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You walked round the room several times, and you knelt down by the body, and then you walked through and tried the kitchen door, and then——" John Rance sprang to his feet with a frightened face and suspicion in his eyes. HE WALKED ROUND THE ROOM SEVERAL TIMES AND YOU KNELT DOWN BY THE BODY AND THEN YOU WALKED THROUGH AND TRIED THE KITCHEN DOOR AND THEN JOHN RANCE SPRANG TO HIS FEET WITH A FRIGHTENED FACE AND SUSPICION IN HIS EYES
t did you do that for?” Rance gave a violent jump, and stared at Sherlock Holmes with the utmost amazement upon his features. “Why, that’s true, sir,” he said; “though how you come to know it, Heaven only knows. Ye see, when I got up to the door it was so still and so lonesome, that I thought I’d be none the worse for some one with me. I ain’t afeared of anything on this side o’ the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o’ the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him. The thought gave me a kind o’ turn, and I walked back to the gate to see if I could see Murcher’s lantern, but there wasn’t no sign of him nor of anyone else.” “There was no one in the street?” “Not a livin’ soul, sir, nor as much as a dog. Then I pulled myself together and went back and pushed the door open. All was quiet inside, so I went into the room where the light was a-burnin’. There was a candle flickerin’ on the mantelpiece—a red wax one—and by its light I saw——” “Yes, I know all that you saw. CK TO THE GARDEN GATE MY COMPANION INTERRUPTED WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FORCE GAVE A VIOLENT JUMP AND STARED AT SHERLOCK HOLMES WITH THE UTMOST AMAZEMENT UPON HIS FEATURES WHY THAT'S TRUE SIR HE SAID THOUGH HOW YOU COME TO KNOW IF HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS YOU SEE WHEN I GOT UP TO THE DOOR IT WAS SO STILL AND SO LONESOME THAT I THOUGHT I'D BE NONE THE WORSE FOR SOME ONE WITH ME I AIN'T AFEARD OF ANYTHING O THIS SIDE O THE GRAVE BUT I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT WAS HIM THAT DIED AT THE TYPHOID INSPECTING THE DRAINS WOULD KILL HIM THE THOUGHT GAVE ME A KIND OF TURN AND I WALKED BACK TO THE GATE TO SEE IF I COULD SEE MARCHER'S LANTERN BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF HIM NOR OF ANYONE ELSE THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE STREET NOT A LIVING SOUL SIR NOR AS MUCH AS A DOG THEN I PULLED MYSELF TOGETHER AND WENT BACK AND PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN ALL WAS QUIET INSIDE SO I WENT INTO THE ROOM WHERE THE LIGHT WAS BURNING THERE WAS A CANDLE FLICKERING ON THE MANTELPIECE A RED WAX ONE AND BY HIS LIGHT I SAW YES I KNOW ALL THAT YOU SAW
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