Come breakfast to-morrow at nine-thirty.
Important. Wire if unable to come. -- Sherlock Holmes.'
There, Watson, this infernal case has haunted me for ten days.
I hereby banish it completely from my presence. To-morrow
I trust that we shall hear the last of it for ever."
Sharp at the hour named Inspector Stanley Hopkins appeared,
and we sat down together to the excellent breakfast which
Mrs. Hudson had prepared. The young detective was in high
spirits at his success.
"You really think that your solution must be correct?" asked Holmes.
"I could not imagine a more complete case."
"It did not seem to me conclusive."
"You astonish me, Mr. Holmes. What more could one ask for?"
"Does your explanation cover every point?"
"Undoubtedly. I find that young Neligan arrived at the
Brambletye Hotel on the very day of the crime. He came on
the pretence of playing golf. His room was on the ground-floor,
and he could get out when he liked. That very night he went down
to Woodman's Lee, saw Peter Carey at the hut, quarrelled with him,
and killed him with the harpoon. Then, horrified by what he had
done, he fled out of the hut, dropping the note-book which he
had brought with him in order to question Peter Carey about
these different securities.
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