If any visitor
were to call asking for Mrs. Hilton Cubitt no information should
be given as to her condition, but he was to be shown at once
into the drawing-room. He impressed these points upon them with
the utmost earnestness. Finally he led the way into the
drawing-room with the remark that the business was now out of our
hands, and that we must while away the time as best we might until
we could see what was in store for us. The doctor had departed
to his patients, and only the inspector and myself remained.
"I think that I can help you to pass an hour in an interesting
and profitable manner," said Holmes, drawing his chair up to the
table and spreading out in front of him the various papers upon
which were recorded the antics of the dancing men. "As to you,
friend Watson, I owe you every atonement for having allowed your
natural curiosity to remain so long unsatisfied. To you,
inspector, the whole incident may appeal as a remarkable
professional study. I must tell you first of all the
interesting circumstances connected with the previous
consultations which Mr. Hilton Cubitt has had with me in Baker
Street.
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