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Before you r 3 Ousening FEE teething char Fr une net eRe ANew Case | 2 Didher father raw anynein Lond 1 gotup to leave but the young indy stopped me a 18 Eo Heknewaman fromthe same resent ‘ou Oa nie ee 1 El Hekewa major, bth was tin England “hese are the facts she continued My father wat an aficer © [Helen no aneinErgand anymore In an indian regiment. My mather was dead, so | went to boarding school in Edinburgh unt | was seventeen. Inte year dhe scin The Times newspaper era, my father hada year's leave? from the miltary and he smear) ao nara ee ese ee ee Ar ee ah Lahn et Word lg tt Taye nee eee areca eet et The Sign of Four land you shall ave it. De not bring the police. Your unknown felon" Well what a mystery! And what do you want td, Mise Morstan be asked. “hae why Im here shes ‘We wil go then ~ you and 1 and ~ yes, Doctor Watson can come to, We have worked together before’ iss Morstan looked at me Wllyou come doctor? she asked “ibe happy to replied “You're bth very kind, she sal lbe here a sb the, ‘One las thing said Holmes, The handwriting nthe eters is ‘tthe sme as thaton the pearl bores?” have ther here’ ehe ed ving them to Haines. He spread them cut onthe table and compared them, "Yes! he sid after moment. "The writer has tried to change his handwriting each time, but they are definitely verte by the same person. Is this handwriting anything lke your Father's ot ata she sid thoughts, said Holmes Welle you at sb then. Mise Morstan ft the room, Hooked ou of the window and watched her walking awa. ‘What an attractive woman. Texclaimed, turning t Holmes. "ls her’ he sald." did't notice” Holmes got up. Tm going ‘ute sad "There area Few things | want t find au sata the window. could not stop thinking about Miss Mary orstan: hr sini, the sound of her voice, and the mystery that as part of her life. “If she was seventeen when her father Alizappeared, that must make her twenty-seven now? | though, ‘a nice age 1 sat thinking about her until my thoughts became eS = ANew Case. dangerous: who was |to hope for such thinge? A retired and Injured army surgeon with tle money ~ no, i was better to forget such thoughts of happiness with Mis Merstan, Holmes retumed a hal past five. He seemed very hope. “his ent such a reat mystery he said, There seers 1 be only one explanation: "What! Vou've ved already? asked ‘oh no heed. "But have discovered an important fac. ve been locking at old copies of The Times and ve found out that Major Sholto died onthe twentyelghth of Api, 182 "and so? 'm sory. dont understand, Holmes.

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