Too Late
For a moment or two I could neither breathe nor move.
Then I felt my fear and unhappiness disappear,as I knew that I was no longer alone in my
responsibility for Sir Henry.The dangers all around me did not seem so frightening.The cool voice
could belong to only one man in the world.'Holmes!'I cried.'Holmes!'
I went outside the hut,and there was Holmes.He was sit ting on a stone,and his grey eyes were
dancing with amuse ment.He was thin and worn,but bright and wideawake.His skin was brown from the
wind and the sun.But his chin was smooth,and his shirt was white.He did not look like a man who
had been living in the middle of the moor.
'I have never been so glad to see anyone in my life,'I said,'nor so surprised.'
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'I am surprised,too,'Holmes said,as he shook me warmly by the hand.'How did you find me?'
I told him about Frankland,and how I had seen the boy with the food.
Holmes went into the hut,and looked at the food,and at the note with it.' I guess that you have
been to see Mrs Laura Lyons,' he said,and when I told him that he was right,he went on:' When we
put together everything that each of us has discovered,I expect we shall know almost everything
about this case.'
'But how did you get here?'I asked him.'And what have you been doing? I thought you had to finish
your case in Lon don.'
'That is what I wanted you to think,'he said.
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'Then you have tricked me,and have no confidence in me,' I said.I was upset and angry because he
had not told me his plans.
'I am sorry if it seems I have tricked you,my dear Watson.I did not want our enemy to know I was
here,but I wanted to be near enough to make sure that you and Sir Henry were safe.You are a kind
person—too kind to leave me alone out here in bad weather.Our enemy would guess I was here if he
saw you coming out with food,or with important news.You have been a very real help to me.Your
letters with all their valuable information have been brought to me.You have done excellent
work,and without you I would not have all the im portant details I needed.'
Holmes' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier,and I saw that he was right.
'That's better,'he said,as he saw the shadow lift from my face.'Now tell me about your visit to
Mrs Laura Lyons.'
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I told Holmes everything Mrs Lyons had said.
This is all very important,'Holmes said.'It answers ques tions I have been unable to answer、Did
you know that Mrs Lyons and Stapleton are very close friends? They often meet,and they write to
each other.Perhaps I can use this informa tion to turn Stapleton's wife against him…'
'His wife?'I asked.'Who and where is she?'
'The lady called Miss Stapleton,who pretends to be his sister,is really his wife,'said Holmes.
'Good heavens,Holmes!
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is his wife,why did Stapleton allow Sir Henry to fall in love with her?' 'Sir Henry hurt nobody
except himself when he fell in love with her.Stapleton took care that Sir Henry did not make love
to her.I repeat that the lady is his wife,and not his sister.They came here only two years
ago,and before that he had owned a school in the north of England.He told you that,and you told
me in your letter.I checked on the school,and found that the man who had owned it went away with
his wife when the school closed.They changed their name,but the couple who were described to me
were without doubt the Stapletons.''But why do they pretend to be brother and sister?' I
asked.'Because Stapleton thought that she would be very much more useful to him if she appeared
to be a free woman.'
Suddenly I saw behind Stapleton's smiling face a heart with murder in it.'So he is our enemy!He
is the man who followed us in London! And the warning note to Sir Henry came form Miss
Stapleton.'
'Exactly,'said Holmes.
'But if Miss Stapleton is really his wife,why is he a close friend of Mrs Laura Lyons?'
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'Your excellent work has given us the answer to that ques tion,Watson When you told me that Mrs
Lyons was getting a divorce,I realized that she hoped to marry Stapleton.He told her that he was
unmarried,and that he wanted to make her his wife.When she learns the truth,she may decide to
help us.We must go and see her tomorrow.'
Too Late
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