"I am off down the river, Watson," said he. "I have been
turning it over in my mind, and I can see only one way out of it.
It is worth trying, at all events."
"Surely I can come with you, then?" said I.
"No; you can be much more useful if you will remain here as
my representative. I am loath to go, for it is quite on the cards
that some message may come during the day, though Wiggins
was despondent about it last night. I want you to open all notes
and telegrams, and to act on your own judgment if any news
should come. Can I rely upon you?"
"Most certainly."
"I am afraid that you will not be able to wire to me, for I can
hardly tell yet where I may find myself. If I am in luck,
however, I may not be gone so very long. I shall have news of
some sort or other before I get back."
I had heard nothing of him by breakfast time. On opening the
Standard, however, I found that there was a fresh allusion to the
business.
With reference to the Upper Norwood tragedy [it remarked]
we have reason to believe that the matter promises to be
even more complex and mysterious than was originally
supposed. Fresh evidence has shown that it is quite impossi-
ble that Mr. Thaddeus Sholto could have been in any way
concerned in the matter.
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