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Only once had this lady been brought into contact with sailors, and that was on her voyage, and it was someone of her own class of life, since she was trying hard to shield him, and so showing that she loved him. ONLY ONCE HAD THIS LADY BEEN BROUGHT INTO CONTACT WITH SAILORS AND THAT WAS ON HER VOYAGE AND IT WAS SOME ONE OF HER OWN CLASS OF LIFE SINCE SHE WAS TRYING HARD TO SHIELD HIM AND SO SHOWING THAT SHE LOVED HIM
 the rope of the bell. Then I lashed her in her chair, and frayed out the end of the rope to make it look natural, else they would wonder how in the world a burglar could have got up there to cut it. Then I gathered up a few plates and pots of silver, to carry out the idea of the robbery, and there I left them, with orders to give the alarm when I had a quarter of an hour's start. I dropped the silver into the pond, and made off for Sydenham, feeling that for once in my life I had done a real good night's work. And that's the truth and the whole truth, Mr. Holmes, if it costs me my neck.' Holmes smoked for some time in silence. Then he crossed the room, and shook our visitor by the hand. 'That's what I think,' said he. 'I know that every word is true, for you have hardly said a word which I did not know. No one but an acrobat or a sailor could have got up to that bell-rope from the bracket, and no one but a sailor could have made the knots with which the cord was fastened to the chair. R MISTRESS WHILE I SWARMED UP AND CUT THE ROPE AT A BELL THEN I LASHED HER IN HER CHAIR AND FRAYED OUT THE END OF THE ROPE TO MAKE IT LOOK NATURAL ELSE THEY WOULD WONDER HOW IN THE WORLD A BURGLAR COULD HAVE GOT UP THERE TO CUT IT THEN I GATHERED UP A FEW PLATES AND POTS OF SILVER TO CARRY OUT THE IDEA OF THE ROBBERY AND THERE I LEFT THEM WITH ORDERS TO GIVE THE ALARM AND I HAD A QUARTER OF AN HOUR'S START I DROPPED THE SILVER INTO THE POND AND MADE OFF A SIDINEM FEELING THAT FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE I HAD DONE A REAL GOOD NIGHT'S WORK THAT'S THE TRUTH AND THE WHOLE TRUTH MISTER HOLMES IF IT COST ME MY NECK HOLMES SMOKED FOR SOME TIME IN SILENCE THEN HE CROSSED THE ROOM AND SHOOK OUR VISITOR BY THE HAND THAT'S WHAT I THINK SAID HE I KNOW THAT EVERY WORD IS TRUE FOR YOU'VE HARDLY SAID A WORD WHICH I DID NOT KNOW NO ONE BUT AN ACROBAT OR A SAILOR COULD HAVE GOT UP TO THAT BELL ROPE FROM THE BRACKET AND NO ONE BUT A SAILOR COULD HAVE MADE THE KNOTS WITH WHICH THE CORD WAS FASTENED TO THE CHAIR
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