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"It seemed to me that my sudden appearance might shake his nerves and lead him to say something unguarded. The Boots volunteered to show me the room: it was on the second floor, and there was a small corridor leading up to it. The Boots pointed out the door to me, and was about to go downstairs again when I saw something that made me feel sickish, in spite of my twenty years' experience. IT SEEMED TO ME THAT MY SUDDEN APPEARANCE MIGHT SHAKE HIS NERVES AND LEAD HIM TO SAY SOMETHING UNGUARDED THE BOOTS VOLUNTEERED TO SHOW ME THE ROOM IT WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND THERE WAS A SMALL CORRIDOR LEADING UP TO IT THE BOOTS POINTED OUT THE DOOR TO ME AND WAS ABOUT TO GO DOWNSTAIRS AGAIN WHEN I SAW SOMETHING THAT MADE ME FEEL SICKISH IN SPITE OF MY TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE
ch upon the American boats. I then set to work calling upon all the hotels and lodging-houses in the vicinity of Euston. You see, I argued that if Drebber and his companion had become separated, the natural course for the latter would be to put up somewhere in the vicinity for the night, and then to hang about the station again next morning.” “They would be likely to agree on some meeting-place beforehand,” remarked Holmes. “So it proved. I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making enquiries entirely without avail. This morning I began very early, and at eight o’clock I reached Halliday’s Private Hotel, in Little George Street. On my enquiry as to whether a Mr. Stangerson was living there, they at once answered me in the affirmative. “‘No doubt you are the gentleman whom he was expecting,’ they said. ‘He has been waiting for a gentleman for two days.’ “‘Where is he now?’ I asked. “‘He is upstairs in bed. He wished to be called at nine.’ “‘I will go up and see him at once,’ I said. F THE MAN AND WARNING THEM TO KEEP A WATCH UPON THE AMERICAN BOATS I THEN SET TO WORK CALLING UPON ALL THE HOTELS AND LODGING HOUSES IN THE VICINITY OF EUSTON YOU SEE I ARGUED THAT IF DREBBER AND HIS COMPANION HAD BECOME SEPARATED THE NATURAL COURSE FOR THE LATTER WOULD BE TO PUT UP SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY FOR THE NIGHT AND THEN TO HANG ABOUT THE STATION AGAIN NEXT MORNING THEY WOULD BE LIKELY TO AGREE ON SOME MEETING PLACED BEFOREHAND REMARKED HOLMES SO IT PROVED I SPENT THE WHOLE OF YESTERDAY EVENING IN MAKING INQUIRIES ENTIRELY WITHOUT AVAIL THIS MORNING I BEGAN VERY EARLY AND AT EIGHT O'CLOCK I REACHED HALLIDAY'S PRIVATE HOTEL IN LITTLE JEWEL STREET ON MY INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER A MISTER STANGERSON WAS LIVING THERE THEY AT ONCE ANSWERED ME IN THE AFFIRMATIVE NO DOUBT YOU ARE THE GENTLEMAN WHOM HE WAS EXPECTING THEY SAID HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR A GENTLEMAN FOR TWO DAYS WHERE IS HE NOW I ASKED HE'S UPSTAIRS IN BED HE WISHED TO BE CALLED AT NINE I WILL GO UP AND SEE HIM AT ONCE I SAID
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