? ? ? ? Our visitors arrived at the appointed time, but it was a quarter to four before my friend put in an appearance. From his expression as he entered, however, I could see that all had gone well with him.
? ? ? ? "Any news, Inspector?"
? ? ? ? "We have got the boy, sir."
? ? ? ? "Excellent, and I have got the men."
? ? ? ? "You have got them!" we cried, all three.
? ? ? ? "Well, at least I have got their identity. This so-called Blessington is, as I expected, well known at headquarters, and so are his assailants. Their names are Biddle, Hayward, and Moffat."
? ? ? ? "The Worthingdon bank gang," cried the inspector.
? ? ? ? "Precisely," said Holmes.
? ? ? ? "Then Blessington must have been Sutton."
? ? ? ? "Exactly," said Holmes.
? ? ? ? "Why, that makes it as clear as crystal," said the inspector.
? ? ? ? But Trevelyan and I looked at each other in bewilderment.
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