? ? ? ? He was waiting on the platform when we stepped out, and we could see in the light of the station lamps that he was very pale, and quivering with agitation.
? ? ? ? "They are still there, Mr. Holmes," said he, laying his hand hard upon my friend's sleeve. "I saw lights in the cottage as I came down. We shall settle it now once and for all."
? ? ? ? "What is your plan, then?" asked Holmes as he walked down the dark tree-lined road.
? ? ? ? "I am going to force my way in and see for myself who is in the house. I wish you both to be there as witnesses."
? ? ? ? "You are quite determined to do this in spite of your wife's warning that it is better that you should not solve the mystery?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, I am deterrnined."
? ? ? ? "Well, I think that you are in the right. Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. We had better go up at once. Of course, legally, we are putting ourselves hopelessly in the wrong; but I think that it is worth it."
? ? ? ? It was a very dark night, and a thin rain began to fall as we turned from the highroad into a narrow lane, deeply rutted, with hedges on either side.
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