Gilchrist's
tan gloves a-lying in that chair. I knew those gloves well,
and I understood their message. If Mr. Soames saw them the game
was up. I flopped down into that chair, and nothing would budge
me until Mr. Soames he went for you. Then out came my poor young
master, whom I had dandled on my knee, and confessed it all to me.
Wasn't it natural, sir, that I should save him, and wasn't it
natural also that I should try to speak to him as his dead father
would have done, and make him understand that he could not profit
by such a deed? Could you blame me, sir?"
"No, indeed," said Holmes, heartily, springing to his feet.
"Well, Soames, I think we have cleared your little problem up, and
our breakfast awaits us at home. Come, Watson! As to you, sir,
I trust that a bright future awaits you in Rhodesia. For once you
have fallen low. Let us see in the future how high you can rise."
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THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Vol. 28 JULY, 1904
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
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