We then ascended to the room again, when, by upsetting the
cigarette-box, I obtained a very excellent view of the floor,
and was able to see quite clearly, from the traces upon the
cigarette ash, that the prisoner had, in our absence, come out
from her retreat. Well, Hopkins, here we are at Charing Cross,
and I congratulate you on having brought your case to a successful
conclusion. You are going to head-quarters, no doubt. I think,
Watson, you and I will drive together to the Russian Embassy."
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THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Vol. 28 AUGUST, 1904
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.
By ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
XI. --- The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter.
WE were fairly accustomed to receive weird telegrams at Baker
Street, but I have a particular recollection of one which reached
us on a gloomy February morning some seven or eight years ago and
gave Mr. Sherlock Holmes a puzzled quarter of an hour. It was
addressed to him, and ran thus:--
"Please await me. Terrible misfortune.
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