? ? ? ? "So now, my dear fellow, you see exactly how we stand and why it is I want you. It is perfectly plain that after the ladies parted from this man he followed them at a distance, that he saw the quarrel between husband and wife through the window, that he rushed in, and that the creature which he carried in his box got loose. That is all very certain. But he is the only person in this world who can tell us exactly what happened in that room."
? ? ? ? "And you intend to ask him?"
? ? ? ? "Most certainly -- but in the presence of a witness."
? ? ? ? "And I am the witness?"
? ? ? ? "If you will be so good. If he can clear the matter up, well and good. If he refuses, we have no alternative but to apply for a warrant."
? ? ? ? "But how do you know he'll be there when we return?"
? ? ? ? "You may be sure that I took some precautions. I have one of my Baker Street boys mounting guard over him who would stick to him like a burr, go where he might. We shall find him in Hudson Street to-morrow, Watson, and meanwhile I should be the criminal myself if I kept you out of bed any longer.
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