? ? ? ? "Oh, such a business!" he cried with his hands to his temples.
? ? ? ? "What then?"
? ? ? ? "Blessington has committed suicide!"
? ? ? ? Holmes whistled.
? ? ? ? "Yes, he hanged himself during the night."
? ? ? ? We had entered, and the doctor had preceded us into what was evidently his waiting-room.
? ? ? ? "I really hardly know what I am doing," he cried. "The police are already upstairs. It has shaken me most dreadfully."
? ? ? ? "When did you find it out?"
? ? ? ? "He has a cup of tea taken in to him early every morning. When the maid entered, about seven, there the unfortunate fellow was hanging in the middle of the room. He had tied his cord to the hook on which the heavy lamp used to hang, and he had jumped off from the top of the very box that he showed us yesterday."
? ? ? ? Holmes stood for a moment in deep thought.
? ? ? ? "With your permission," said he at last, "I should like to go upstairs and look into the matter."
? ? ? ? We both ascended, followed by the doctor.
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