? ? ? ? On the evening of our arrival we were sitting in the colonel's gun-room after dinner, Holmes stretched upon the sofa, while Hayter and I looked over his little armory of Eastern weapons.
? ? ? ? "By the way," said he suddenly, "I think I'll take one of these pistols upstairs with me in case we have an alarm."
? ? ? ? "An alarm!" said I.
? ? ? ? "Yes, we've had a scare in this part lately. Old Acton, who is one of our county magnates, had his house broken into last Monday. No great damage done, but the fellows are still at large."
? ? ? ? "No clue?" asked Holmes, cocking his eye at the colonel.
? ? ? ? "None as yet. But the affair is a petty one, one of our little country crimes, which must seem too small for your attention, Mr.
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