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At the further end from the door was the high French window of which we had heard. Three smaller windows on the right hand side filled the apartment with cold winter sunshine. AT THE FURTHER END FROM THE DOOR WAS THE HIGH FRENCH WINDOW OF WHICH WE HAD HEARD THREE SMALLER WINDOWS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FILLED THE APARTMENT WITH COLD WINTER SUNSHINE
 room. 'She had been with her all her life,' said Hopkins. 'Nursed her as a baby, and came with her to England when they first left Australia, eighteen months ago. Theresa Wright is her name, and the kind of maid you don't pick up nowadays. This way, Mr. Holmes, if you please!' The keen interest had passed out of Holmes's expressive face, and I knew that with the mystery all the charm of the case had departed. There still remained an arrest to be effected, but what were these commonplace rogues that he should soil his hands with them? An abstruse and learned specialist who finds that he has been called in for a case of measles would experience something of the annoyance which I read in my friend's eyes. Yet the scene in the dining-room of the Abbey Grange was sufficiently strange to arrest his attention and to recall his waning interest. It was a very large and high chamber, with carved oak ceiling, oaken panelling, and a fine array of deer's heads and ancient weapons around the walls. RESS AND LED HER FROM THE ROOM SHE'D BEEN WITH HER ALL HER LIFE SAID HOPKINS NURSED HER AS A BABY AND CAME WITH HER TO ENGLAND WHEN THEY FIRST LEFT AUSTRALIA EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO THERESA WRIGHT IS HER NAME AND THE KIND OF MAID YOU DON'T PICK UP NOWADAYS THIS WAY MISTER HOLMES IF YOU PLEASE THE KEEN INTEREST HAD PASSED OUT OF HOLMES'S EXPRESSIVE FACE AND I KNEW THAT WITH THE MYSTERY ALL THE CHARM OF THE CASE HAD DEPARTED THERE STILL REMAINED AN ARREST TO BE EFFECTED BUT WHAT WERE THESE COMMONPLACE ROGUES THAT HE SHOULD SOIL HIS HANDS WITH THEM AN ABSTRUSE AND LEARNED SPECIALIST WHO FINDS THAT HE HAS BEEN CALLED IN FOR A CASE OF MEASLES WOULD EXPERIENCE SOMETHING OF THE ANNOYANCE WHICH I READ IN MY FRIEND'S EYES YET THE SCENE IN THE DINING ROOM OF THE ABBEY GRANGE WAS SUFFICIENTLY STRANGE TO ARREST HIS ATTENTION AND TO RECALL HIS WANING INTEREST IT WAS A VERY LARGE AND HIGH CHAMBER WITH CARVED OAK CEILING OAKEN PANELLING AND A FINE ARRAY OF DEERS HEADS AND ANCIENT WEAPONS AROUND THE WALLS
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