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"The man was seen," continued Lestrade. "A milk boy, passing on his way to the dairy, happened to walk down the lane which leads from the mews at the back of the hotel. He noticed that a ladder, which usually lay there, was raised against one of the windows of the second floor, which was wide open. THE MAN WAS SEEN CONTINUED LESTRADE A MILK BOY PASSING ON HIS WAY TO THE DAIRY HAPPENED TO WALK DOWN THE LINE WHICH LEADS FROM THE MEWS AT THE BACK OF THE HOTEL HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE LADDER WHICH USUALLY LAY THERE WAS RAISED AGAINST ONE OF THE WINDOWS OF THE SECOND FLOOR WHICH WAS WIDE OPEN
 was open, and beside the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his nightdress. He was quite dead, and had been for some time, for his limbs were rigid and cold. When we turned him over, the Boots recognized him at once as being the same gentleman who had engaged the room under the name of Joseph Stangerson. The cause of death was a deep stab in the left side, which must have penetrated the heart. And now comes the strangest part of the affair. What do you suppose was above the murdered man?” I felt a creeping of the flesh, and a presentiment of coming horror, even before Sherlock Holmes answered. “The word RACHE, written in letters of blood,” he said. “That was it,” said Lestrade, in an awe-struck voice; and we were all silent for a while. There was something so methodical and so incomprehensible about the deeds of this unknown assassin, that it imparted a fresh ghastliness to his crimes. My nerves, which were steady enough on the field of battle tingled as I thought of it. CKED IT IN THE WINDOW OF THE ROOM WAS OPEN AND BESIDE THE WINDOW ALL HUDDLED UP LAY THE BODY OF A MAN IN HIS NIGHT DRESS HE WAS QUITE DEAD AND HAD BEEN FOR SOME TIME FOR HIS LIMBS WERE RIGID AND COLD WHEN WE TURNED HIM OVER THE BOOTS RECOGNIZED HIM AT ONCE AS BEING THE SAME GENTLEMAN WHO HAD ENGAGED THE ROOM UNDER THE NAME OF JOSEPH STANGERSON THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A DEEP STAB IN THE LEFT SIDE WHICH MUST HAVE PENETRATED THE HEART AND NOW COMES THE STRANGEST PART OF THE AFFAIR WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE WAS ABOVE THE MURDERED MAN I FELT A CREEPING OF THE FLESH AND A PRESENTIMENT OF COMING HORROR EVEN BEFORE SHERLOCK HOLMES ANSWERED THE WORD RACHA WRITTEN IN LETTERS OF BLOOD HE SAID THAT IS IT SAID LESTRADE IN AN AWESTRUCK VOICE AND WE WERE ALL SILENT FOR A WHILE THERE WAS SOMETHING SO METHODICAL AND SO INCOMPREHENSIBLE ABOUT THE DEEDS OF THIS UNKNOWN ASSASSIN THAT IT IMPARTED A FRESH GHASTLINESS TO HIS CRIMES MY NERVES WHICH WERE STEADY ENOUGH ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE TINGLED AS I THOUGHT OF IT
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