intense amazement
at the rapid and masterful progress of Holmes's investigation.
At first he had shown some disposition to assert his own position;
but now he was overcome with admiration and ready to follow
without question wherever Holmes led.
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