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'You should have no difficulty in getting him.' 'Not the slightest. We have been on the look out for him, and there was some idea that he had got away to America. Now that we know that the gang are here, I don't see how they can escape. We have the news at every seaport already, and a reward will be offered before evening. YOU SHOULD HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN GETTING HIM NOT THE SLIGHTEST WE'VE BEEN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HIM AND THERE WAS SOME IDEA HE'D GOT AWAY TO AMERICA NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THE GANG ARE HERE I DON'T SEE HOW THEY CAN ESCAPE WE HAVE THE NEWS EVERY SEAPORT ALREADY AND A REWARD WE OFFERED BEFORE EVENING
he fire. It was the body of a tall, well-made man, about forty years of age. He lay upon his back, his face upturned, with his white teeth grinning through his short, black beard. His two clenched hands were raised above his head, and a heavy, blackthorn stick lay across them. His dark, handsome, aquiline features were convulsed into a spasm of vindictive hatred, which had set his dead face in a terribly fiendish expression. He had evidently been in his bed when the alarm had broken out, for he wore a foppish, embroidered nightshirt, and his bare feet projected from his trousers. His head was horribly injured, and the whole room bore witness to the savage ferocity of the blow which had struck him down. Beside him lay the heavy poker, bent into a curve by the concussion. Holmes examined both it and the indescribable wreck which it had wrought. 'He must be a powerful man, this elder Randall,' he remarked. 'Yes,' said Hopkins. 'I have some record of the fellow, and he is a rough customer. HE TIGER SKIN HEARTH RUG IN FRONT OF THE FIRE IT WAS THE BODY OF A TALL WELL MADE MAN ABOUT FORTY YEARS OF AGE HE LAY UPON HIS BACK HIS FACE UPTURNED WITH HIS WHITE TEETH GRINNING THROUGH HIS SHORT BLACK BEARD HIS TWO CLENCHED HANDS WERE RAISED ABOVE HIS HEAD AND A HEAVY BLACKTHORN STICK LAY ACROSS THEM HIS DARK HANDSOME AQUILINE FEATURES WERE CONVULSED INTO A SPASM OF VINDICTIVE HATRED WHICH HAD SET HIS DEAD FACE INTO A TERRIBLY FIENDISH EXPRESSION HE HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN IN HIS BED WHEN THE ALARM HAD BROKEN OUT FOR HE WORE A FOPPISH EMBROIDERED NIGHT SHIRT AND HIS BARE FEET PROJECTED FROM HIS TROUSERS HIS HEAD WAS HORRIBLY INJURED AND THE WHOLE ROOM BORE WITNESS TO THE SAVAGE FEROCITY OF THE BLOW WHICH HAD STRUCK HIM DOWN BESIDE HIM LAY THE HEAVY POKER BENT INTO A CURVE BY THE CONCUSSION HOLMES EXAMINED IT AND THE INDESCRIBABLE WRECK WHICH IT HAD WROUGHT HE MUST BE A POWERFUL MAN THIS ELDER RANDALL HE REMARKED YES SAID HOPKINS I HAVE SOME RECORD OF THE FELLOW AND HE IS A ROUGH CUSTOMER
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