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He found the door open, and in the front room, which is bare of furniture, discovered the body of a gentleman, well dressed, and having cards in his pocket bearing the name of 'Enoch J. Drebber, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.' There had been no robbery, nor is there any evidence as to how the man met his death. HE FOUND THE DOOR OPEN AND IN THE FRONT ROOM WHICH HIS BARE OF FURNITURE DISCOVERED THE BODY OF A GENTLEMAN WELL DRESSED AND HAVING CARDS IN HIS POCKET BEARING THE NAME OF ENOCH J DREBBER CLEVELAND OHIO U S A THERE HAD BEEN NO ROBBERY NOR IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE AS TO HOW THE MAN MET HIS DEATH
n air of command. You must have observed the way in which he held his head and swung his cane. A steady, respectable, middle-aged man, too, on the face of him—all facts which led me to believe that he had been a sergeant.” “Wonderful!” I ejaculated. “Commonplace,” said Holmes, though I thought from his expression that he was pleased at my evident surprise and admiration. “I said just now that there were no criminals. It appears that I am wrong—look at this!” He threw me over the note which the commissionaire had brought. “Why,” I cried, as I cast my eye over it, “this is terrible!” “It does seem to be a little out of the common,” he remarked, calmly. “Would you mind reading it to me aloud?” This is the letter which I read to him— “MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES,— “There has been a bad business during the night at 3, Lauriston Gardens, off the Brixton Road. Our man on the beat saw a light there about two in the morning, and as the house was an empty one, suspected that something was amiss. SOME AMOUNT OF SELF IMPORTANCE AND A CERTAIN AIR OF COMMAND YOU MUST HAVE OBSERVED THE WAY IN WHICH HE HELD HIS HEAD AND SWUNG HIS CANE A STEADY RESPECTABLE MIDDLE AGED MAN TOO ON THE FACE OF HIM ALL FACTS WHICH LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT HE HAD BEEN A SERGEANT WONDERFUL I EJACULATED COMMONPLACE SAID HOLMES THOUGH I THOUGHT FROM HIS EXPRESSION THAT HE WAS PLEASED AT MY EVIDENT SURPRISE AND ADMIRATION I SAID JUST NOW THAT THERE WERE NO CRIMINALS IT APPEARS THAT I AM WRONG LOOK AT THIS HE THREW ME OVER THE NOTE WHICH THE COMMISSIONAIRE HAD BROUGHT WHY I CRIED AS I CAST MY EYE OVER IT THIS IS TERRIBLE IT DOES SEEM TO BE A LITTLE OUT OF THE COMMON HE REMARKED CALMLY WOULD YOU MIND READING IT TO ME ALOUD THIS IS THE LETTER WHICH I READ TO HIM MY DEAR MISTER SHERLOCK HOLMES THERE HAS BEEN A BAD BUSINESS DURING THE NIGHT AT THREE LAURESTON GARDENS OFF THE BRIXTON ROAD A MAN ON THE BEACH SAW A LIGHT THERE ABOUT TWO IN THE MORNING AND AS THE HOUSE WAS AN EMPTY ONE SUSPECTED THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS
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