? ? ? ? Holmes waved away the compliment, though his smile showed that it had pleased him.
? ? ? ? "Was there any feature of interest?"
? ? ? ? "I fancy not. The thieves ransacked he library and got very little for their pains. The whole place was turned upside down, drawers burst open, and presses ransacked, with the result that an odd volume of Pope's Homer, two plated candlesticks, an ivory letter-weight, a small oak barometer, and a ball of twine are all that have vanished."
? ? ? ? "What an extraordinary assortment!" I exclaimed.
? ? ? ? "Oh, the fellows evidently grabbed hold of everything they could get."
? ? ? ? Holmes grunted from the sofa.
? ? ? ? "The county police ought to make something of that," said he; "why, it is surely obvious that --"
? ? ? ? But I held up a warning finger.
? ? ? ? "You are here for a rest, my dear fellow. For heaven's sake don't get started on a new problem when your nerves are all in shreds."
? ? ? ? Holmes shrugged his shoulders with a glance of comic resignation towards the colonel, and the talk drifted away into less dangerous channels.
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