And from the way he talked to me I'm
more convinced than ever that he will just be waiting for a chance to
try it again."
"What did he say to you, Charlie?"
"Oh, nothing very definite. He advised me to drop this case. He reminded
me that he had a good deal of influence--and that he could bring me a
lot of business, or keep it away. And he said that if I didn't quit
meddling with this business I'd have reason to feel sorry."
"What did you tell him?"
"To get out of my office before I kicked him out! He didn't like that, I
can tell you. But I noticed that he got out. But here's the point. Are
you still planning that camping trip to Lake?"
"Yes--I think it would be splendid there."
"Well, why don't you start pretty soon?" Holmes knows this country very
well, and he's got so much money that, if he spends it, he can probably
find people to do what he wants. Up there it's lonely country, and
pretty wild, and you could keep an eye on Bessie and Zara even better
than you can here. I don't know why he wants to have them in his power,
but it's quite evident that their plans depend on that for success, and
our best plan, as long as we're in the dark this way, and don't know the
answer to all these puzzling things, is to keep things as they are.
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