Holmes! I took
an impression of his key; this man Lucas furnished a duplicate.
I opened his despatch-box, took the paper, and conveyed it to
Godolphin Street."
"What happened there, madam?"
"I tapped at the door as agreed. Lucas opened it. I followed
him into his room, leaving the hall door ajar behind me, for I
feared to be alone with the man. I remember that there was a
woman outside as I entered. Our business was soon done. He had
my letter on his desk; I handed him the document. He gave me
the letter. At this instant there was a sound at the door.
There were steps in the passage. Lucas quickly turned back the
drugget, thrust the document into some hiding-place there, and
covered it over.
"What happened after that is like some fearful dream.
I have a vision of a dark, frantic face, of a woman's voice,
which screamed in French, `My waiting is not in vain. At last,
at last I have found you with her!' There was a savage struggle.
I saw him with a chair in his hand, a knife gleamed in hers.
I rushed from the horrible scene, ran from the house, and only
next morning in the paper did I learn the dreadful result.
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