text: We had learned of the existence of this steward , an impulsive man , of strong passions -- you remember that he threw up what must have been a very superior berth in order to be nearer to his wife -- subject , too , to occasional fits of hard drinking .

text: We

text: had

text: learned

text: of

text: the

text: existence

text: of

text: this

text: steward

text: an

text: impulsive

text: man

text: of

text: strong

text: passions

text: you

text: remember

text: that

text: he

text: threw

text: up

text: what

text: must

text: have

text: been

text: a

text: very

text: superior

text: berth

text: in

text: order

text: to

text: be

text: nearer

text: to

text: his

text: wife

text: subject

text: too

text: to

text: occasional

text: fits

text: of

text: hard

text: drinking


text: We had reason to believe that his wife had been murdered , and that a man -- presumably a seafaring man -- had been murdered at the same time .

text: We

text: had

text: reason

text: to

text: believe

text: that

text: his

text: wife

text: had

text: been

text: murdered

text: and

text: that

text: a

text: man

text: presumably

text: a

text: seafaring

text: man

text: had

text: been

text: murdered

text: at

text: the

text: same

text: time


text: Jealousy , of course , at once suggests itself as the motive for the crime .

text: Jealousy

text: of

text: course

text: at

text: once

text: suggests

text: itself

text: as

text: the

text: motive

text: for

text: the

text: crime


text: And why should these proofs of the deed be sent to Miss Sarah Cushing ?

text: And

text: why

text: should

text: these

text: proofs

text: of

text: the

text: deed

text: be

text: sent

text: to

text: Miss

text: Sarah

text: Cushing


text: Probably because during her residence in Liverpool she had some hand in bringing about the events which led to the tragedy .

text: Probably

text: because

text: during

text: her

text: residence

text: in

text: Liverpool

text: she

text: had

text: some

text: hand

text: in

text: bringing

text: about

text: the

text: events

text: which

text: led

text: to

text: the

text: tragedy


text: You will observe that this line of boats call at Belfast , Dublin , and Waterford ; so that , presuming that Browner had committed the deed and had embarked at once upon his steamer , the May Day , Belfast would be the first place at which he could post his terrible packet .

text: You

text: will

text: observe

text: that

text: this

text: line

text: of

text: boats

text: call

text: at

text: Belfast

text: Dublin

text: and

text: Waterford

text: so

text: that

text: presuming

text: that

text: Browner

text: had

text: committed

text: the

text: deed

text: and

text: had

text: embarked

text: at

text: once

text: upon

text: his

text: steamer

text: the

text: May

text: Day

text: Belfast

text: would

text: be

text: the

text: first

text: place

text: at

text: which

text: he

text: could

text: post

text: his

text: terrible

text: packet


text: `` A second solution was at this stage obviously possible , and although I thought it exceedingly unlikely , I was determined to elucidate it before going further .

label: CUE

label: SCOPE

text: A

text: second

text: solution

text: was

text: at

text: this

text: stage

text: obviously

text: possible

text: and

text: although

text: I

text: thought

text: it

text: exceedingly

text: unlikely

text: I

text: was

text: determined

text: to

text: elucidate

text: it

text: before

text: going

text: further


text: An unsuccessful lover might have killed Mr. and Mrs. Browner , and the male ear might have belonged to the husband .

text: An

text: unsuccessful

text: lover

text: might

text: have

text: killed

text: Mr.

text: and

text: Mrs.

text: Browner

text: and

text: the

text: male

text: ear

text: might

text: have

text: belonged

text: to

text: the

text: husband


text: There were many grave objections to this theory , but it was conceivable .

text: There

text: were

text: many

text: grave

text: objections

text: to

text: this

text: theory

text: but

text: it

text: was

text: conceivable


text: I therefore sent off a telegram to my friend Algar , of the Liverpool force , and asked him to find out if Mrs. Browner were at home , and if Browner had departed in the May Day .

text: I

text: therefore

text: sent

text: off

text: a

text: telegram

text: to

text: my

text: friend

text: Algar

text: of

text: the

text: Liverpool

text: force

text: and

text: asked

text: him

text: to

text: find

text: out

text: if

text: Mrs.

text: Browner

text: were

text: at

text: home

text: and

text: if

text: Browner

text: had

text: departed

text: in

text: the

text: May

text: Day


text: Then we went on to Wallington to visit Miss Sarah .

text: Then

text: we

text: went

text: on

text: to

text: Wallington

text: to

text: visit

text: Miss

text: Sarah


text: `` I was curious , in the first place , to see how far the family ear had been reproduced in her .

text: I

text: was

text: curious

text: in

text: the

text: first

text: place

text: to

text: see

text: how

text: far

text: the

text: family

text: ear

text: had

text: been

text: reproduced

text: in

text: her


text: Then , of course , she might give us very important information , but I was not sanguine that she would .

text: Then

text: of

text: course

text: she

text: might

text: give

text: us

text: very

text: important

text: information

text: but

text: I

text: was

text: not

text: sanguine

text: that

text: she

text: would


text: She must have heard of the business the day before , since all Croydon was ringing with it , and she alone could have understood for whom the packet was meant .

text: She

text: must

text: have

text: heard

text: of

text: the

text: business

text: the

text: day

text: before

text: since

text: all

text: Croydon

text: was

text: ringing

text: with

text: it

text: and

text: she

text: alone

text: could

text: have

text: understood

text: for

text: whom

text: the

text: packet

text: was

text: meant


text: If she had been willing to help justice she would probably have communicated with the police already .

text: If

text: she

text: had

text: been

text: willing

text: to

text: help

text: justice

text: she

text: would

text: probably

text: have

text: communicated

text: with

text: the

text: police

text: already


text: However , it was clearly our duty to see her , so we went .

text: However

text: it

text: was

text: clearly

text: our

text: duty

text: to

text: see

text: her

text: so

text: we

text: went


text: We found that the news of the arrival of the packet -- for her illness dated from that time -- had such an effect upon her as to bring on brain fever .

text: We

text: found

text: that

text: the

text: news

text: of

text: the

text: arrival

text: of

text: the

text: packet

text: for

text: her

text: illness

text: dated

text: from

text: that

text: time

text: had

text: such

text: an

text: effect

text: upon

text: her

text: as

text: to

text: bring

text: on

text: brain

text: fever


text: It was clearer than ever that she understood its full significance , but equally clear that we should have to wait some time for any assistance from her .

text: It

text: was

text: clearer

text: than

text: ever

text: that

text: she

text: understood

text: its

text: full

text: significance

text: but

text: equally

text: clear

text: that

text: we

text: should

text: have

text: to

text: wait

text: some

text: time

text: for

text: any

text: assistance

text: from

text: her


text: `` However , we were really independent of her help .

text: However

text: we

text: were

text: really

text: independent

text: of

text: her

text: help


text: Our answers were waiting for us at the police-station , where I had directed Algar to send them .

text: Our

text: answers

text: were

text: waiting

text: for

text: us

text: at

text: the

text: police-station

text: where

text: I

text: had

text: directed

text: Algar

text: to

text: send

text: them


text: Nothing could be more conclusive .

text: Nothing

text: could

text: be

text: more

text: conclusive


text: Mrs. Browner 's house had been closed for more than three days , and the neighbours were of opinion that she had gone south to see her relatives .

text: Mrs.

text: Browner

text: 's

text: house

text: had

text: been

text: closed

text: for

text: more

text: than

text: three

text: days

text: and

text: the

text: neighbours

text: were

text: of

text: opinion

text: that

text: she

text: had

text: gone

text: south

text: to

text: see

text: her

text: relatives


text: It had been ascertained at the shipping offices that Browner had left aboard of the May Day , and I calculate that she is due in the Thames tomorrow night .

text: It

text: had

text: been

text: ascertained

text: at

text: the

text: shipping

text: offices

text: that

text: Browner

text: had

text: left

text: aboard

text: of

text: the

text: May

text: Day

text: and

text: I

text: calculate

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: due

text: in

text: the

text: Thames

text: tomorrow

text: night


text: When he arrives he will be met by the obtuse but resolute Lestrade , and I have no doubt that we shall have all our details filled in . ''

text: When

text: he

text: arrives

text: he

text: will

text: be

text: met

text: by

text: the

text: obtuse

text: but

text: resolute

text: Lestrade

text: and

text: I

text: have

text: no

text: doubt

text: that

text: we

text: shall

text: have

text: all

text: our

text: details

text: filled

text: in


text: Sherlock Holmes was not disappointed in his expectations .

text: Sherlock

text: Holmes

text: was

text: not

text: disappointed

text: in

text: his

text: expectations


text: Two days later he received a bulky envelope , which contained a short note from the detective , and a typewritten document , which covered several pages of foolscap .

text: Two

text: days

text: later

text: he

text: received

text: a

text: bulky

text: envelope

text: which

text: contained

text: a

text: short

text: note

text: from

text: the

text: detective

text: and

text: a

text: typewritten

text: document

text: which

text: covered

text: several

text: pages

text: of

text: foolscap


text: `` Lestrade has got him all right , '' said Holmes , glancing up at me .

text: Lestrade

text: has

text: got

text: him

text: all

text: right

text: said

text: Holmes

text: glancing

text: up

text: at

text: me


text: `` Perhaps it would interest you to hear what he says .

text: Perhaps

text: it

text: would

text: interest

text: you

text: to

text: hear

text: what

text: he

text: says


text: `` My dear Mr. Holmes :

text: My

text: dear

text: Mr.

text: Holmes


text: In accordance with the scheme which we had formed in order to test our theories '' [ `` the ` we ' is rather fine , Watson , is it not ? '' ] `` I went down to the Albert Dock yesterday at 6 p.m. , and boarded the S.S. May Day , belonging to the Liverpool , Dublin , and London Steam Packet Company .

text: In

text: accordance

text: with

text: the

text: scheme

text: which

text: we

text: had

text: formed

text: in

text: order

text: to

text: test

text: our

text: theories

text: the

text: we

text: is

text: rather

text: fine

text: Watson

text: is

text: it

text: not

text: I

text: went

text: down

text: to

text: the

text: Albert

text: Dock

text: yesterday

text: at

text: p.m.

text: and

text: boarded

text: the

text: S.S.

text: May

text: Day

text: belonging

text: to

text: the

text: Liverpool

text: Dublin

text: and

text: London

text: Steam

text: Packet

text: Company


text: On inquiry , I found that there was a steward on board of the name of James Browner and that he had acted during the voyage in such an extraordinary manner that the captain had been compelled to relieve him of his duties .

text: On

text: inquiry

text: I

text: found

text: that

text: there

text: was

text: a

text: steward

text: on

text: board

text: of

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: James

text: Browner

text: and

text: that

text: he

text: had

text: acted

text: during

text: the

text: voyage

text: in

text: such

text: an

text: extraordinary

text: manner

text: that

text: the

text: captain

text: had

text: been

text: compelled

text: to

text: relieve

text: him

text: of

text: his

text: duties


text: On descending to his berth , I found him seated upon a chest with his head sunk upon his hands , rocking himself to and fro .

text: On

text: descending

text: to

text: his

text: berth

text: I

text: found

text: him

text: seated

text: upon

text: a

text: chest

text: with

text: his

text: head

text: sunk

text: upon

text: his

text: hands

text: rocking

text: himself

text: to

text: and

text: fro


text: He is a big , powerful chap , clean-shaven , and very swarthy -- something like Aldrige , who helped us in the bogus laundry affair .

text: He

text: is

text: a

text: big

text: powerful

text: chap

text: clean-shaven

text: and

text: very

text: swarthy

text: something

text: like

text: Aldrige

text: who

text: helped

text: us

text: in

text: the

text: bogus

text: laundry

text: affair


text: He jumped up when he heard my business , and I had my whistle to my lips to call a couple of river police , who were round the corner , but he seemed to have no heart in him , and he held out his hands quietly enough for the darbies .

text: He

text: jumped

text: up

text: when

text: he

text: heard

text: my

text: business

text: and

text: I

text: had

text: my

text: whistle

text: to

text: my

text: lips

text: to

text: call

text: a

text: couple

text: of

text: river

text: police

text: who

text: were

text: round

text: the

text: corner

text: but

text: he

text: seemed

text: to

text: have

text: no

text: heart

text: in

text: him

text: and

text: he

text: held

text: out

text: his

text: hands

text: quietly

text: enough

text: for

text: the

text: darbies


text: We brought him along to the cells , and his box as well , for we thought there might be something incriminating ; but , bar a big sharp knife such as most sailors have , we got nothing for our trouble .

text: We

text: brought

text: him

text: along

text: to

text: the

text: cells

text: and

text: his

text: box

text: as

text: well

text: for

text: we

text: thought

text: there

text: might

text: be

text: something

text: incriminating

text: but

text: bar

text: a

text: big

text: sharp

text: knife

text: such

text: as

text: most

text: sailors

text: have

text: we

text: got

text: nothing

text: for

text: our

text: trouble


text: However , we find that we shall want no more evidence , for on being brought before the inspector at the station he asked leave to make a statement , which was , of course , taken down , just as he made it , by our shorthand man .

text: However

text: we

text: find

text: that

text: we

text: shall

text: want

text: no

text: more

text: evidence

text: for

text: on

text: being

text: brought

text: before

text: the

text: inspector

text: at

text: the

text: station

text: he

text: asked

text: leave

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: statement

text: which

text: was

text: of

text: course

text: taken

text: down

text: just

text: as

text: he

text: made

text: it

text: by

text: our

text: shorthand

text: man


text: We had three copies typewritten , one of which I enclose .

text: We

text: had

text: three

text: copies

text: typewritten

text: one

text: of

text: which

text: I

text: enclose


text: The affair proves , as I always thought it would , to be an extremely simple one , but I am obliged to you for assisting me in my investigation .

text: The

text: affair

text: proves

text: as

text: I

text: always

text: thought

text: it

text: would

text: to

text: be

text: an

text: extremely

text: simple

text: one

text: but

text: I

text: am

text: obliged

text: to

text: you

text: for

text: assisting

text: me

text: in

text: my

text: investigation


text: With kind regards ,

text: With

text: kind

text: regards


text: `` Yours very truly ,

text: Yours

text: very

text: truly


text: `` G. Lestrade .

text: G.

text: Lestrade


text: `` Hum !

text: Hum


text: The investigation really was a very simple one , '' remarked Holmes , `` but I do n't think it struck him in that light when he first called us in .

text: The

text: investigation

text: really

text: was

text: a

text: very

text: simple

text: one

text: remarked

text: Holmes

text: but

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: it

text: struck

text: him

text: in

text: that

text: light

text: when

text: he

text: first

text: called

text: us

text: in


text: However , let us see what Jim Browner has to say for himself .

text: However

text: let

text: us

text: see

text: what

text: Jim

text: Browner

text: has

text: to

text: say

text: for

text: himself


text: This is his statement as made before Inspector Montgomery at the Shadwell Police Station , and it has the advantage of being verbatim . ''

text: This

text: is

text: his

text: statement

text: as

text: made

text: before

text: Inspector

text: Montgomery

text: at

text: the

text: Shadwell

text: Police

text: Station

text: and

text: it

text: has

text: the

text: advantage

text: of

text: being

text: verbatim


text: `` ` Have I anything to say ?

text: Have

text: I

text: anything

text: to

text: say


text: Yes , I have a deal to say .

text: Yes

text: I

text: have

text: a

text: deal

text: to

text: say


text: I have to make a clean breast of it all .

text: I

text: have

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: clean

text: breast

text: of

text: it

text: all


text: You can hang me , or you can leave me alone .

text: You

text: can

text: hang

text: me

text: or

text: you

text: can

text: leave

text: me

text: alone


text: I do n't care a plug which you do .

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: care

text: a

text: plug

text: which

text: you

text: do


text: I tell you I 've not shut an eye in sleep since I did it , and I do n't believe I ever will again until I get past all waking .

text: I

text: tell

text: you

text: I

text: 've

text: not

text: shut

text: an

text: eye

text: in

text: sleep

text: since

text: I

text: did

text: it

text: and

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: believe

text: I

text: ever

text: will

text: again

text: until

text: I

text: get

text: past

text: all

text: waking


text: Sometimes it 's his face , but most generally it 's hers .

text: Sometimes

text: it

text: 's

text: his

text: face

text: but

text: most

text: generally

text: it

text: 's

text: hers


text: I 'm never without one or the other before me .

text: I

text: 'm

text: never

text: without

text: one

text: or

text: the

text: other

text: before

text: me


text: He looks frowning and black-like , but she has a kind o ' surprise upon her face .

text: He

text: looks

text: frowning

text: and

text: black-like

text: but

text: she

text: has

text: a

text: kind

text: o

text: surprise

text: upon

text: her

text: face


text: Ay , the white lamb , she might well be surprised when she read death on a face that had seldom looked anything but love upon her before .

text: Ay

text: the

text: white

text: lamb

text: she

text: might

text: well

text: be

text: surprised

text: when

text: she

text: read

text: death

text: on

text: a

text: face

text: that

text: had

text: seldom

text: looked

text: anything

text: but

text: love

text: upon

text: her

text: before


text: `` ` But it was Sarah 's fault , and may the curse of a broken man put a blight on her and set the blood rotting in her veins !

text: But

text: it

text: was

text: Sarah

text: 's

text: fault

text: and

text: may

text: the

text: curse

text: of

text: a

text: broken

text: man

text: put

text: a

text: blight

text: on

text: her

text: and

text: set

text: the

text: blood

text: rotting

text: in

text: her

text: veins


text: It 's not that I want to clear myself .

text: It

text: 's

text: not

text: that

text: I

text: want

text: to

text: clear

text: myself


text: I know that I went back to drink , like the beast that I was .

text: I

text: know

text: that

text: I

text: went

text: back

text: to

text: drink

text: like

text: the

text: beast

text: that

text: I

text: was


text: But she would have forgiven me ; she would have stuck as close to me as a rope to a block if that woman had never darkened our door .

text: But

text: she

text: would

text: have

text: forgiven

text: me

text: she

text: would

text: have

text: stuck

text: as

text: close

text: to

text: me

text: as

text: a

text: rope

text: to

text: a

text: block

text: if

text: that

text: woman

text: had

text: never

text: darkened

text: our

text: door


text: For Sarah Cushing loved me -- that 's the root of the business -- she loved me until all her love turned to poisonous hate when she knew that I thought more of my wife 's footmark in the mud than I did of her whole body and soul .

text: For

text: Sarah

text: Cushing

text: loved

text: me

text: that

text: 's

text: the

text: root

text: of

text: the

text: business

text: she

text: loved

text: me

text: until

text: all

text: her

text: love

text: turned

text: to

text: poisonous

text: hate

text: when

text: she

text: knew

text: that

text: I

text: thought

text: more

text: of

text: my

text: wife

text: 's

text: footmark

text: in

text: the

text: mud

text: than

text: I

text: did

text: of

text: her

text: whole

text: body

text: and

text: soul


text: `` ` There were three sisters altogether .

text: There

text: were

text: three

text: sisters

text: altogether


text: The old one was just a good woman , the second was a devil , and the third was an angel .

text: The

text: old

text: one

text: was

text: just

text: a

text: good

text: woman

text: the

text: second

text: was

text: a

text: devil

text: and

text: the

text: third

text: was

text: an

text: angel


text: Sarah was thirty-three , and Mary was twenty-nine when I married .

text: Sarah

text: was

text: thirty-three

text: and

text: Mary

text: was

text: twenty-nine

text: when

text: I

text: married


text: We were just as happy as the day was long when we set up house together , and in all Liverpool there was no better woman than my Mary .

text: We

text: were

text: just

text: as

text: happy

text: as

text: the

text: day

text: was

text: long

text: when

text: we

text: set

text: up

text: house

text: together

text: and

text: in

text: all

text: Liverpool

text: there

text: was

text: no

text: better

text: woman

text: than

text: my

text: Mary


text: And then we asked Sarah up for a week , and the week grew into a month , and one thing led to another , until she was just one of ourselves .

text: And

text: then

text: we

text: asked

text: Sarah

text: up

text: for

text: a

text: week

text: and

text: the

text: week

text: grew

text: into

text: a

text: month

text: and

text: one

text: thing

text: led

text: to

text: another

text: until

text: she

text: was

text: just

text: one

text: of

text: ourselves


text: `` ` I was blue ribbon at that time , and we were putting a little money by , and all was as bright as a new dollar .

text: I

text: was

text: blue

text: ribbon

text: at

text: that

text: time

text: and

text: we

text: were

text: putting

text: a

text: little

text: money

text: by

text: and

text: all

text: was

text: as

text: bright

text: as

text: a

text: new

text: dollar


text: My God , whoever would have thought that it could have come to this ?

text: My

text: God

text: whoever

text: would

text: have

text: thought

text: that

text: it

text: could

text: have

text: come

text: to

text: this


text: Whoever would have dreamed it ?

text: Whoever

text: would

text: have

text: dreamed

text: it


text: `` ` I used to be home for the week-ends very often , and sometimes if the ship were held back for cargo I would have a whole week at a time , and in this way I saw a deal of my sister-in-law , Sarah .

text: I

text: used

text: to

text: be

text: home

text: for

text: the

text: week-ends

text: very

text: often

text: and

text: sometimes

text: if

text: the

text: ship

text: were

text: held

text: back

text: for

text: cargo

text: I

text: would

text: have

text: a

text: whole

text: week

text: at

text: a

text: time

text: and

text: in

text: this

text: way

text: I

text: saw

text: a

text: deal

text: of

text: my

text: sister-in-law

text: Sarah


text: She was a fine tall woman , black and quick and fierce , with a proud way of carrying her head , and a glint from her eye like a spark from a flint .

text: She

text: was

text: a

text: fine

text: tall

text: woman

text: black

text: and

text: quick

text: and

text: fierce

text: with

text: a

text: proud

text: way

text: of

text: carrying

text: her

text: head

text: and

text: a

text: glint

text: from

text: her

text: eye

text: like

text: a

text: spark

text: from

text: a

text: flint


text: But when little Mary was there I had never a thought of her , and that I swear as I hope for God 's mercy .

text: But

text: when

text: little

text: Mary

text: was

text: there

text: I

text: had

text: never

text: a

text: thought

text: of

text: her

text: and

text: that

text: I

text: swear

text: as

text: I

text: hope

text: for

text: God

text: 's

text: mercy


text: `` ` It had seemed to me sometimes that she liked to be alone with me , or to coax me out for a walk with her , but I had never thought anything of that .

text: It

text: had

text: seemed

text: to

text: me

text: sometimes

text: that

text: she

text: liked

text: to

text: be

text: alone

text: with

text: me

text: or

text: to

text: coax

text: me

text: out

text: for

text: a

text: walk

text: with

text: her

text: but

text: I

text: had

text: never

text: thought

text: anything

text: of

text: that


text: But one evening my eyes were opened .

text: But

text: one

text: evening

text: my

text: eyes

text: were

text: opened


text: I had come up from the ship and found my wife out , but Sarah at home .

text: I

text: had

text: come

text: up

text: from

text: the

text: ship

text: and

text: found

text: my

text: wife

text: out

text: but

text: Sarah

text: at

text: home


text: `` Where 's Mary ? '' I asked .

text: Where

text: 's

text: Mary

text: I

text: asked


text: `` Oh , she has gone to pay some accounts . ''

text: Oh

text: she

text: has

text: gone

text: to

text: pay

text: some

text: accounts


text: I was impatient and paced up and down the room .

text: I

text: was

text: impatient

text: and

text: paced

text: up

text: and

text: down

text: the

text: room


text: `` Ca n't you be happy for five minutes without Mary , Jim ? '' says she .

text: Ca

text: n't

text: you

text: be

text: happy

text: for

text: five

text: minutes

text: without

text: Mary

text: Jim

text: says

text: she


text: `` It 's a bad compliment to me that you ca n't be contented with my society for so short a time . ''

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: bad

text: compliment

text: to

text: me

text: that

text: you

text: ca

text: n't

text: be

text: contented

text: with

text: my

text: society

text: for

text: so

text: short

text: a

text: time


text: `` That 's all right , my lass , '' said I , putting out my hand towards her in a kindly way , but she had it in both hers in an instant , and they burned as if they were in a fever .

text: That

text: 's

text: all

text: right

text: my

text: lass

text: said

text: I

text: putting

text: out

text: my

text: hand

text: towards

text: her

text: in

text: a

text: kindly

text: way

text: but

text: she

text: had

text: it

text: in

text: both

text: hers

text: in

text: an

text: instant

text: and

text: they

text: burned

text: as

text: if

text: they

text: were

text: in

text: a

text: fever


text: I looked into her eyes and I read it all there .

text: I

text: looked

text: into

text: her

text: eyes

text: and

text: I

text: read

text: it

text: all

text: there


text: There was no need for her to speak , nor for me either .

text: There

text: was

text: no

text: need

text: for

text: her

text: to

text: speak

text: nor

text: for

text: me

text: either


text: There

text: was

text: no

text: need

text: for

text: her

text: to

text: speak

text: nor

text: for

text: me

text: either


text: I frowned and drew my hand away .

text: I

text: frowned

text: and

text: drew

text: my

text: hand

text: away


text: Then she stood by my side in silence for a bit , and then put up her hand and patted me on the shoulder .

text: Then

text: she

text: stood

text: by

text: my

text: side

text: in

text: silence

text: for

text: a

text: bit

text: and

text: then

text: put

text: up

text: her

text: hand

text: and

text: patted

text: me

text: on

text: the

text: shoulder


text: `` Steady old Jim ! '' said she , and with a kind o ' mocking laugh , she ran out of the room .

text: Steady

text: old

text: Jim

text: said

text: she

text: and

text: with

text: a

text: kind

text: o

text: mocking

text: laugh

text: she

text: ran

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: room


text: `` ` Well , from that time Sarah hated me with her whole heart and soul , and she is a woman who can hate , too .

text: Well

text: from

text: that

text: time

text: Sarah

text: hated

text: me

text: with

text: her

text: whole

text: heart

text: and

text: soul

text: and

text: she

text: is

text: a

text: woman

text: who

text: can

text: hate

text: too


text: I was a fool to let her go on biding with us -- a besotted fool -- but I never said a word to Mary , for I knew it would grieve her .

text: I

text: was

text: a

text: fool

text: to

text: let

text: her

text: go

text: on

text: biding

text: with

text: us

text: a

text: besotted

text: fool

text: but

text: I

text: never

text: said

text: a

text: word

text: to

text: Mary

text: for

text: I

text: knew

text: it

text: would

text: grieve

text: her


text: Things went on much as before , but after a time I began to find that there was a bit of a change in Mary herself .

text: Things

text: went

text: on

text: much

text: as

text: before

text: but

text: after

text: a

text: time

text: I

text: began

text: to

text: find

text: that

text: there

text: was

text: a

text: bit

text: of

text: a

text: change

text: in

text: Mary

text: herself


text: She had always been so trusting and so innocent , but now she became queer and suspicious , wanting to know where I had been and what I had been doing , and whom my letters were from , and what I had in my pockets , and a thousand such follies .

text: She

text: had

text: always

text: been

text: so

text: trusting

text: and

text: so

text: innocent

text: but

text: now

text: she

text: became

text: queer

text: and

text: suspicious

text: wanting

text: to

text: know

text: where

text: I

text: had

text: been

text: and

text: what

text: I

text: had

text: been

text: doing

text: and

text: whom

text: my

text: letters

text: were

text: from

text: and

text: what

text: I

text: had

text: in

text: my

text: pockets

text: and

text: a

text: thousand

text: such

text: follies


text: Day by day she grew queerer and more irritable , and we had ceaseless rows about nothing .

text: Day

text: by

text: day

text: she

text: grew

text: queerer

text: and

text: more

text: irritable

text: and

text: we

text: had

text: ceaseless

text: rows

text: about

text: nothing


text: I was fairly puzzled by it all .

text: I

text: was

text: fairly

text: puzzled

text: by

text: it

text: all


text: Sarah avoided me now , but she and Mary were just inseparable .

text: Sarah

text: avoided

text: me

text: now

text: but

text: she

text: and

text: Mary

text: were

text: just

text: inseparable


text: I can see now how she was plotting and scheming and poisoning my wife 's mind against me , but I was such a blind beetle that I could not understand it at the time .

text: I

text: can

text: see

text: now

text: how

text: she

text: was

text: plotting

text: and

text: scheming

text: and

text: poisoning

text: my

text: wife

text: 's

text: mind

text: against

text: me

text: but

text: I

text: was

text: such

text: a

text: blind

text: beetle

text: that

text: I

text: could

text: not

text: understand

text: it

text: at

text: the

text: time


text: Then I broke my blue ribbon and began to drink again , but I think I should not have done it if Mary had been the same as ever .

text: Then

text: I

text: broke

text: my

text: blue

text: ribbon

text: and

text: began

text: to

text: drink

text: again

text: but

text: I

text: think

text: I

text: should

text: not

text: have

text: done

text: it

text: if

text: Mary

text: had

text: been

text: the

text: same

text: as

text: ever


text: She had some reason to be disgusted with me now , and the gap between us began to be wider and wider .

text: She

text: had

text: some

text: reason

text: to

text: be

text: disgusted

text: with

text: me

text: now

text: and

text: the

text: gap

text: between

text: us

text: began

text: to

text: be

text: wider

text: and

text: wider


text: And then this Alec Fairbairn chipped in , and things became a thousand times blacker .

text: And

text: then

text: this

text: Alec

text: Fairbairn

text: chipped

text: in

text: and

text: things

text: became

text: a

text: thousand

text: times

text: blacker


text: `` ` It was to see Sarah that he came to my house first , but soon it was to see us , for he was a man with winning ways , and he made friends wherever he went .

text: It

text: was

text: to

text: see

text: Sarah

text: that

text: he

text: came

text: to

text: my

text: house

text: first

text: but

text: soon

text: it

text: was

text: to

text: see

text: us

text: for

text: he

text: was

text: a

text: man

text: with

text: winning

text: ways

text: and

text: he

text: made

text: friends

text: wherever

text: he

text: went


text: He was a dashing , swaggering chap , smart and curled , who had seen half the world and could talk of what he had seen .

text: He

text: was

text: a

text: dashing

text: swaggering

text: chap

text: smart

text: and

text: curled

text: who

text: had

text: seen

text: half

text: the

text: world

text: and

text: could

text: talk

text: of

text: what

text: he

text: had

text: seen


text: He was good company , I wo n't deny it , and he had wonderful polite ways with him for a sailor man , so that I think there must have been a time when he knew more of the poop than the forecastle .

text: He

text: was

text: good

text: company

text: I

text: wo

text: n't

text: deny

text: it

text: and

text: he

text: had

text: wonderful

text: polite

text: ways

text: with

text: him

text: for

text: a

text: sailor

text: man

text: so

text: that

text: I

text: think

text: there

text: must

text: have

text: been

text: a

text: time

text: when

text: he

text: knew

text: more

text: of

text: the

text: poop

text: than

text: the

text: forecastle


text: For a month he was in and out of my house , and never once did it cross my mind that harm might come of his soft , tricky ways .

text: For

text: a

text: month

text: he

text: was

text: in

text: and

text: out

text: of

text: my

text: house

text: and

text: never

text: once

text: did

text: it

text: cross

text: my

text: mind

text: that

text: harm

text: might

text: come

text: of

text: his

text: soft

text: tricky

text: ways


text: And then at last something made me suspect , and from that day my peace was gone forever .

text: And

text: then

text: at

text: last

text: something

text: made

text: me

text: suspect

text: and

text: from

text: that

text: day

text: my

text: peace

text: was

text: gone

text: forever


text: `` ` It was only a little thing , too .

text: It

text: was

text: only

text: a

text: little

text: thing

text: too


text: I had come into the parlour unexpected , and as I walked in at the door I saw a light of welcome on my wife 's face .

text: I

text: had

text: come

text: into

text: the

text: parlour

text: unexpected

text: and

text: as

text: I

text: walked

text: in

text: at

text: the

text: door

text: I

text: saw

text: a

text: light

text: of

text: welcome

text: on

text: my

text: wife

text: 's

text: face


text: But as she saw who it was it faded again , and she turned away with a look of disappointment .

text: But

text: as

text: she

text: saw

text: who

text: it

text: was

text: it

text: faded

text: again

text: and

text: she

text: turned

text: away

text: with

text: a

text: look

text: of

text: disappointment


text: That was enough for me .

text: That

text: was

text: enough

text: for

text: me


text: There was no one but Alec Fairbairn whose step she could have mistaken for mine .

text: There

text: was

text: no

text: one

text: but

text: Alec

text: Fairbairn

text: whose

text: step

text: she

text: could

text: have

text: mistaken

text: for

text: mine


text: If I could have seen him then I should have killed him , for I have always been like a madman when my temper gets loose .

text: If

text: I

text: could

text: have

text: seen

text: him

text: then

text: I

text: should

text: have

text: killed

text: him

text: for

text: I

text: have

text: always

text: been

text: like

text: a

text: madman

text: when

text: my

text: temper

text: gets

text: loose


text: Mary saw the devil 's light in my eyes , and she ran forward with her hands on my sleeve .

text: Mary

text: saw

text: the

text: devil

text: 's

text: light

text: in

text: my

text: eyes

text: and

text: she

text: ran

text: forward

text: with

text: her

text: hands

text: on

text: my

text: sleeve


text: `` Do n't , Jim , do n't ! '' says she .

text: Do

text: n't

text: Jim

text: do

text: n't

text: says

text: she


text: `` Where 's Sarah ? '' I asked .

text: Where

text: 's

text: Sarah

text: I

text: asked


text: `` In the kitchen , '' says she .

text: In

text: the

text: kitchen

text: says

text: she


text: `` Sarah , '' says I as I went in , `` this man Fairbairn is never to darken my door again . ''

text: Sarah

text: says

text: I

text: as

text: I

text: went

text: in

text: this

text: man

text: Fairbairn

text: is

text: never

text: to

text: darken

text: my

text: door

text: again


text: `` Why not ? '' says she .

text: Why

text: not

text: says

text: she


text: `` Because I order it . ''

text: Because

text: I

text: order

text: it


text: `` Oh ! '' says she , `` if my friends are not good enough for this house , then I am not good enough for it either . ''

text: Oh

text: says

text: she

text: if

text: my

text: friends

text: are

text: not

text: good

text: enough

text: for

text: this

text: house

text: then

text: I

text: am

text: not

text: good

text: enough

text: for

text: it

text: either


text: Oh

text: says

text: she

text: if

text: my

text: friends

text: are

text: not

text: good

text: enough

text: for

text: this

text: house

text: then

text: I

text: am

text: not

text: good

text: enough

text: for

text: it

text: either


text: `` You can do what you like , '' says I , `` but if Fairbairn shows his face here again I 'll send you one of his ears for a keepsake . ''

text: You

text: can

text: do

text: what

text: you

text: like

text: says

text: I

text: but

text: if

text: Fairbairn

text: shows

text: his

text: face

text: here

text: again

text: I

text: 'll

text: send

text: you

text: one

text: of

text: his

text: ears

text: for

text: a

text: keepsake


text: She was frightened by my face , I think , for she never answered a word , and the same evening she left my house .

text: She

text: was

text: frightened

text: by

text: my

text: face

text: I

text: think

text: for

text: she

text: never

text: answered

text: a

text: word

text: and

text: the

text: same

text: evening

text: she

text: left

text: my

text: house


text: `` ` Well , I do n't know now whether it was pure devilry on the part of this woman , or whether she thought that she could turn me against my wife by encouraging her to misbehave .

text: Well

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: now

text: whether

text: it

text: was

text: pure

text: devilry

text: on

text: the

text: part

text: of

text: this

text: woman

text: or

text: whether

text: she

text: thought

text: that

text: she

text: could

text: turn

text: me

text: against

text: my

text: wife

text: by

text: encouraging

text: her

text: to

text: misbehave


text: Anyway , she took a house just two streets off and let lodgings to sailors .

text: Anyway

text: she

text: took

text: a

text: house

text: just

text: two

text: streets

text: off

text: and

text: let

text: lodgings

text: to

text: sailors


text: Fairbairn used to stay there , and Mary would go round to have tea with her sister and him .

text: Fairbairn

text: used

text: to

text: stay

text: there

text: and

text: Mary

text: would

text: go

text: round

text: to

text: have

text: tea

text: with

text: her

text: sister

text: and

text: him


text: How often she went I do n't know , but I followed her one day , and as I broke in at the door Fairbairn got away over the back garden wall , like the cowardly skunk that he was .

text: How

text: often

text: she

text: went

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: but

text: I

text: followed

text: her

text: one

text: day

text: and

text: as

text: I

text: broke

text: in

text: at

text: the

text: door

text: Fairbairn

text: got

text: away

text: over

text: the

text: back

text: garden

text: wall

text: like

text: the

text: cowardly

text: skunk

text: that

text: he

text: was


text: I swore to my wife that I would kill her if I found her in his company again , and I led her back with me , sobbing and trembling , and as white as a piece of paper .

text: I

text: swore

text: to

text: my

text: wife

text: that

text: I

text: would

text: kill

text: her

text: if

text: I

text: found

text: her

text: in

text: his

text: company

text: again

text: and

text: I

text: led

text: her

text: back

text: with

text: me

text: sobbing

text: and

text: trembling

text: and

text: as

text: white

text: as

text: a

text: piece

text: of

text: paper


text: There was no trace of love between us any longer .

text: There

text: was

text: no

text: trace

text: of

text: love

text: between

text: us

text: any

text: longer


text: I could see that she hated me and feared me , and when the thought of it drove me to drink , then she despised me as well .

text: I

text: could

text: see

text: that

text: she

text: hated

text: me

text: and

text: feared

text: me

text: and

text: when

text: the

text: thought

text: of

text: it

text: drove

text: me

text: to

text: drink

text: then

text: she

text: despised

text: me

text: as

text: well


text: `` ` Well , Sarah found that she could not make a living in Liverpool , so she went back , as I understand , to live with her sister in Croydon , and things jogged on much the same as ever at home .

text: Well

text: Sarah

text: found

text: that

text: she

text: could

text: not

text: make

text: a

text: living

text: in

text: Liverpool

text: so

text: she

text: went

text: back

text: as

text: I

text: understand

text: to

text: live

text: with

text: her

text: sister

text: in

text: Croydon

text: and

text: things

text: jogged

text: on

text: much

text: the

text: same

text: as

text: ever

text: at

text: home


text: And then came this week and all the misery and ruin .

text: And

text: then

text: came

text: this

text: week

text: and

text: all

text: the

text: misery

text: and

text: ruin


text: `` 'It was in this way .

text: 'It

text: was

text: in

text: this

text: way


text: We had gone on the May Day for a round voyage of seven days , but a hogshead got loose and started one of our plates , so that we had to put back into port for twelve hours .

text: We

text: had

text: gone

text: on

text: the

text: May

text: Day

text: for

text: a

text: round

text: voyage

text: of

text: seven

text: days

text: but

text: a

text: hogshead

text: got

text: loose

text: and

text: started

text: one

text: of

text: our

text: plates

text: so

text: that

text: we

text: had

text: to

text: put

text: back

text: into

text: port

text: for

text: twelve

text: hours


text: I left the ship and came home , thinking what a surprise it would be for my wife , and hoping that maybe she would be glad to see me so soon .

text: I

text: left

text: the

text: ship

text: and

text: came

text: home

text: thinking

text: what

text: a

text: surprise

text: it

text: would

text: be

text: for

text: my

text: wife

text: and

text: hoping

text: that

text: maybe

text: she

text: would

text: be

text: glad

text: to

text: see

text: me

text: so

text: soon


text: The thought was in my head as I turned into my own street , and at that moment a cab passed me , and there she was , sitting by the side of Fairbairn , the two chatting and laughing , with never a thought for me as I stood watching them from the footpath .

text: The

text: thought

text: was

text: in

text: my

text: head

text: as

text: I

text: turned

text: into

text: my

text: own

text: street

text: and

text: at

text: that

text: moment

text: a

text: cab

text: passed

text: me

text: and

text: there

text: she

text: was

text: sitting

text: by

text: the

text: side

text: of

text: Fairbairn

text: the

text: two

text: chatting

text: and

text: laughing

text: with

text: never

text: a

text: thought

text: for

text: me

text: as

text: I

text: stood

text: watching

text: them

text: from

text: the

text: footpath


text: `` ` I tell you , and I give you my word for it , that from that moment I was not my own master , and it is all like a dim dream when I look back on it .

text: I

text: tell

text: you

text: and

text: I

text: give

text: you

text: my

text: word

text: for

text: it

text: that

text: from

text: that

text: moment

text: I

text: was

text: not

text: my

text: own

text: master

text: and

text: it

text: is

text: all

text: like

text: a

text: dim

text: dream

text: when

text: I

text: look

text: back

text: on

text: it


text: I had been drinking hard of late , and the two things together fairly turned my brain .

text: I

text: had

text: been

text: drinking

text: hard

text: of

text: late

text: and

text: the

text: two

text: things

text: together

text: fairly

text: turned

text: my

text: brain


text: There 's something throbbing in my head now , like a docker 's hammer , but that morning I seemed to have all Niagara whizzing and buzzing in my ears .

text: There

text: 's

text: something

text: throbbing

text: in

text: my

text: head

text: now

text: like

text: a

text: docker

text: 's

text: hammer

text: but

text: that

text: morning

text: I

text: seemed

text: to

text: have

text: all

text: Niagara

text: whizzing

text: and

text: buzzing

text: in

text: my

text: ears


text: `` 'Well , I took to my heels , and I ran after the cab .

text: 'Well

text: I

text: took

text: to

text: my

text: heels

text: and

text: I

text: ran

text: after

text: the

text: cab


text: I had a heavy oak stick in my hand , and I tell you I saw red from the first ; but as I ran I got cunning , too , and hung back a little to see them without being seen .

text: I

text: had

text: a

text: heavy

text: oak

text: stick

text: in

text: my

text: hand

text: and

text: I

text: tell

text: you

text: I

text: saw

text: red

text: from

text: the

text: first

text: but

text: as

text: I

text: ran

text: I

text: got

text: cunning

text: too

text: and

text: hung

text: back

text: a

text: little

text: to

text: see

text: them

text: without

text: being

text: seen


text: They pulled up soon at the railway station .

text: They

text: pulled

text: up

text: soon

text: at

text: the

text: railway

text: station


text: There was a good crowd round the booking-office , so I got quite close to them without being seen .

text: There

text: was

text: a

text: good

text: crowd

text: round

text: the

text: booking-office

text: so

text: I

text: got

text: quite

text: close

text: to

text: them

text: without

text: being

text: seen


text: They took tickets for New Brighton .

text: They

text: took

text: tickets

text: for

text: New

text: Brighton


text: So did I , but I got in three carriages behind them .

text: So

text: did

text: I

text: but

text: I

text: got

text: in

text: three

text: carriages

text: behind

text: them


text: When we reached it they walked along the Parade , and I was never more than a hundred yards from them .

text: When

text: we

text: reached

text: it

text: they

text: walked

text: along

text: the

text: Parade

text: and

text: I

text: was

text: never

text: more

text: than

text: a

text: hundred

text: yards

text: from

text: them


text: At last I saw them hire a boat and start for a row , for it was a very hot day , and they thought , no doubt , that it would be cooler on the water .

text: At

text: last

text: I

text: saw

text: them

text: hire

text: a

text: boat

text: and

text: start

text: for

text: a

text: row

text: for

text: it

text: was

text: a

text: very

text: hot

text: day

text: and

text: they

text: thought

text: no

text: doubt

text: that

text: it

text: would

text: be

text: cooler

text: on

text: the

text: water


text: `` ` It was just as if they had been given into my hands .

text: It

text: was

text: just

text: as

text: if

text: they

text: had

text: been

text: given

text: into

text: my

text: hands


text: There was a bit of a haze , and you could not see more than a few hundred yards .

text: There

text: was

text: a

text: bit

text: of

text: a

text: haze

text: and

text: you

text: could

text: not

text: see

text: more

text: than

text: a

text: few

text: hundred

text: yards


text: I hired a boat for myself , and I pulled after them .

text: I

text: hired

text: a

text: boat

text: for

text: myself

text: and

text: I

text: pulled

text: after

text: them


text: I could see the blur of their craft , but they were going nearly as fast as I , and they must have been a long mile from the shore before I caught them up .

text: I

text: could

text: see

text: the

text: blur

text: of

text: their

text: craft

text: but

text: they

text: were

text: going

text: nearly

text: as

text: fast

text: as

text: I

text: and

text: they

text: must

text: have

text: been

text: a

text: long

text: mile

text: from

text: the

text: shore

text: before

text: I

text: caught

text: them

text: up


text: The haze was like a curtain all round us , and there were we three in the middle of it .

text: The

text: haze

text: was

text: like

text: a

text: curtain

text: all

text: round

text: us

text: and

text: there

text: were

text: we

text: three

text: in

text: the

text: middle

text: of

text: it


text: My God , shall I ever forget their faces when they saw who was in the boat that was closing in upon them ?

text: My

text: God

text: shall

text: I

text: ever

text: forget

text: their

text: faces

text: when

text: they

text: saw

text: who

text: was

text: in

text: the

text: boat

text: that

text: was

text: closing

text: in

text: upon

text: them


text: She screamed out .

text: She

text: screamed

text: out


text: He swore like a madman and jabbed at me with an oar , for he must have seen death in my eyes .

text: He

text: swore

text: like

text: a

text: madman

text: and

text: jabbed

text: at

text: me

text: with

text: an

text: oar

text: for

text: he

text: must

text: have

text: seen

text: death

text: in

text: my

text: eyes


text: I got past it and got one in with my stick that crushed his head like an egg .

text: I

text: got

text: past

text: it

text: and

text: got

text: one

text: in

text: with

text: my

text: stick

text: that

text: crushed

text: his

text: head

text: like

text: an

text: egg


text: I would have spared her , perhaps , for all my madness , but she threw her arms round him , crying out to him , and calling him `` Alec . ''

text: I

text: would

text: have

text: spared

text: her

text: perhaps

text: for

text: all

text: my

text: madness

text: but

text: she

text: threw

text: her

text: arms

text: round

text: him

text: crying

text: out

text: to

text: him

text: and

text: calling

text: him

text: Alec


text: I struck again , and she lay stretched beside him .

text: I

text: struck

text: again

text: and

text: she

text: lay

text: stretched

text: beside

text: him


text: I was like a wild beast then that had tasted blood .

text: I

text: was

text: like

text: a

text: wild

text: beast

text: then

text: that

text: had

text: tasted

text: blood


text: If Sarah had been there , by the Lord , she should have joined them .

text: If

text: Sarah

text: had

text: been

text: there

text: by

text: the

text: Lord

text: she

text: should

text: have

text: joined

text: them


text: I pulled out my knife , and -- well , there !

text: I

text: pulled

text: out

text: my

text: knife

text: and

text: well

text: there


text: I 've said enough .

text: I

text: 've

text: said

text: enough


text: It gave me a kind of savage joy when I thought how Sarah would feel when she had such signs as these of what her meddling had brought about .

text: It

text: gave

text: me

text: a

text: kind

text: of

text: savage

text: joy

text: when

text: I

text: thought

text: how

text: Sarah

text: would

text: feel

text: when

text: she

text: had

text: such

text: signs

text: as

text: these

text: of

text: what

text: her

text: meddling

text: had

text: brought

text: about


text: Then I tied the bodies into the boat , stove a plank , and stood by until they had sunk .

text: Then

text: I

text: tied

text: the

text: bodies

text: into

text: the

text: boat

text: stove

text: a

text: plank

text: and

text: stood

text: by

text: until

text: they

text: had

text: sunk


text: I knew very well that the owner would think that they had lost their bearings in the haze , and had drifted off out to sea .

text: I

text: knew

text: very

text: well

text: that

text: the

text: owner

text: would

text: think

text: that

text: they

text: had

text: lost

text: their

text: bearings

text: in

text: the

text: haze

text: and

text: had

text: drifted

text: off

text: out

text: to

text: sea


text: I cleaned myself up , got back to land , and joined my ship without a soul having a suspicion of what had passed .

text: I

text: cleaned

text: myself

text: up

text: got

text: back

text: to

text: land

text: and

text: joined

text: my

text: ship

text: without

text: a

text: soul

text: having

text: a

text: suspicion

text: of

text: what

text: had

text: passed


text: That night I made up the packet for Sarah Cushing , and next day I sent it from Belfast .

text: That

text: night

text: I

text: made

text: up

text: the

text: packet

text: for

text: Sarah

text: Cushing

text: and

text: next

text: day

text: I

text: sent

text: it

text: from

text: Belfast


text: `` ` There you have the whole truth of it .

text: There

text: you

text: have

text: the

text: whole

text: truth

text: of

text: it


text: You can hang me , or do what you like with me , but you can not punish me as I have been punished already .

text: You

text: can

text: hang

text: me

text: or

text: do

text: what

text: you

text: like

text: with

text: me

text: but

text: you

text: can

text: not

text: punish

text: me

text: as

text: I

text: have

text: been

text: punished

text: already


text: I can not shut my eyes but I see those two faces staring at me -- staring at me as they stared when my boat broke through the haze .

text: I

text: can

text: not

text: shut

text: my

text: eyes

text: but

text: I

text: see

text: those

text: two

text: faces

text: staring

text: at

text: me

text: staring

text: at

text: me

text: as

text: they

text: stared

text: when

text: my

text: boat

text: broke

text: through

text: the

text: haze


text: I killed them quick , but they are killing me slow ; and if I have another night of it I shall be either mad or dead before morning .

text: I

text: killed

text: them

text: quick

text: but

text: they

text: are

text: killing

text: me

text: slow

text: and

text: if

text: I

text: have

text: another

text: night

text: of

text: it

text: I

text: shall

text: be

text: either

text: mad

text: or

text: dead

text: before

text: morning


text: You wo n't put me alone into a cell , sir ?

text: You

text: wo

text: n't

text: put

text: me

text: alone

text: into

text: a

text: cell

text: sir


text: For pity 's sake do n't , and may you be treated in your day of agony as you treat me now . '

text: For

text: pity

text: 's

text: sake

text: do

text: n't

text: and

text: may

text: you

text: be

text: treated

text: in

text: your

text: day

text: of

text: agony

text: as

text: you

text: treat

text: me

text: now


text: `` What is the meaning of it , Watson ? '' said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper .

text: What

text: is

text: the

text: meaning

text: of

text: it

text: Watson

text: said

text: Holmes

text: solemnly

text: as

text: he

text: laid

text: down

text: the

text: paper


text: `` What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear ?

text: What

text: object

text: is

text: served

text: by

text: this

text: circle

text: of

text: misery

text: and

text: violence

text: and

text: fear


text: It must tend to some end , or else our universe is ruled by chance , which is unthinkable .

text: It

text: must

text: tend

text: to

text: some

text: end

text: or

text: else

text: our

text: universe

text: is

text: ruled

text: by

text: chance

text: which

text: is

text: unthinkable


text: But what end ?

text: But

text: what

text: end


text: There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever . ''

text: There

text: is

text: the

text: great

text: standing

text: perennial

text: problem

text: to

text: which

text: human

text: reason

text: is

text: as

text: far

text: from

text: an

text: answer

text: as

text: ever


text: `` Well , Mrs. Warren , I can not see that you have any particular cause for uneasiness , nor do I understand why I , whose time is of some value , should interfere in the matter .

text: Well

text: Mrs.

text: Warren

text: I

text: can

text: not

text: see

text: that

text: you

text: have

text: any

text: particular

text: cause

text: for

text: uneasiness

text: nor

text: do

text: I

text: understand

text: why

text: I

text: whose

text: time

text: is

text: of

text: some

text: value

text: should

text: interfere

text: in

text: the

text: matter


text: Well

text: Mrs.

text: Warren

text: I

text: can

text: not

text: see

text: that

text: you

text: have

text: any

text: particular

text: cause

text: for

text: uneasiness

text: nor

text: do

text: I

text: understand

text: why

text: I

text: whose

text: time

text: is

text: of

text: some

text: value

text: should

text: interfere

text: in

text: the

text: matter


text: I really have other things to engage me . ''

text: I

text: really

text: have

text: other

text: things

text: to

text: engage

text: me


text: So spoke Sherlock Holmes and turned back to the great scrapbook in which he was arranging and indexing some of his recent material .

text: So

text: spoke

text: Sherlock

text: Holmes

text: and

text: turned

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: great

text: scrapbook

text: in

text: which

text: he

text: was

text: arranging

text: and

text: indexing

text: some

text: of

text: his

text: recent

text: material


text: But the landlady had the pertinacity and also the cunning of her sex .

text: But

text: the

text: landlady

text: had

text: the

text: pertinacity

text: and

text: also

text: the

text: cunning

text: of

text: her

text: sex


text: She held her ground firmly .

text: She

text: held

text: her

text: ground

text: firmly


text: `` You arranged an affair for a lodger of mine last year , '' she said -- `` Mr. Fairdale Hobbs . ''

text: You

text: arranged

text: an

text: affair

text: for

text: a

text: lodger

text: of

text: mine

text: last

text: year

text: she

text: said

text: Mr.

text: Fairdale

text: Hobbs


text: `` Ah , yes -- a simple matter . ''

text: Ah

text: yes

text: a

text: simple

text: matter


text: `` But he would never cease talking of it -- your kindness , sir , and the way in which you brought light into the darkness .

text: But

text: he

text: would

text: never

text: cease

text: talking

text: of

text: it

text: your

text: kindness

text: sir

text: and

text: the

text: way

text: in

text: which

text: you

text: brought

text: light

text: into

text: the

text: darkness


text: I remembered his words when I was in doubt and darkness myself .

text: I

text: remembered

text: his

text: words

text: when

text: I

text: was

text: in

text: doubt

text: and

text: darkness

text: myself


text: I know you could if you only would . ''

text: I

text: know

text: you

text: could

text: if

text: you

text: only

text: would


text: Holmes was accessible upon the side of flattery , and also , to do him justice , upon the side of kindliness .

text: Holmes

text: was

text: accessible

text: upon

text: the

text: side

text: of

text: flattery

text: and

text: also

text: to

text: do

text: him

text: justice

text: upon

text: the

text: side

text: of

text: kindliness


text: The two forces made him lay down his gum-brush with a sigh of resignation and push back his chair .

text: The

text: two

text: forces

text: made

text: him

text: lay

text: down

text: his

text: gum-brush

text: with

text: a

text: sigh

text: of

text: resignation

text: and

text: push

text: back

text: his

text: chair


text: `` Well , well , Mrs. Warren , let us hear about it , then .

text: Well

text: well

text: Mrs.

text: Warren

text: let

text: us

text: hear

text: about

text: it

text: then


text: You do n't object to tobacco , I take it ?

text: You

text: do

text: n't

text: object

text: to

text: tobacco

text: I

text: take

text: it


text: Thank you , Watson -- the matches !

text: Thank

text: you

text: Watson

text: the

text: matches


text: You are uneasy , as I understand , because your new lodger remains in his rooms and you can not see him .

text: You

text: are

text: uneasy

text: as

text: I

text: understand

text: because

text: your

text: new

text: lodger

text: remains

text: in

text: his

text: rooms

text: and

text: you

text: can

text: not

text: see

text: him


text: Why , bless you , Mrs. Warren , if I were your lodger you often would not see me for weeks on end . ''

text: Why

text: bless

text: you

text: Mrs.

text: Warren

text: if

text: I

text: were

text: your

text: lodger

text: you

text: often

text: would

text: not

text: see

text: me

text: for

text: weeks

text: on

text: end


text: `` No doubt , sir ; but this is different .

text: No

text: doubt

text: sir

text: but

text: this

text: is

text: different


text: It frightens me , Mr. Holmes .

text: It

text: frightens

text: me

text: Mr.

text: Holmes


text: I ca n't sleep for fright .

text: I

text: ca

text: n't

text: sleep

text: for

text: fright


text: To hear his quick step moving here and moving there from early morning to late at night , and yet never to catch so much as a glimpse of him -- it 's more than I can stand .

text: To

text: hear

text: his

text: quick

text: step

text: moving

text: here

text: and

text: moving

text: there

text: from

text: early

text: morning

text: to

text: late

text: at

text: night

text: and

text: yet

text: never

text: to

text: catch

text: so

text: much

text: as

text: a

text: glimpse

text: of

text: him

text: it

text: 's

text: more

text: than

text: I

text: can

text: stand


text: My husband is as nervous over it as I am , but he is out at his work all day , while I get no rest from it .

text: My

text: husband

text: is

text: as

text: nervous

text: over

text: it

text: as

text: I

text: am

text: but

text: he

text: is

text: out

text: at

text: his

text: work

text: all

text: day

text: while

text: I

text: get

text: no

text: rest

text: from

text: it


text: What is he hiding for ?

text: What

text: is

text: he

text: hiding

text: for


text: What has he done ?

text: What

text: has

text: he

text: done


text: Except for the girl , I am all alone in the house with him , and it 's more than my nerves can stand . ''

text: Except

text: for

text: the

text: girl

text: I

text: am

text: all

text: alone

text: in

text: the

text: house

text: with

text: him

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: more

text: than

text: my

text: nerves

text: can

text: stand


text: Holmes leaned forward and laid his long , thin fingers upon the woman 's shoulder .

text: Holmes

text: leaned

text: forward

text: and

text: laid

text: his

text: long

text: thin

text: fingers

text: upon

text: the

text: woman

text: 's

text: shoulder


text: He had an almost hypnotic power of soothing when he wished .

text: He

text: had

text: an

text: almost

text: hypnotic

text: power

text: of

text: soothing

text: when

text: he

text: wished


text: The scared look faded from her eyes , and her agitated features smoothed into their usual commonplace .

text: The

text: scared

text: look

text: faded

text: from

text: her

text: eyes

text: and

text: her

text: agitated

text: features

text: smoothed

text: into

text: their

text: usual

text: commonplace


text: She sat down in the chair which he had indicated .

text: She

text: sat

text: down

text: in

text: the

text: chair

text: which

text: he

text: had

text: indicated


text: `` If I take it up I must understand every detail , '' said he .

text: If

text: I

text: take

text: it

text: up

text: I

text: must

text: understand

text: every

text: detail

text: said

text: he


text: `` Take time to consider .

text: Take

text: time

text: to

text: consider


text: The smallest point may be the most essential .

text: The

text: smallest

text: point

text: may

text: be

text: the

text: most

text: essential


text: You say that the man came ten days ago and paid you for a fortnight 's board and lodging ? ''

text: You

text: say

text: that

text: the

text: man

text: came

text: ten

text: days

text: ago

text: and

text: paid

text: you

text: for

text: a

text: fortnight

text: 's

text: board

text: and

text: lodging


text: `` He asked my terms , sir .

text: He

text: asked

text: my

text: terms

text: sir


text: I said fifty shillings a week .

text: I

text: said

text: fifty

text: shillings

text: a

text: week


text: There is a small sitting-room and bedroom , and all complete , at the top of the house . ''

text: There

text: is

text: a

text: small

text: sitting-room

text: and

text: bedroom

text: and

text: all

text: complete

text: at

text: the

text: top

text: of

text: the

text: house


text: `` Well ? ''

text: Well


text: `` He said , ` I 'll pay you five pounds a week if I can have it on my own terms . '

text: He

text: said

text: I

text: 'll

text: pay

text: you

text: five

text: pounds

text: a

text: week

text: if

text: I

text: can

text: have

text: it

text: on

text: my

text: own

text: terms


text: I 'm a poor woman , sir , and Mr. Warren earns little , and the money meant much to me .

text: I

text: 'm

text: a

text: poor

text: woman

text: sir

text: and

text: Mr.

text: Warren

text: earns

text: little

text: and

text: the

text: money

text: meant

text: much

text: to

text: me


text: He took out a ten-pound note , and he held it out to me then and there .

text: He

text: took

text: out

text: a

text: ten-pound

text: note

text: and

text: he

text: held

text: it

text: out

text: to

text: me

text: then

text: and

text: there


text: ` You can have the same every fortnight for a long time to come if you keep the terms , ' he said .

text: You

text: can

text: have

text: the

text: same

text: every

text: fortnight

text: for

text: a

text: long

text: time

text: to

text: come

text: if

text: you

text: keep

text: the

text: terms

text: he

text: said


text: ` If not , I 'll have no more to do with you . '

text: If

text: not

text: I

text: 'll

text: have

text: no

text: more

text: to

text: do

text: with

text: you


text: If

text: not

text: I

text: 'll

text: have

text: no

text: more

text: to

text: do

text: with

text: you


text: `` What were the terms ? ''

text: What

text: were

text: the

text: terms


text: `` Well , sir , they were that he was to have a key of the house .

text: Well

text: sir

text: they

text: were

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: to

text: have

text: a

text: key

text: of

text: the

text: house


text: That was all right .

text: That

text: was

text: all

text: right


text: Lodgers often have them .

text: Lodgers

text: often

text: have

text: them


text: Also , that he was to be left entirely to himself and never , upon any excuse , to be disturbed . ''

text: Also

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: to

text: be

text: left

text: entirely

text: to

text: himself

text: and

text: never

text: upon

text: any

text: excuse

text: to

text: be

text: disturbed


text: `` Nothing wonderful in that , surely ? ''

text: Nothing

text: wonderful

text: in

text: that

text: surely


text: `` Not in reason , sir .

text: Not

text: in

text: reason

text: sir


text: But this is out of all reason .

text: But

text: this

text: is

text: out

text: of

text: all

text: reason


text: He has been there for ten days , and neither Mr. Warren , nor I , nor the girl has once set eyes upon him .

text: He

text: has

text: been

text: there

text: for

text: ten

text: days

text: and

text: neither

text: Mr.

text: Warren

text: nor

text: I

text: nor

text: the

text: girl

text: has

text: once

text: set

text: eyes

text: upon

text: him


text: We can hear that quick step of his pacing up and down , up and down , night , morning , and noon ; but except on that first night he had never once gone out of the house . ''

text: We

text: can

text: hear

text: that

text: quick

text: step

text: of

text: his

text: pacing

text: up

text: and

text: down

text: up

text: and

text: down

text: night

text: morning

text: and

text: noon

text: but

text: except

text: on

text: that

text: first

text: night

text: he

text: had

text: never

text: once

text: gone

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: house


text: `` Oh , he went out the first night , did he ? ''

text: Oh

text: he

text: went

text: out

text: the

text: first

text: night

text: did

text: he


text: `` Yes , sir , and returned very late -- after we were all in bed .

text: Yes

text: sir

text: and

text: returned

text: very

text: late

text: after

text: we

text: were

text: all

text: in

text: bed


text: He told me after he had taken the rooms that he would do so and asked me not to bar the door .

text: He

text: told

text: me

text: after

text: he

text: had

text: taken

text: the

text: rooms

text: that

text: he

text: would

text: do

text: so

text: and

text: asked

text: me

text: not

text: to

text: bar

text: the

text: door


text: I heard him come up the stair after midnight . ''

text: I

text: heard

text: him

text: come

text: up

text: the

text: stair

text: after

text: midnight


text: `` But his meals ? ''

text: But

text: his

text: meals


text: `` It was his particular direction that we should always , when he rang , leave his meal upon a chair , outside his door .

text: It

text: was

text: his

text: particular

text: direction

text: that

text: we

text: should

text: always

text: when

text: he

text: rang

text: leave

text: his

text: meal

text: upon

text: a

text: chair

text: outside

text: his

text: door


text: Then he rings again when he has finished , and we take it down from the same chair .

text: Then

text: he

text: rings

text: again

text: when

text: he

text: has

text: finished

text: and

text: we

text: take

text: it

text: down

text: from

text: the

text: same

text: chair


text: If he wants anything else he prints it on a slip of paper and leaves it . ''

text: If

text: he

text: wants

text: anything

text: else

text: he

text: prints

text: it

text: on

text: a

text: slip

text: of

text: paper

text: and

text: leaves

text: it


text: `` Prints it ? ''

text: Prints

text: it


text: `` Yes , sir ; prints it in pencil .

text: Yes

text: sir

text: prints

text: it

text: in

text: pencil


text: Just the word , nothing more .

text: Just

text: the

text: word

text: nothing

text: more


text: Here 's the one I brought to show you -- soap .

text: Here

text: 's

text: the

text: one

text: I

text: brought

text: to

text: show

text: you

text: soap


text: Here 's another -- match .

text: Here

text: 's

text: another

text: match


text: This is one he left the first morning -- daily gazette .

text: This

text: is

text: one

text: he

text: left

text: the

text: first

text: morning

text: daily

text: gazette


text: I leave that paper with his breakfast every morning . ''

text: I

text: leave

text: that

text: paper

text: with

text: his

text: breakfast

text: every

text: morning


text: `` Dear me , Watson , '' said Homes , staring with great curiosity at the slips of foolscap which the landlady had handed to him , `` this is certainly a little unusual .

text: Dear

text: me

text: Watson

text: said

text: Homes

text: staring

text: with

text: great

text: curiosity

text: at

text: the

text: slips

text: of

text: foolscap

text: which

text: the

text: landlady

text: had

text: handed

text: to

text: him

text: this

text: is

text: certainly

text: a

text: little

text: unusual


text: Seclusion I can understand ; but why print ?

text: Seclusion

text: I

text: can

text: understand

text: but

text: why

text: print


text: Printing is a clumsy process .

text: Printing

text: is

text: a

text: clumsy

text: process


text: Why not write ?

text: Why

text: not

text: write


text: What would it suggest , Watson ? ''

text: What

text: would

text: it

text: suggest

text: Watson


text: `` That he desired to conceal his handwriting . ''

text: That

text: he

text: desired

text: to

text: conceal

text: his

text: handwriting


text: `` But why ?

text: But

text: why


text: What can it matter to him that his landlady should have a word of his writing ?

text: What

text: can

text: it

text: matter

text: to

text: him

text: that

text: his

text: landlady

text: should

text: have

text: a

text: word

text: of

text: his

text: writing


text: Still , it may be as you say .

text: Still

text: it

text: may

text: be

text: as

text: you

text: say


text: Then , again , why such laconic messages ? ''

text: Then

text: again

text: why

text: such

text: laconic

text: messages


text: `` I can not imagine . ''

text: I

text: can

text: not

text: imagine


text: `` It opens a pleasing field for intelligent speculation .

text: It

text: opens

text: a

text: pleasing

text: field

text: for

text: intelligent

text: speculation


text: The words are written with a broad-pointed , violet-tinted pencil of a not unusual pattern .

text: The

text: words

text: are

text: written

text: with

text: a

text: broad-pointed

text: violet-tinted

text: pencil

text: of

text: a

text: not

text: unusual

text: pattern


text: You will observe that the paper is torn away at the side here after the printing was done , so that the ` s ' of ` soap ' is partly gone .

text: You

text: will

text: observe

text: that

text: the

text: paper

text: is

text: torn

text: away

text: at

text: the

text: side

text: here

text: after

text: the

text: printing

text: was

text: done

text: so

text: that

text: the

text: s

text: of

text: soap

text: is

text: partly

text: gone


text: Suggestive , Watson , is it not ? ''

text: Suggestive

text: Watson

text: is

text: it

text: not


text: `` Of caution ? ''

text: Of

text: caution


text: `` Exactly .

text: Exactly


text: There was evidently some mark , some thumbprint , something which might give a clue to the person 's identity .

text: There

text: was

text: evidently

text: some

text: mark

text: some

text: thumbprint

text: something

text: which

text: might

text: give

text: a

text: clue

text: to

text: the

text: person

text: 's

text: identity


text: Now .

text: Now


text: Mrs. Warren , you say that the man was of middle size , dark , and bearded .

text: Mrs.

text: Warren

text: you

text: say

text: that

text: the

text: man

text: was

text: of

text: middle

text: size

text: dark

text: and

text: bearded


text: What age would he be ? ''

text: What

text: age

text: would

text: he

text: be


text: `` Youngish , sir -- not over thirty . ''

text: Youngish

text: sir

text: not

text: over

text: thirty


text: `` Well , can you give me no further indications ? ''

text: Well

text: can

text: you

text: give

text: me

text: no

text: further

text: indications


text: `` He spoke good English , sir , and yet I thought he was a foreigner by his accent . ''

text: He

text: spoke

text: good

text: English

text: sir

text: and

text: yet

text: I

text: thought

text: he

text: was

text: a

text: foreigner

text: by

text: his

text: accent


text: `` And he was well dressed ? ''

text: And

text: he

text: was

text: well

text: dressed


text: `` Very smartly dressed , sir -- quite the gentleman .

text: Very

text: smartly

text: dressed

text: sir

text: quite

text: the

text: gentleman


text: Dark clothes -- nothing you would note . ''

text: Dark

text: clothes

text: nothing

text: you

text: would

text: note


text: `` He gave no name ? ''

text: He

text: gave

text: no

text: name


text: `` No , sir . ''

text: No

text: sir


text: `` And has had no letters or callers ? ''

text: And

text: has

text: had

text: no

text: letters

text: or

text: callers


text: `` None . ''


text: `` But surely you or the girl enter his room of a morning ? ''

text: But

text: surely

text: you

text: or

text: the

text: girl

text: enter

text: his

text: room

text: of

text: a

text: morning


text: `` No , sir ; he looks after himself entirely . ''

text: No

text: sir

text: he

text: looks

text: after

text: himself

text: entirely


text: `` Dear me ! that is certainly remarkable .

text: Dear

text: me

text: that

text: is

text: certainly

text: remarkable


text: What about his luggage ? ''

text: What

text: about

text: his

text: luggage


text: `` He had one big brown bag with him -- nothing else . ''

text: He

text: had

text: one

text: big

text: brown

text: bag

text: with

text: him

text: nothing

text: else


text: `` Well , we do n't seem to have much material to help us .

text: Well

text: we

text: do

text: n't

text: seem

text: to

text: have

text: much

text: material

text: to

text: help

text: us


text: Do you say nothing has come out of that room -- absolutely nothing ? ''

text: Do

text: you

text: say

text: nothing

text: has

text: come

text: out

text: of

text: that

text: room

text: absolutely

text: nothing


text: Do

text: you

text: say

text: nothing

text: has

text: come

text: out

text: of

text: that

text: room

text: absolutely

text: nothing


text: The landlady drew an envelope from her bag ; from it she shook out two burnt matches and a cigarette-end upon the table .

text: The

text: landlady

text: drew

text: an

text: envelope

text: from

text: her

text: bag

text: from

text: it

text: she

text: shook

text: out

text: two

text: burnt

text: matches

text: and

text: a

text: cigarette-end

text: upon

text: the

text: table


text: `` They were on his tray this morning .

text: They

text: were

text: on

text: his

text: tray

text: this

text: morning


text: I brought them because I had heard that you can read great things out of small ones . ''

text: I

text: brought

text: them

text: because

text: I

text: had

text: heard

text: that

text: you

text: can

text: read

text: great

text: things

text: out

text: of

text: small

text: ones


text: Holmes shrugged his shoulders .

text: Holmes

text: shrugged

text: his

text: shoulders


text: `` There is nothing here , '' said he .

text: There

text: is

text: nothing

text: here

text: said

text: he


text: `` The matches have , of course , been used to light cigarettes .

text: The

text: matches

text: have

text: of

text: course

text: been

text: used

text: to

text: light

text: cigarettes


text: That is obvious from the shortness of the burnt end .

text: That

text: is

text: obvious

text: from

text: the

text: shortness

text: of

text: the

text: burnt

text: end


text: Half the match is consumed in lighting a pipe or cigar .

text: Half

text: the

text: match

text: is

text: consumed

text: in

text: lighting

text: a

text: pipe

text: or

text: cigar


text: But , dear me ! this cigarette stub is certainly remarkable .

text: But

text: dear

text: me

text: this

text: cigarette

text: stub

text: is

text: certainly

text: remarkable


text: The gentleman was bearded and moustached , you say ? ''

text: The

text: gentleman

text: was

text: bearded

text: and

text: moustached

text: you

text: say


text: `` Yes , sir . ''

text: Yes

text: sir


text: `` I do n't understand that .

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: understand

text: that


text: I should say that only a clean-shaven man could have smoked this .

text: I

text: should

text: say

text: that

text: only

text: a

text: clean-shaven

text: man

text: could

text: have

text: smoked

text: this


text: Why , Watson , even your modest moustache would have been singed . ''

text: Why

text: Watson

text: even

text: your

text: modest

text: moustache

text: would

text: have

text: been

text: singed


text: `` A holder ? '' I suggested .

text: A

text: holder

text: I

text: suggested


text: `` No , no ; the end is matted .

text: No

text: no

text: the

text: end

text: is

text: matted


text: I suppose there could not be two people in your rooms , Mrs. Warren ? ''

text: I

text: suppose

text: there

text: could

text: not

text: be

text: two

text: people

text: in

text: your

text: rooms

text: Mrs.

text: Warren


text: `` No , sir .

text: No

text: sir


text: He eats so little that I often wonder it can keep life in one . ''

text: He

text: eats

text: so

text: little

text: that

text: I

text: often

text: wonder

text: it

text: can

text: keep

text: life

text: in

text: one


text: `` Well , I think we must wait for a little more material .

text: Well

text: I

text: think

text: we

text: must

text: wait

text: for

text: a

text: little

text: more

text: material


text: After all , you have nothing to complain of .

text: After

text: all

text: you

text: have

text: nothing

text: to

text: complain

text: of


text: You have received your rent , and he is not a troublesome lodger , though he is certainly an unusual one .

text: You

text: have

text: received

text: your

text: rent

text: and

text: he

text: is

text: not

text: a

text: troublesome

text: lodger

text: though

text: he

text: is

text: certainly

text: an

text: unusual

text: one


text: He pays you well , and if he chooses to lie concealed it is no direct business of yours .

text: He

text: pays

text: you

text: well

text: and

text: if

text: he

text: chooses

text: to

text: lie

text: concealed

text: it

text: is

text: no

text: direct

text: business

text: of

text: yours


text: We have no excuse for an intrusion upon his privacy until we have some reason to think that there is a guilty reason for it .

text: We

text: have

text: no

text: excuse

text: for

text: an

text: intrusion

text: upon

text: his

text: privacy

text: until

text: we

text: have

text: some

text: reason

text: to

text: think

text: that

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: guilty

text: reason

text: for

text: it


text: I 've taken up the matter , and I wo n't lose sight of it .

text: I

text: 've

text: taken

text: up

text: the

text: matter

text: and

text: I

text: wo

text: n't

text: lose

text: sight

text: of

text: it


text: Report to me if anything fresh occurs , and rely upon my assistance if it should be needed .

text: Report

text: to

text: me

text: if

text: anything

text: fresh

text: occurs

text: and

text: rely

text: upon

text: my

text: assistance

text: if

text: it

text: should

text: be

text: needed


text: `` There are certainly some points of interest in this case , Watson , '' he remarked when the landlady had left us .

text: There

text: are

text: certainly

text: some

text: points

text: of

text: interest

text: in

text: this

text: case

text: Watson

text: he

text: remarked

text: when

text: the

text: landlady

text: had

text: left

text: us


text: `` It may , of course , be trivial -- individual eccentricity ; or it may be very much deeper than appears on the surface .

text: It

text: may

text: of

text: course

text: be

text: trivial

text: individual

text: eccentricity

text: or

text: it

text: may

text: be

text: very

text: much

text: deeper

text: than

text: appears

text: on

text: the

text: surface


text: The first thing that strikes one is the obvious possibility that the person now in the rooms may be entirely different from the one who engaged them . ''

text: The

text: first

text: thing

text: that

text: strikes

text: one

text: is

text: the

text: obvious

text: possibility

text: that

text: the

text: person

text: now

text: in

text: the

text: rooms

text: may

text: be

text: entirely

text: different

text: from

text: the

text: one

text: who

text: engaged

text: them


text: `` Why should you think so ? ''

text: Why

text: should

text: you

text: think

text: so


text: `` Well , apart from this cigarette-end , was it not suggestive that the only time the lodger went out was immediately after his taking the rooms ?

text: Well

text: apart

text: from

text: this

text: cigarette-end

text: was

text: it

text: not

text: suggestive

text: that

text: the

text: only

text: time

text: the

text: lodger

text: went

text: out

text: was

text: immediately

text: after

text: his

text: taking

text: the

text: rooms


text: He came back -- or someone came back -- when all witnesses were out of the way .

text: He

text: came

text: back

text: or

text: someone

text: came

text: back

text: when

text: all

text: witnesses

text: were

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: way


text: We have no proof that the person who came back was the person who went out .

text: We

text: have

text: no

text: proof

text: that

text: the

text: person

text: who

text: came

text: back

text: was

text: the

text: person

text: who

text: went

text: out


text: Then , again , the man who took the rooms spoke English well .

text: Then

text: again

text: the

text: man

text: who

text: took

text: the

text: rooms

text: spoke

text: English

text: well


text: This other , however , prints ` match ' when it should have been ` matches . '

text: This

text: other

text: however

text: prints

text: match

text: when

text: it

text: should

text: have

text: been

text: matches


text: I can imagine that the word was taken out of a dictionary , which would give the noun but not the plural .

text: I

text: can

text: imagine

text: that

text: the

text: word

text: was

text: taken

text: out

text: of

text: a

text: dictionary

text: which

text: would

text: give

text: the

text: noun

text: but

text: not

text: the

text: plural


text: The laconic style may be to conceal the absence of knowledge of English .

text: The

text: laconic

text: style

text: may

text: be

text: to

text: conceal

text: the

text: absence

text: of

text: knowledge

text: of

text: English


text: Yes , Watson , there are good reasons to suspect that there has been a substitution of lodgers . ''

text: Yes

text: Watson

text: there

text: are

text: good

text: reasons

text: to

text: suspect

text: that

text: there

text: has

text: been

text: a

text: substitution

text: of

text: lodgers


text: `` But for what possible end ? ''

text: But

text: for

text: what

text: possible

text: end


text: `` Ah ! there lies our problem .

text: Ah

text: there

text: lies

text: our

text: problem


text: There is one rather obvious line of investigation . ''

text: There

text: is

text: one

text: rather

text: obvious

text: line

text: of

text: investigation


text: He took down the great book in which , day by day , he filed the agony columns of the various London journals .

text: He

text: took

text: down

text: the

text: great

text: book

text: in

text: which

text: day

text: by

text: day

text: he

text: filed

text: the

text: agony

text: columns

text: of

text: the

text: various

text: London

text: journals


text: `` Dear me ! '' said he , turning over the pages , `` what a chorus of groans , cries , and bleatings !

text: Dear

text: me

text: said

text: he

text: turning

text: over

text: the

text: pages

text: what

text: a

text: chorus

text: of

text: groans

text: cries

text: and

text: bleatings


text: What a rag-bag of singular happenings !

text: What

text: a

text: rag-bag

text: of

text: singular

text: happenings


text: But surely the most valuable hunting-ground that ever was given to a student of the unusual !

text: But

text: surely

text: the

text: most

text: valuable

text: hunting-ground

text: that

text: ever

text: was

text: given

text: to

text: a

text: student

text: of

text: the

text: unusual


text: This person is alone and can not be approached by letter without a breach of that absolute secrecy which is desired .

text: This

text: person

text: is

text: alone

text: and

text: can

text: not

text: be

text: approached

text: by

text: letter

text: without

text: a

text: breach

text: of

text: that

text: absolute

text: secrecy

text: which

text: is

text: desired


text: This

text: person

text: is

text: alone

text: and

text: can

text: not

text: be

text: approached

text: by

text: letter

text: without

text: a

text: breach

text: of

text: that

text: absolute

text: secrecy

text: which

text: is

text: desired


text: How is any news or any message to reach him from without ?

text: How

text: is

text: any

text: news

text: or

text: any

text: message

text: to

text: reach

text: him

text: from

text: without


text: Obviously by advertisement through a newspaper .

text: Obviously

text: by

text: advertisement

text: through

text: a

text: newspaper


text: There seems no other way , and fortunately we need concern ourselves with the one paper only .

text: There

text: seems

text: no

text: other

text: way

text: and

text: fortunately

text: we

text: need

text: concern

text: ourselves

text: with

text: the

text: one

text: paper

text: only


text: Here are the Daily Gazette extracts of the last fortnight .

text: Here

text: are

text: the

text: Daily

text: Gazette

text: extracts

text: of

text: the

text: last

text: fortnight


text: ` Lady with a black boa at Prince 's Skating Club ' -- that we may pass .

text: Lady

text: with

text: a

text: black

text: boa

text: at

text: Prince

text: 's

text: Skating

text: Club

text: that

text: we

text: may

text: pass


text: ` Surely Jimmy will not break his mother 's heart ' -- that appears to be irrelevant .

text: Surely

text: Jimmy

text: will

text: not

text: break

text: his

text: mother

text: 's

text: heart

text: that

text: appears

text: to

text: be

text: irrelevant


text: ` If the lady who fainted on Brixton bus ' -- she does not interest me .

text: If

text: the

text: lady

text: who

text: fainted

text: on

text: Brixton

text: bus

text: she

text: does

text: not

text: interest

text: me


text: ` Every day my heart longs -- ' Bleat , Watson -- unmitigated bleat !

text: Every

text: day

text: my

text: heart

text: longs

text: Bleat

text: Watson

text: unmitigated

text: bleat


text: Ah , this is a little more possible .

text: Ah

text: this

text: is

text: a

text: little

text: more

text: possible


text: Listen to this :

text: Listen

text: to

text: this


text: ` Be patient .

text: Be

text: patient


text: Will find some sure means of communications .

text: Will

text: find

text: some

text: sure

text: means

text: of

text: communications


text: Meanwhile , this column .

text: Meanwhile

text: this

text: column


text: G . '

text: G


text: That is two days after Mrs. Warren 's lodger arrived .

text: That

text: is

text: two

text: days

text: after

text: Mrs.

text: Warren

text: 's

text: lodger

text: arrived


text: It sounds plausible , does it not ?

text: It

text: sounds

text: plausible

text: does

text: it

text: not


text: The mysterious one could understand English , even if he could not print it .

text: The

text: mysterious

text: one

text: could

text: understand

text: English

text: even

text: if

text: he

text: could

text: not

text: print

text: it


text: Let us see if we can pick up the trace again .

text: Let

text: us

text: see

text: if

text: we

text: can

text: pick

text: up

text: the

text: trace

text: again


text: Yes , here we are -- three days later .

text: Yes

text: here

text: we

text: are

text: three

text: days

text: later


text: ` Am making successful arrangements .

text: Am

text: making

text: successful

text: arrangements


text: Patience and prudence .

text: Patience

text: and

text: prudence


text: The clouds will pass .

text: The

text: clouds

text: will

text: pass


text: Nothing for a week after that .

text: Nothing

text: for

text: a

text: week

text: after

text: that


text: Then comes something much more definite :

text: Then

text: comes

text: something

text: much

text: more

text: definite


text: ` The path is clearing .

text: The

text: path

text: is

text: clearing


text: If I find chance signal message remember code agreed --

text: If

text: I

text: find

text: chance

text: signal

text: message

text: remember

text: code

text: agreed


text: One A , two B , and so on .

text: One

text: A

text: two

text: B

text: and

text: so

text: on


text: You will hear soon .

text: You

text: will

text: hear

text: soon


text: That was in yesterday 's paper , and there is nothing in to-day 's .

text: That

text: was

text: in

text: yesterday

text: 's

text: paper

text: and

text: there

text: is

text: nothing

text: in

text: to-day

text: 's


text: It 's all very appropriate to Mrs. Warren 's lodger .

text: It

text: 's

text: all

text: very

text: appropriate

text: to

text: Mrs.

text: Warren

text: 's

text: lodger


text: If we wait a little , Watson , I do n't doubt that the affair will grow more intelligible . ''

text: If

text: we

text: wait

text: a

text: little

text: Watson

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: doubt

text: that

text: the

text: affair

text: will

text: grow

text: more

text: intelligible


text: So it proved ; for in the morning I found my friend standing on the hearthrug with his back to the fire and a smile of complete satisfaction upon his face .

text: So

text: it

text: proved

text: for

text: in

text: the

text: morning

text: I

text: found

text: my

text: friend

text: standing

text: on

text: the

text: hearthrug

text: with

text: his

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: fire

text: and

text: a

text: smile

text: of

text: complete

text: satisfaction

text: upon

text: his

text: face


text: `` How 's this , Watson ? '' he cried , picking up the paper from the table .

text: How

text: 's

text: this

text: Watson

text: he

text: cried

text: picking

text: up

text: the

text: paper

text: from

text: the

text: table


text: `` ` High red house with white stone facings .

text: High

text: red

text: house

text: with

text: white

text: stone

text: facings


text: Third floor .

text: Third

text: floor


text: Second window left .

text: Second

text: window

text: left


text: After dusk .

text: After

text: dusk


text: G . '

text: G


text: That is definite enough .

text: That

text: is

text: definite

text: enough


text: I think after breakfast we must make a little reconnaissance of Mrs. Warren 's neighbourhood .

text: I

text: think

text: after

text: breakfast

text: we

text: must

text: make

text: a

text: little

text: reconnaissance

text: of

text: Mrs.

text: Warren

text: 's

text: neighbourhood


text: Ah , Mrs. Warren ! what news do you bring us this morning ? ''

text: Ah

text: Mrs.

text: Warren

text: what

text: news

text: do

text: you

text: bring

text: us

text: this

text: morning


text: Our client had suddenly burst into the room with an explosive energy which told of some new and momentous development .

text: Our

text: client

text: had

text: suddenly

text: burst

text: into

text: the

text: room

text: with

text: an

text: explosive

text: energy

text: which

text: told

text: of

text: some

text: new

text: and

text: momentous

text: development


text: `` It 's a police matter , Mr. Holmes ! '' she cried .

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: police

text: matter

text: Mr.

text: Holmes

text: she

text: cried


text: `` I 'll have no more of it !

text: I

text: 'll

text: have

text: no

text: more

text: of

text: it


text: He shall pack out of there with his baggage .

text: He

text: shall

text: pack

text: out

text: of

text: there

text: with

text: his

text: baggage