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"Butyouhavereadtheevidence.Youhaveformedsome？Doyounotseesomeloophole，someflaw？Doyouhinkthatheisi;
"Ithinkthatitisveryprobable."
"There，now！
"shecried，throwingbackherheadandlookilyatLestrade."Yivesmehopes."
&radeshruggedhisshoulders."Iamafraidthatmycolleaguehasbeenalittlequiinghiss，"hesaid.
"Butheisright.Oh！
Iknowthatheisright.James.Andabouthisquarrelwithhisfather，IamsurethatthereasonwhyhewouldittotheerwasbecauseIwasedinit."
"Inwhatway？"askedHolmes.
"Itisohideanything.Jamesandhisfatherhadmasaboutme.MrMcCarthywasveryanxiousthatthereshouldbeamarriagebetweenus.JamesandIhavealwayslovedeachotherasbrotheraofcourseheisyoungandhasseeleoflifeyet，and-and-well，henaturallydidnotwishtodoanythi.Sotherewerequarrels，andthis，Iamsure，waso;
"Andyourfather？"askedHolmes."Washeinfavourofsu？"
"No，hewasaversetoitalso.MrMcCarthywasinfavourofit."Aquickblushpassedoverherfreshyoungfaesshotoneofhiskeeioniher.
"Thankyouforthisinformation，"saidhe."MayIseeyourfatherifIorrow？"
"Iamafraidthedo'tallowit."
"Thedoctor？"
"Yes，haveyounotheard？Poorfatherhasrongforyearsback，butthishasbrokenhimdowely.Hehastakentohisbed，andDrWillowssaysthatheisawredthathisnervoussystemisshattered.MrMcCarthywastheonlymanalivewhohadknowndadintheolddaysinVictoria."
"Ha！
InVictoria！
Thatisimportant."
"Yes，atthemi;
"Quiteso；atthegold-mines，where，asIuand，MrTurnermadehismo;
"Yes，ly."
"Thankyou，MissTurner.Youhavebeenofmaterialassista;
"Youwilltellmeifyouhaveaomorrow.NodoubtyouwillgototheprisontoseeJames.Oh，ifyoudo，MrHolmes，dotellhimthatIknowhimtobei;
"Iwill，MissTur;
"Imustgohomenow，fordadisveryill，andhemissesmesoifIleavehiGoodbye，andGodhelpyouiny."Shehurriedfromtheroomasimpulsivelyasshehadentered，ahewheelserattleoffdow.
"Iamashamedofyou，Holmes，"saidLestradewithdignityafterafewminutes'sile;Whyshouldyouraiseuphopeswhichyouareboundtodisappoint？IameIcallitcruel."
"IthinkthatIseemywaytJamesMcCarthy，"saidHolmes."Haveyouaoseehiminprison？"
"Yes，butonlyforyoua;
"ThenIshallreyresolutionaboutgoiilltimetotakeatraintoHerefordaonight？"
"Ample."
"Theusdoso.Watsoyouwillfinditveryslow，butIshallonlybealeofhours."
Iwalkeddowiohehroughthestreetsofthelittletown，fiothehotel，onthesofaaerestmyselfinayellow-baovel.Thepunyplotofthestorywassothin，however，whehedeepmysterythrougheregroping，andIfouioinuallyfromtheatothefact，thatIatlastflungitacravemyselfupeoasideratiosoftheday.Supposingthatthisunhappyyoungman'sstorywereabsolutelytrue，thehing，whatabsolutelyuraordinarycalamitycouldhaveoccurredbetweeimewheedfromhisfather，awhen，drawnbackbyhisscreams，herushediwassomethingterribleacoulditbe？Mightureoftheinjuriesrevealsomethingtomymedigthebellaheweeklytypaper，whiedaverbatimatoftheihesurgeon'sdepositionitwasstatedthattheposteriorthirdoftheleftparietalbohalfoftheoccipitalboeredbyaheavyblowfromabluntohespotuponmyownhead.Clearlysuusthavebeenstrubehind.Thatwastosomeextentinfavouroftheaccused，aswhenseenquarrellinghewasfacetofacewithhisfather.Still，itdidnotgoforverymuch，forthehthaveturnedhisbackbeforetheblowfell.Still，itmightbeworthwhiletoes'attentiontoit.Thehepeculiardyioarat.Whatcouldthatmean？ItotbedeliriuAmandyingfromasuddeedelirious.No，itwasmorelikelytobeaoexplaihisfate.Butwhatcoulditindicate？IcudgelledmybrainstofindsomepossibleexplanatioheihegreybyyoungMcCarthy.Ifthatweretruethemurderermusthavedroppedsomepartofhisdress，presumablyhisoverhisflight，andmusthavehadthehardihoodtoreturnandtocarryitawayattheihesohhisbaednotadozenpacesoff.Whatatissueofmysteriesandimprobabilitiesthewholethingwas！
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