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"He'd ha' found hisself in the station if we hadn't been so took up." "His face—his dress—didn't you notice them?" Holmes broke in impatiently. HE'D HAVE FOUND HIS SELF IN THE STATION IF WE HAD NOT BEEN SO TOOK UP HIS FACE HIS DRESS DIDN'T YOU NOTICE THEM HOLMES BROKE IN IMPATIENTLY
ble to the constable. “Don’t get arresting me for the murder,” he said. “I am one of the hounds and not the wolf; Mr. Gregson or Mr. Lestrade will answer for that. Go on, though. What did you do next?” Rance resumed his seat, without however losing his mystified expression. “I went back to the gate and sounded my whistle. That brought Murcher and two more to the spot.” “Was the street empty then?” “Well, it was, as far as anybody that could be of any good goes.” “What do you mean?” The constable’s features broadened into a grin. “I’ve seen many a drunk chap in my time,” he said, “but never anyone so cryin’ drunk as that cove. He was at the gate when I came out, a-leanin’ up agin the railings, and a-singin’ at the pitch o’ his lungs about Columbine’s New-fangled Banner, or some such stuff. He couldn’t stand, far less help.” “What sort of a man was he?” asked Sherlock Holmes. John Rance appeared to be somewhat irritated at this digression. “He was an uncommon drunk sort o’ man,” he said. MES LAUGHED AND THREW HIS CARD ACROSS THE TABLE TO THE CONSTABLE DON'T GET ARRESTING ME FOR THE MURDER HE SAID I AM ONE OF THE HOUNDS AND NOT THE WOLF MISTER GREGSON OR MISTER LESTRADE WILL ANSWER FOR THAT GO ON THOUGH WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT RANCE RESUMED HIS SEAT WITHOUT HOWEVER LOSING HIS MYSTIFIED EXPRESSION I WENT BACK TO THE GATE AND SOUNDED MY WHISTLE THAT BROUGHT MERCHER AND TWO MORE TO THE SPOT WAS THE STREET EMPTY THEN WELL IT WAS AS FAR AS ANYBODY THAT COULD BE OF ANY GOOD GOES WHAT D'YE MEAN THE CONSTABLE'S FEATURES BROADENED INTO A GRIN I'VE SEEN MANY A DRUNK CHAP IN MY TIME HE SAID BUT NEVER ANY ONE SO CRY AND DRUNK AS THAT COVE HE WAS AT THE GATE WHEN I CAME OUT A LEANING UP AGAIN THE RAILINGS AND A SINGING AT THE PITCH OF HIS LUNGSS ABOUT COLUMBINE'S NEW FANGLED BANNER OR SOME SUCH STUFF HE COULDN'T STAND FAR LESS HELP WHAT SORT OF A MAN WAS HE ASKED SHERLOCK HOLMES JOHN RANCE APPEARED TO BE SOMEWHAT IRRITATED AT THIS DIGRESSION HE WAS AN UNCOMMON DRUNK SORT OF MAN HE SAID
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