? ? ? ? "Well, then, we will presume that she had once come on a visit to England, and that this Harold had persuaded her to fly with him."
? ? ? ? "That is more probable."
? ? ? ? "Then the brother -- for that, I fancy, must be the relationship -comes over from Greece to interfere. He imprudently puts himself into the power of the young man and his older associate. They seize him and use violence towards him in order to make him sign some papers to make over the girl's fortune of which he may be trustee -- to them. This he refuses to do. In order to negotiate with him they have to get an interpreter, and they pitch upon this Mr. Melas, having used some other one before. The girl is not told of the arrival of her brother and finds it out by the merest accident."
? ? ? ? "Excellent, Watson!" cried Holmes. "I really fancy that you are not far from the truth. You see that we hold all the cards, and we have only to fear some sudden act of violence on their part. If they give us time we must have them."
? ? ? ? "But how can we find where this house lies?"
? ? ? ? "Well, if our conjecture is correct and the girl's name is or was Sophy Kratides, we should have no difficulty in tracing her.
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