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“And, now, gentlemen,” said the baronet with decision, “it seems to me that I have spoken quite enough about the little that I know.

The promise of adventure had always a fascination for me, and I was complimented by the words of Holmes and by the eagerness with which the baronet hailed me as a companion.

“I guess it is ourselves and not the house that we have to blame!” said the baronet.

But surely such an explanation as that would be quite inadequate to account for the deep and subtle scheming which seemed to be weaving an invisible net round the young baronet.