Holmes pointed to the street lamp above our heads.
"He could see what he was doing here and he could not there.
That was his reason."
"By Jove! that's true," said the detective. "Now that I come to
think of it, Dr. Barnicot's bust was broken not far from his red
lamp. Well, Mr. Holmes, what are we to do with that fact?"
"To remember it -- to docket it. We may come on something
later which will bear upon it. What steps do you propose
to take now, Lestrade?"
"The most practical way of getting at it, in my opinion, is to
identify the dead man. There should be no difficulty about
that. When we have found who he is and who his associates are,
we should have a good start in learning what he was doing in
Pitt Street last night, and who it was who met him and killed
him on the doorstep of Mr. Horace Harker. Don't you think so?"
"No doubt; and yet it is not quite the way in which I should
approach the case."
"What would you do, then?"
"Oh, you must not let me influence you in any way! I suggest
that you go on your line and I on mine. We can compare notes
afterwards, and each will supplement the other.
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