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I asked. "'He is upstairs in bed. He wished to be called at nine.' "'I will go up and see him at once,' I said. "It seemed to me that my sudden appearance might shake his nerves and lead him to say something unguarded. I ASKED HE'S UPSTAIRS IN BED HE WISHED TO BE CALLED AT NINE I WILL GO UP AND SEE HIM AT ONCE I SAID IT SEEMED TO ME THAT MY SUDDEN APPEARANCE MIGHT SHAKE HIS NERVES AND LEAD HIM TO SAY SOMETHING UNGUARDED
me of him afterwards. I telegraphed to Liverpool, giving a description of the man, and warning them to keep a watch upon the American boats. I then set to work calling upon all the hotels and lodging-houses in the vicinity of Euston. You see, I argued that if Drebber and his companion had become separated, the natural course for the latter would be to put up somewhere in the vicinity for the night, and then to hang about the station again next morning.” “They would be likely to agree on some meeting-place beforehand,” remarked Holmes. “So it proved. I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making enquiries entirely without avail. This morning I began very early, and at eight o’clock I reached Halliday’s Private Hotel, in Little George Street. On my enquiry as to whether a Mr. Stangerson was living there, they at once answered me in the affirmative. “‘No doubt you are the gentleman whom he was expecting,’ they said. ‘He has been waiting for a gentleman for two days.’ “‘Where is he now? IME OF THE CRIME AND WHAT BECAME OF HIM AFTERWARDS I TELEGRAPHED TO LIVERPOOL GIVING A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN AND WARNING THEM TO KEEP A WATCH UPON THE AMERICAN BOATS I THEN SET TO WORK CALLING UPON ALL THE HOTELS AND LODGING HOUSES IN THE VICINITY OF EUSTON YOU SEE I ARGUED THAT IF DREBBER AND HIS COMPANION HAD BECOME SEPARATED THE NATURAL COURSE FOR THE LATTER WOULD BE TO PUT UP SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY FOR THE NIGHT AND THEN TO HANG ABOUT THE STATION AGAIN NEXT MORNING THEY WOULD BE LIKELY TO AGREE ON SOME MEETING PLACED BEFOREHAND REMARKED HOLMES SO IT PROVED I SPENT THE WHOLE OF YESTERDAY EVENING IN MAKING INQUIRIES ENTIRELY WITHOUT AVAIL THIS MORNING I BEGAN VERY EARLY AND AT EIGHT O'CLOCK I REACHED HALLIDAY'S PRIVATE HOTEL IN LITTLE JEWEL STREET ON MY INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER A MISTER STANGERSON WAS LIVING THERE THEY AT ONCE ANSWERED ME IN THE AFFIRMATIVE NO DOUBT YOU ARE THE GENTLEMAN WHOM HE WAS EXPECTING THEY SAID HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR A GENTLEMAN FOR TWO DAYS WHERE IS HE NOW
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