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We had said nothing to him about it, so that his alluding to it had a most suspicious aspect." "Very," said Holmes. "He still carried the heavy stick which the mother described him as having with him when he followed Drebber. WE SAID NOTHING TO HIM ABOUT IT SO THAT HIS ALLUDING TO IT HAD A MOST SUSPICIOUS ASPECT VERY SAID HOLMES HE STILL CARRIED THE HEAVY STICK WHICH THE MOTHER DESCRIBED HIM AS HAVING WITH HIM WHEN HE FOLLOWED DREBBER
 said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn. “What happened next?” “When Mrs. Charpentier paused,” the detective continued, “I saw that the whole case hung upon one point. Fixing her with my eye in a way which I always found effective with women, I asked her at what hour her son returned. “‘I do not know,’ she answered. “‘Not know?’ “‘No; he has a latch-key, and he let himself in.’ “‘After you went to bed?’ “‘Yes.’ “‘When did you go to bed?’ “‘About eleven.’ “‘So your son was gone at least two hours?’ “‘Yes.’ “‘Possibly four or five?’ “‘Yes.’ “‘What was he doing during that time?’ “‘I do not know,’ she answered, turning white to her very lips. “Of course after that there was nothing more to be done. I found out where Lieutenant Charpentier was, took two officers with me, and arrested him. When I touched him on the shoulder and warned him to come quietly with us, he answered us as bold as brass, ‘I suppose you are arresting me for being concerned in the death of that scoundrel Drebber,’ he said.  SHE SAID HOWEVER SO THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO POSSIBILITY OF A MISTAKE IT'S QUITE EXCITING SAID SHERLOCK HOLMES WITH A YAWN WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WHEN MISSUS CHAPENTIER PAUSED THE DETECTIVE CONTINUED I SAW THAT THE WHOLE CASE HUNG UPON ONE POINT FIXING HER WITH MY EYE IN A WAY WHICH I ALWAYS FOUND EFFECTIVE WITH WOMEN I ASKED HER AT WHAT HOUR HER SON RETURNED I DO NOT KNOW SHE ANSWERED NOT NO NO HE HAS A LATCHKEY AND HE LET HIMSELF IN AFTER YOU WENT TO BED YES WHEN DID YOU GO TO BED ABOUT ELEVEN SO YOUR SON WAS GONE AT LEAST TWO HOURS YES POSSIBLY FOUR OR FIVE YES WHAT WAS HE DOING DURING THAT TIME I DO NOT KNOW SHE ANSWERED TURNING WHITE TO HER VERY LIPS OF COURSE AFTER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE TO BE DONE I FOUND OUT WHERE LIEUTENANT CHAP ETIER WAS TOOK TWO OFFICERS WITH ME AND ARRESTED HIM WHEN I TOUCHED HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND WARNED HIM TO COME QUIETLY WITH US HE ANSWERED US AS BOLD AS BRASS I SUPPOSE YOU ARRESTED ME FOR BEING CONCERNED IN THE DEATH OF THAT SCOUNDREL DREBBER HE SAID
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