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"Where was you hid to see all that?" he cried. "It seems to me that you knows a deal more than you should." Holmes laughed and threw his card across the table to the constable. "Don't get arresting me for the murder," he said. "I am one of the hounds and not the wolf; Mr. Gregson or Mr. Lestrade will answer for that. Go on, though. What did you do next?" Rance resumed his seat, without however losing his mystified expression. "I went back to the gate and sounded my whistle. That brought Murcher and two more to the spot." WHERE WAS YOU HID TO SEE ALL THAT HE CRIED IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU KNOWS A DEAL MORE'N YE SHOULD HOLMES LAUGHED AND THREW HIS CARD ACROSS THE TABLE TO THE CONSTABLE DON'T GET ARRESTING ME FOR THE MURDER HE SAID I AM ONE OF THE HOUNDS AND NOT THE WOLF MISTER GREGSON OR MISTER LESTRADE WILL ANSWER FOR THAT GO ON THOUGH WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT RANCE RESUMED HIS SEAT WITHOUT HOWEVER LOSING HIS MYSTIFIED EXPRESSION I WENT BACK TO THE GATE AND SOUNDED MY WHISTLE THAT BROUGHT MERCHER AND TWO MORE TO THE SPOT
hen I got up to the door it was so still and so lonesome, that I thought I’d be none the worse for some one with me. I ain’t afeared of anything on this side o’ the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o’ the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him. The thought gave me a kind o’ turn, and I walked back to the gate to see if I could see Murcher’s lantern, but there wasn’t no sign of him nor of anyone else.” “There was no one in the street?” “Not a livin’ soul, sir, nor as much as a dog. Then I pulled myself together and went back and pushed the door open. All was quiet inside, so I went into the room where the light was a-burnin’. There was a candle flickerin’ on the mantelpiece—a red wax one—and by its light I saw——” “Yes, I know all that you saw. You walked round the room several times, and you knelt down by the body, and then you walked through and tried the kitchen door, and then——” John Rance sprang to his feet with a frightened face and suspicion in his eyes. ME TO KNOW IF HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS YOU SEE WHEN I GOT UP TO THE DOOR IT WAS SO STILL AND SO LONESOME THAT I THOUGHT I'D BE NONE THE WORSE FOR SOME ONE WITH ME I AIN'T AFEARD OF ANYTHING O THIS SIDE O THE GRAVE BUT I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT WAS HIM THAT DIED AT THE TYPHOID INSPECTING THE DRAINS WOULD KILL HIM THE THOUGHT GAVE ME A KIND OF TURN AND I WALKED BACK TO THE GATE TO SEE IF I COULD SEE MARCHER'S LANTERN BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF HIM NOR OF ANYONE ELSE THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE STREET NOT A LIVING SOUL SIR NOR AS MUCH AS A DOG THEN I PULLED MYSELF TOGETHER AND WENT BACK AND PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN ALL WAS QUIET INSIDE SO I WENT INTO THE ROOM WHERE THE LIGHT WAS BURNING THERE WAS A CANDLE FLICKERING ON THE MANTELPIECE A RED WAX ONE AND BY HIS LIGHT I SAW YES I KNOW ALL THAT YOU SAW HE WALKED ROUND THE ROOM SEVERAL TIMES AND YOU KNELT DOWN BY THE BODY AND THEN YOU WALKED THROUGH AND TRIED THE KITCHEN DOOR AND THEN JOHN RANCE SPRANG TO HIS FEET WITH A FRIGHTENED FACE AND SUSPICION IN HIS EYES
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