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At one o'clock it began to rain, and I met Harry Murcher—him who has the Holland Grove beat—and we stood together at the corner of Henrietta Street a talkin'. Presently—maybe about two or a little after—I thought I would take a look round and see that all was right down the Brixton Road. AT ONE O'CLOCK IT BEGAN TO RAIN AND I MET HARRY MURCHER HIM WHO HAS THE HOLLAND GROVE BEAT AND WE STOOD TOGETHER AT THE CORNER OF HENRIETTA STREET AT HARKEN PRESENTLY MAYBE ABOUT TWO OR A LITTLE AFTER I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE A LOOK ROUND AND SEE THAT I WAS RIGHT DOWN THE BRIXTON ROAD
o Number 46, the door of which was decorated with a small slip of brass on which the name Rance was engraved. On enquiry we found that the constable was in bed, and we were shown into a little front parlour to await his coming. He appeared presently, looking a little irritable at being disturbed in his slumbers. “I made my report at the office,” he said. Holmes took a half-sovereign from his pocket and played with it pensively. “We thought that we should like to hear it all from your own lips,” he said. “I shall be most happy to tell you anything I can,” the constable answered with his eyes upon the little golden disk. “Just let us hear it all in your own way as it occurred.” Rance sat down on the horsehair sofa, and knitted his brows as though determined not to omit anything in his narrative. “I’ll tell it ye from the beginning,” he said. “My time is from ten at night to six in the morning. At eleven there was a fight at the ‘White Hart’; but bar that all was quiet enough on the beat. RED LINEN UNTIL WE CAME TO NUMBER FORTY SIX THE DOOR OF WHICH WAS DECORATED WITH A SMALL SLIP OF BRASS ON WHICH THE NAME RANCE WAS ENGRAVED ON INQUIRY WE FOUND THAT THE CONSTABLE WAS IN BED AND WE WERE SHOWN INTO A LITTLE FRONT PARLOUR TO AWAIT HIS COMING HE APPEARED PRESENTLY LOOKING A LITTLE IRRITABLE AT BEING DISTURBED IN HIS SLUMBERS I MADE MY REPART AT THE OFFICE HE SAID HOLMES TOOK A HALF SOVEREIGN FROM HIS POCKET AND PLAYED WITH IT PENSIVELY WE THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT ALL FROM YOUR OWN LIPS HE SAID I SHOULD BE MOST HAPPY TO TELL YOU ANYTHING I CAN THE CONSTABLE ANSWERED WITH HIS EYES UPON THE LITTLE GOLDEN DISC JUST LET US HEAR IT ALL IN YOUR OWN WAY AS IT OCCURRED RANCE SAT DOWN ON THE HORSE HAIR SOFA AND KNITTED HIS BROWS AS THOUGH DETERMINED NOT TO OMIT ANYTHING IN HIS NARRATIVE I'LL TELL IT YE FROM THE BEGINNING HE SAID MY TIME IS FROM TEN AT NIGHT TO SIX IN THE MORNING AT ELEVEN THERE WAS A FIGHT AT THE WHITE HART BUT BAR THAT ALL WAS QUIET ENOUGH ON THE BEAT
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