"
"Quite so; you have got an admirable theory. I have no doubt
that my own ideas were quite wild, but you must admit that they
have ended in discovering the silver."
"Yes, sir, yes. It was all your doing. But I have had
a bad set-back."
"A set-back?"
"Yes, Mr. Holmes. The Randall gang were arrested in New York
this morning."
"Dear me, Hopkins! That is certainly rather against your
theory that they committed a murder in Kent last night."
"It is fatal, Mr. Holmes, absolutely fatal. Still, there are
other gangs of three besides the Randalls, or it may be some
new gang of which the police have never heard."
"Quite so; it is perfectly possible. What, are you off?"
Yes, Mr. Holmes; there is no rest for me until I have got to the
bottom of the business. I suppose you have no hint to give me?"
"I have given you one."
"Which?"
"Well, I suggested a blind."
"But why, Mr. Holmes, why?"
"Ah, that's the question, of course. But I commend the idea
to your mind. You might possibly find that there was something
in it. You won't stop for dinner? Well, good-bye, and let us
know how you get on.
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