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"Well, if he has done no wrong we shall see that no wrong co ourto notice how the consequential Jones was already beginning to give hiht smile which played over Sherlock Holmes's face, I could see that the speech had not been lost upon hie presently," said Jones, "and shall land you, Dr Watson, with the treasure-box I need hardly tell you that I a this It is reement I must, however, as a matter of duty, send an inspector with you, since you have so valuable a charge You will drive, no doubt?"

"Yes, I shall drive"

"It is a pity there is no key, that we may make an inventory first You will have to break it open Where is the key, my man?"

"At the bottom of the river," said S this unnecessary trouble We have had work enough already through you However, doctor, I need not warn you to be careful Bring the box back with you to the Baker Street rooms You will find us there, on our way to the station"

They landed enial inspector as ht us to Mrs Cecil Forrester's The servant seemed surprised at so late a visitor Mrs Cecil Forrester was out for the evening, she explained, and likely to be very late Miss Morstan, however, was in the drawing-roo the obliging inspector in the cab

She was seated by the open , dressed in some sort of white diaphanous material, with a little touch of scarlet at the neck and waist The soft light of a shaded lamp fell upon her as she leaned back in the basket chair, playing over her sweet, grave face, and tinting with a dull, metallic sparkle the rich coils of her luxuriant hair One white arm and hand drooped over the side of the chair, and her whole pose and figure spoke of an absorbingto her feet, however, and a bright flush of surprise and of pleasure colored her pale cheeks

"I heard a cab drive up," she said "I thought that Mrs Forrester had coht be you What news have you brought me?"