? ? ? ? "But what had it to do with the crime?"
? ? ? ? "That, also, is still obscure. But we have learned a good deal, you perceive. We know that a man stood in the road looking at the quarrcl between the Barclays -- the blinds were up and the room lighted. We know, also, that he ran across the lawn, entered the room, accompanied by a strange animal, and that he either struck the colonel or, as is equally possible, that the colonel fell down from sheer fright at the sight of him, and cut his head on the corner of the fender. Finally we have the curious fact that the intruder carried away the key with him when he left."
? ? ? ? "Your discoveries seem to have left the business more obscure than it was before," said I.
? ? ? ? "Quite so. They undoubtedly showed that the affair was much deeper than was at first conjectured. I thought the matter over, and I came to the conclusion that I must approach the case from another aspect. But really, Watson, I am keeping you up, and I might just as well tell you all this on our way to Aldershot to-morrow."
? ? ? ? "Thank you, you have gone rather too far to stop.
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