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'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.' 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
 to have heard some queer stories about him.' 'He was a good-hearted man when he was sober, but a perfect fiend when he was drunk, or rather when he was half drunk, for he seldom really went the whole way. The devil seemed to be in 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 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. OUT THIS POOR FELLOW HOPKINS I SEEM TO HAVE HEARD SOME QUEER STORIES ABOUT HIM HE WAS A GOOD HEARTED MAN WHEN HE WAS SOBER BUT A PERFECT FIEND WHEN HE WAS DRUNK OR RATHER WHEN HE WAS HALF DRUNK FOR HE SELDOM REALLY WENT THE WHOLE WAY THE DEVIL SEEMED TO BE IN 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
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