? ? ? ? We had reached our house in Baker Street while we had been talking. Holmes ascended the stair first, and as he opened the door of our room he gave a start of surprise. Looking over his shoulder, I was equally astonished. His brother Mycroft was sitting smoking in the armchair.
? ? ? ? "Come in, Sherlock! Come in, sir," said he blandly, smiling at our surprised faces. "You don't expect such energy from me do you, Sherlock? But somehow this case attracts me."
? ? ? ? "How did you get here?"
? ? ? ? "I passed you in a hansom."
? ? ? ? "There has been some new development?"
? ? ? ? "I had an answer to my advertisement."
? ? ? ? "Ah!"
? ? ? ? "Yes, it came within a few minutes of your leaving."
? ? ? ? "And to what effect?"
? ? ? ? Mycroft Holmes took out a sheet of paper.
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