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Gregson and Lestrade exchanged glances as if they thought this proposition rather a bold one; but Holmes at once took the prisoner at his word, and loosened the towel which we had bound round his ankles. He rose and stretched his legs, as though to assure himself that they were free once more. I remember that I thought to myself, as I eyed him, that I had seldom seen a more powerfully built man; and his dark sunburned face bore an expression of determination and energy which was as formidable as his personal strength. GREGSON AND LESTRADE EXCHANGED GLANCES AS IF THEY THOUGHT THIS PROPOSITION RATHER A BOLD ONE BUT HOLMES AT ONCE TOOK THE PRISONER AT HIS WORD AND LOOSENED THE TOWEL WHICH WE HAD BOUND ROUND HIS ANKLES HE ROSE AND STRETCHED HIS LEGS AS THOUGH TO ASSURE HIMSELF THAT THEY WERE FREE ONCE MORE I REMEMBER THAT I THOUGHT TO MYSELF AS I EYED HIM THAT I HAD SELDOM SEEN A MORE POWERFULLY BUILT MAN AND HIS DARK SUNBURNED FACE BORE AN EXPRESSION OF DETERMINATION AND ENERGY WHICH WAS AS FORMIDABLE AS HIS PERSONAL STRENGTH
the fugitives. When he reached St. Petersburg they had departed for Paris; and when he followed them there he learned that they had just set off for Copenhagen. At the Danish capital he was again a few days late, for they had journeyed on to London, where he at last succeeded in running them to earth. As to what occurred there, we cannot do better than quote the old hunter’s own account, as duly recorded in Dr. Watson’s Journal, to which we are already under such obligations. CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN WATSON, M.D. Our prisoner’s furious resistance did not apparently indicate any ferocity in his disposition towards ourselves, for on finding himself powerless, he smiled in an affable manner, and expressed his hopes that he had not hurt any of us in the scuffle. “I guess you’re going to take me to the police-station,” he remarked to Sherlock Holmes. “My cab’s at the door. If you’ll loose my legs I’ll walk down to it. I’m not so light to lift as I used to be.”  PART TWO CHAPTER SIX OF A STUDY IN SCARLET BY SIR ARTHUR CONE AND DOYLE THIS LIBER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY ROBERT DIXON CHAPTER SIX A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN WATSON M D OUR PRISONER'S FURIOUS RESISTANCE DID NOT APPARENTLY INDICATE ANY FEROCITY IN HIS DISPOSITION TOWARDS OURSELVES FOR ON FINDING HIMSELF POWERLESS HE SMILED IN AN AFFABLE MANNER AND EXPRESSED HIS HOPES THAT HE HAD NOT HURT ANY OF US IN THE SCUFFLE I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ME TO THE POLICE STATION HE REMARKED TO SHERLOCK HOLMES MY CAB'S AT THE DOOR IF YOU'LL LOOSE MY LEGS I'LL WALK DOWN TO IT I'M NOT SO LIGHT TO LIFT AS I USED TO BE
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