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A change had come over Holmes's manner. He had lost his listless expression, and again I saw an alert light of interest in his keen, deepset eyes. He raised the cork and examined it minutely. 'How did they draw it?' he asked. A CHANGE HAD COME OVER HOLMES'S MANNER HE HAD LOST HIS LISTLESS EXPRESSION AND AGAIN I SAW AN ALERT LIGHT OF INTEREST IN HIS KEEN DEEP SET EYES HE RAISED THE CORK AND EXAMINED IT MINUTELY HOW DO THEY DRAW IT HE ASKED
been lighted.' 'Yes, it was by their light, and that of the lady's bedroom candle, that the burglars saw their way about.' 'And what did they take?' 'Well, they did not take much--only half a dozen articles of plate off the sideboard. Lady Brackenstall thinks that they were themselves so disturbed by the death of Sir Eustace that they did not ransack the house, as they would otherwise have done.' 'No doubt that is true, and yet they drank some wine, I understand.' To steady their nerves.' 'Exactly. These three glasses upon the sideboard have been untouched, I suppose?' 'Yes, and the bottle stands as they left it.' 'Let us look at it. Halloa, halloa! What is this?' The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with wine, and one of them containing some dregs of beeswing. The bottle stood near them, two-thirds full, and beside it lay a long, deeply stained cork. Its appearance and the dust upon the bottle showed that it was no common vintage which the murderers had enjoyed. CT THEM I SEE THAT THE CANDLES AND THE MANTELPIECE HAVE BEEN LIGHTED YES IT WAS BY THEIR LIGHT AND THAT OF THE LADIES BEDROOM CANDLE THAT THE BURGLARS SAW THEIR WAY ABOUT AND WHAT DID THEY TAKE WELL THEY DID NOT TAKE MUCH ONLY HALF A DOZEN ARTICLES OF PLATE OF THE SIDEBOARD LADY BRACKENSTALL THINKS THAT THEY WERE THEMSELVES SO DISTURBED BY THE DEATH OF SIR EUSTACE THEY DID NOT RANSACK THE HOUSE AS THEY WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE DONE NO DOUBT THAT IS TRUE AND YET THEY DRANK SOME WINE I UNDERSTAND TO STEADY THEIR NERVES EXACTLY THESE THREE GLASSES UPON THE SIDEBOARD HAVE BEEN UNTOUCHED I SUPPOSE YES AND THE BOTTLE STANDS AS THEY LEFT IT LET US LOOK AT IT HALLO HALLO WHAT'S THIS THE THREE GLASSES WERE GROUPED TOGETHER ALL OF THEM TINGED WITH WINE AND ONE OF THEM CONTAINING SOME DREGS OF BEES WING THE BOTTLE STOOD NEAR THEM TWO THIRDS FULL AND BESIDE IT LAY A LONG DEEPLY STAINED CORK ITS APPEARANCE AND THE DUST UPON THE BOTTLE SHOWED THAT IT WAS NO COMMON VINTAGE WHICH THE MURDERERS HAD ENJOYED
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