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'Exactly, Mr. Holmes, exactly. You put the very question which I have asked myself again and again. There can be no doubt that this fellow must have known the house and its habits. He must have perfectly understood that the servants would all be in bed at that comparatively early hour, and that no one could possibly hear a bell ring in the kitchen. EXACTLY MISTER HOLMES EXACTLY YOU PUT THE VERY QUESTION WHICH I HAVE ASKED MYSELF AGAIN AND AGAIN THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT THIS FELLOW MUST HAVE KNOWN THE HOUSE AND ITS HABITS HE MUST HAVE PERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE SERVANTS WOULD ALL BE IN BED AT THAT COMPARATIVELY EARLY HOUR AND THAT NO ONE COULD POSSIBLY HEAR A BELL RING IN THE KITCHEN
f anything. From what I hear, in spite of all his wealth and his title, he very nearly came our way once or twice. There was a scandal about his drenching a dog with petroleum and setting it on fire--her ladyship's dog, to make the matter worse--and that was only hushed up with difficulty. Then he threw a decanter at that maid, Theresa Wright--there was trouble about that. On the whole, and between ourselves, it will be a brighter house without him. What are you looking at now?' Holmes was down on his knees, examining with great attention the knots upon the red cord with which the lady had been secured. Then he carefully scrutinized the broken and frayed end where it had snapped off when the burglar had dragged it down. 'When this was pulled down, the bell in the kitchen must have rung loudly,' he remarked. 'No one could hear it. The kitchen stands right at the back of the house.' 'How did the burglar know no one would hear it? How dared he pull at a bell-rope in that reckless fashion?  HIM AT SUCH TIMES AND HE WAS CAPABLE OF ANYTHING FROM WHAT I HEAR IN SPITE OF ALL HIS WEALTH AND HIS TITLE HE VERY NEARLY CAME AWAY ONCE OR TWICE THERE WAS A SCANDAL ABOUT HIS DRENCHING A DOG WITH PETROLEUM AND SETTING IT ON FIRE HER LADYSHIP'S DOG TO MAKE THE MATTER WORSE AND THAT WAS ONLY HUSHED UP WITH DIFFICULTY THEN HE THREW A DECANTER AT THAT MAID TERES ARIGHT THERE WAS TROUBLE ABOUT THAT ON THE WHOLE AND BETWEEN OURSELVES IT WOULD BE A BRIGHTER HOUSE WITHOUT HIM WHAT YOU LOOKING AT NOW HOLMES WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES EXAMINING WITH GREAT ATTENTION THE KNOTS UPON THE RED CORD WITH WHICH THE LADY HAD BEEN SECURED THEN HE CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZED THE BROKEN AND FRAYED END WHERE IT HAD SNAPPED OFF WHEN THE BURGLAR HAD DRAGGED IT DOWN WHEN THIS WAS PULLED DOWN THE BELL IN THE KITCHEN MUST HAVE RUNG LOUDLY HE REMARKED NO ONE COULD HEAR IT THE KITCHEN SOUNDS RIGHT AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE HOW DID THE BURGLAR KNOW NO ONE WOULD HEAR IT HOW DARED HE PULL AT A BELL ROPE IN THAT RECKLESS FASHION
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