What sort
of a MENAGE is it which pays double the market price for a
governess, but does not keep a horse although six miles from the
station? Odd, Watson -- very odd!"
"You will go down?"
"No, my dear fellow, YOU will go down. This may be some
trifling intrigue, and I cannot break my other important
research for the sake of it. On Monday you will arrive early
at Farnham; you will conceal yourself near Charlington Heath;
you will observe these facts for yourself, and act as your
own judgment advises. Then, having inquired as to the occupants
of the Hall, you will come back to me and report. And now,
Watson, not another word of the matter until we have a few solid
stepping-stones on which we may hope to get across to our solution."
We had ascertained from the lady that she went down upon the
Monday by the train which leaves Waterloo at 9.50, so I started
early and caught the 9.13. At Farnham Station I had no
difficulty in being directed to Charlington Heath. It was
impossible to mistake the scene of the young lady's adventure,
for the road runs between the open heath on one side and an old
yew hedge upon the other, surrounding a park which is studded
with magnificent trees.
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