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These nervous homes will never do this. Now I'm afraid the pool drive was not too allowed for the EGLEIS change. Well, it will probably be alright. Nothing's happened to her. The tap hasn't been dropped, but it needs a quite sugar. What's in her? Look, the path's empty. What's in private? She's been abducting. Millenous, what? When is advice led others in the danger? My friend Sherlock Holmes was always the first to suffer. For a garnish of the true cause, he always blamed himself. My name is Watson, dumped to Watson, and it was my privilege to share the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I will tell you what happened in the case of the solitary cyclist. The details were in my notebooks if I may refer to them a moment. On referring to my notebook for the early 1995, I find that it will own Saturday April 23rd.

The Sherlock Holmes and I are first-curve Ms. Wallet Smith, the solitary cyclist in Charleston. The young and beautiful woman who presented herself with two to one B Baker Street laid their evening and implored his assistant's advice. At least it can't be your help that is troubling you, Ms. Smith. So, out in the bicyclist must they full of energy. Bicycle, Ms. Smith. When how do you know that, Mr. Holmes? A slight profaning of the souls of your shoes, of the signs, the friction of the age of the pedal. Oh, well, yeah, but I do bicycle look good. Oh, Mr. Holmes. You will excuse me, I'm sure, Ms. Smith. I took your hand out of curiosity. Curious, is he? It's my business. I nearly tell him they are supposing that you were tight-packing, but it's obvious, of course, that it's music. Do you see what's he? No, I don't. Observe the spatula thing I end. It's common to both professions. But there's a spirituality about the face, which the tight-priced does not generate.

No, this lady is a musician. Ha, ha, ha. Yes, Mr. Holmes, I teach music. In the country, I presume, from your confection. Yes, sir. Here's a phantom on the board of the study. What has happened to you, near phantom, on the board of the study? My father is dead, Mr. Holmes. My mother and I will left her at a relation in the world, except for Uncle Ralph. Ralph Smith, he went to South Africa, 35 years ago. We've never had a worse minute since. When father died, we were left very poor. But one day, about four months ago, we were told that there was no judgment in the times in quieting for our will about. Where you can imagine how excited we were, we had it off to the lawyer whose name was given in the paper. In his office, he introduced us to two other gentlemen, a Mr. Colossus and a Mr. Woodley. And then we're true, leaving us alone with them. Well, my wife, I'll explain right away that Mr. Woodley here to die, a homeowner visit from South Africa.

Oh, yes, Mr. Corruptus? Yes, so we were old friends that of a relative of yours, Mr. Ralph Smith. Oh indeed. I get regret to say that Mr. Smith died some little while ago, Ma. I see, have we heard nothing, of course. He died in poverty, Ma. Look at him, Ma. I visited Ralph Smith at his deathbith. He asked us, almost with his last breath, to look up his relations here in the old country and see that they would know what. He will excuse the question, Ma, but how exactly are you placed? I don't know why you're asking, gentlemen, but if you want the tooth, we barely too canny to rub together. I have a, a proper position to put to you. A proposition? For us? Mr. Smith, I have a daughter aged 10, down their farm in Surrey. I am a widow, and the child needs a woman's care and attention. I don't know whether Mr. Smith has ever considered the position of governess. I am a music teacher, sir.

I am trained, yes, and out of a position, what more? A music teacher, that couldn't be better. My little darling shows every musical promise they tell me. I never dreamed that. Mr. Smith, do come down to Surrey and teach my pet. You said, you are a widower, Mr. Carrata. Alas, yes. About my household is managed by my housekeeper, Mrs. Dixon. I see. A lady of the highest respectability. Finally. I, I shouldn't lie to you, my mother and I in London. Oh, don't worry about me, ma. It's rare to be no question of it now. Mr. Smith will come help you every weekend. Ever the good way to her pocket. Say, a hundred pounds a year? A hundred. My father leaves, dear, say you'll go. Oh, I miss. Oh, very well, darling. It shall be as you wish, Mr. Love.

And so you went down to fall on the Smith. But then? It was much better than I'd imagined, Mr. Holmes. The first flaw in my happiness came when Mr. Woodley arrived to visit for a week. What happened? Oh, here. He made an odious laugh to me. God, devil you dear. He posted his welcome, said that if I married him, I should help a fine in London, right? It made no difference when I told him about Seals. Seals? Well, Seals, what? But he's unreachable engineer in college. Oh, sure. We hoped to be married at the end of the summer. But oh, this didn't stop Mr. Woodley. He raised his ears when he was answering and saw that he wouldn't let me go and and, and, and, I'm glad, Mr. Smith. Bounder. Well, luckily, Mr. Carothers came in and told Woodley, Mr. Carothers, apologize to me the next day. Well, I've never seen Mr. Woodley since. Very distressing for you, Mr. Smith, but that incident's a lot unknown. What special thing has caused you to seek my advice? It is this. Every Saturday morning, I ride my bicycle to Tharnham Station

to get the 1222 to Tharnham. Yes. What the road from Chilson Granges is lonely. And it's quite rare to meet so much of the car to long one stretch of it, where a challenge and heat lies on one side and the woods are and challenge and haul on the other. I see. Well, two weeks ago, I was parting this place when I charged look back at my shoulder at about 200 yards behind me. I saw a man, or also on a bicycle. And I looked back before I reached Tharnham, but, banged gone. What the hell, I thought no more about it. But imagine my surprises to homes when, on my return on Monday, I saw the same man on the same stretch of road, or even more astonishing, the incident occurred at Gaelic, breakfast, before on the following Saturday and Monday. Of course, yep. Can you describe this man? Well, I saw that I could see he was middle-aged and he had a short dark beard. Yes. But he always get to distance from me. Did you mission him to Mr. Corrada? Yes. Or he seemed very interested in, told me he had ordered a horse and chap,

but at the end of the year I shouldn't have to pass over that lonely road without a companion. Well, very considerate of him. What next? Or the horse and chap, would have come this week, but for some reason they were not delivered in the game. I had cycled to the station, and that was this morning. Yes. But, sure enough, there was no man following me. Well, however, today I wasn't alarmed, but still very curious, I was determined to find out who he was and what he wanted. What else did you do? I laid a trap for him. The road turned sharply, just passed the entrance to Chalin's and Hall. I'd head on very quickly around it, and then I stopped and waited. I'd fetched him to shoot round and pass me before he could stop, but he never appeared. Ah. I went back and looked around the corner. I could see a mile of road, but he wasn't on it, and there was no side road that he could have gone down. Miss Smith. Yes? Have you any admirers, other than Mr. Sir or Morton? Well, it may give my sense, you could sit sometimes at my employ and Mr. Goodothers' is quite interested in me.

We had thrown rather together. I'd play with the cabinets and easing. Oh, you said it, isn't it? He's a perfect gentleman, but I'd a girl with nose. I see. Well, Miss Smith, I'm very busy just now, but I'll find time to bake some inquiries into your room. Oh, thank you, Mr. Holmes. And you must take no step without letting me know. Oh, I promise you, Mr. Holmes. Okay, good morning, gentlemen. And now I'll be around. Good morning. Thank you. Good day, Miss Smith. Good day. Good day. Charming little ring-hole. Absolutely charming. It's far from the central door of nature that such a girl should have followers. Yes. But not for choice on bicycles in lonely country roads. And why should we appear only at one point? Exactly. Our first effort must be to find who are the tenants of Charlenef and Hall. Right. Then again, how about the connection between Corothers and Woodlay? There seems to be terribly different types, if they were both keen on looking up Ralph's Miss relation. And what sort of a mainage is it, which pay double the marketplace for a governess,

but doesn't keep a horse in trap of its own, or there's six miles from the station. Odd, Watson. There they are. Are you going down now? No, my dear fellow. You will go down. Bye. On Monday, you will arrive early at four. You will continue yourself the Charlenef and Hall. You will observe these facts for yourself, inquire as to the occupants of the hall, and then come back to main report. No, I will. Very well, Holmes. Very well. And there he was, following behind her, just as he told us. And if she tried slowing down and stopping, he did the same. But then she suddenly whisked her way around and dashed straight at him. Really? But it was just us. But he simply turned his machine and darted off in desperate flight. See? When she turned again, the carry on the way she'd been going, he turned two, and they both passed me in their respective stations. However, when I stayed where I was, behind a ghost bush on the heath, and was just as well what I did.

After a while, the man reappeared on the corner, cycling slowly, he turned into the hall gauge, as you thought. Ah, a dead? I lost that. Oh, you did. However, it seemed to me that I'd done a fairly good morning's work. So I walked back into Farnhamon, called at the house age, by making out that I wanted to know, Charlenef and Hall was on the market for some, let I found out that he had been led about a month ago to an elderly gentleman named Williamson. They wouldn't say anymore. There are homes. How's that? You really have done remarkably badly. Oh, homes, I purchased. And then you go to a house agent to find out who he is. Where should I have gone? To the nearest public house. That's the centre of country gossip. They have told you every name from the Masters of the Scullry Maid. Well, I got his name. Williamson. Come in. The post, sir. Oh, just put it down over there, Mrs. Hudson. Oh, no, wait. Sir, there might possibly be, yes, there is. Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.

Thank you, sir. Yes, yes. What is it, Ram? I have all the thought I might receive some accounts of the latest episode from Miss Smith herself. Did it? Yes. I am sure that you will respect my confidence, Mr. Holmes, when I tell you that my place here has become difficult or into the fact that my employer has proposed marriage to me. I am convinced that his feelings have most deep and most honourable. At the same time, my promise is, of course, given, he took my refusal very seriously, but also very gently. You can understand, however, that the situation is a little strange. Our young friend seems to be getting into deep waters. Watson. I should be none of us for a quiet peaceful day in the country. I am in time to run down the south to know the test- 102 theories I found. Oh, and the best of good luck to your Holmes. That's what I can say.

The best of all. What else to do, my lord? Our new insert? What will be your pleasure? I'll let you see now, um, beer, I think? Yes. Beer will do nice in your work, fine. Hey, it's Kelly Rowland. You may not know this, but I have eczema. So I get how it can steal your time. But why let eczema take over? When you can talk to your doctor about eczema. Eczema, lubricism ad, LVKZ. A 250-mg per 2-mg leador injection is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and children 12 years of age and older, who weigh at least 88 pounds for 40 kg, with moderate to severe eczema. Also called a topic dermatitis that is not well controlled with prescription therapies used on the skin, or topicals, or who cannot use topical therapies. Eczema can be used with or without topical corticosteroids. Don't use if you are allergic to eczema.

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Capital. Will you join me? Whoa, thank you, sir. Your best self, sir. And yours, landlord. Oh, back about. I came down on the upshops to see an old friend who told me he was taking challenge and fall for some. Oh, Mr. Williamson, would that be? Yes. He's in residence, please. He's there. All right, sir. I should know. Ah, he finds his way in here, but I don't know. Yeah, you know Mr. Williamson, sir. What with all those weekend visitors of his, a warm lot that sir... I could see he hasn't changed. Heard you. You never mean long, sir. Oh, quite some time. Is he true, then? Is what, sir? City used to be a clergyman. You know, unfrozenly. Well, to tell the truth, then, lord, I have heard some stuff stay on myself. I'm afraid that the priestess doesn't go far enough back for me to get it.

Oh, Kitty, you'll agree, is there something about his manner? Oh, quite quite. Though more in some of his behavior when he gets in here. Whoa. Unnaked, he's the ethical user. You've heard it, sir. Especially when he's on the whisky with Mr. Woodley. Mr. Woodley? Uh, one of these we can get. Oh, always down with the old Mr. Woodley. I fancy I may have heard of him. Perhaps you can refresh my name, Mr. Woodley, then, lord. Refresh what, no, man. Never met him, lord, I serve Mr. Woodley, sir. Oh, I... What else has he, as I was busy, about a question about him? I beg your pardon, sir. I'm telling the state that, it's right, Mr. Woodley. This seems a friend of Mr. Williams. Ah, so did I today. No, look, sir. Don't you look here, me. House, living, y'all, the popcorn is also not way to rob, and Jack Woodley. Hold on up. No, no, Mr. Woodley. That's one of the stacks. Oh, Mr. Woodley. Oh, well, if you insist. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You're the one who's calling me out. Oh, no. Good gracious, home, your face. Your lip, my dear fella. Sit down quickly and tell me what happened. I've vicious, bad hand, I've been the odious Mr. Woodley's start to bid. Woodley? Ah, Watson, I have to confess that, however, enjoyable, my country trip, it was just more profitable than your home. Never mind that. Oh, there's another letter from Mrs. Smith, he gave me quite a go. Then, be good enough to post me up immediately. Yes, sir. Well, she says, um, you will not be surprised to hear that I was on the staffer there. I thought, come up to town and we'll not return to fun. Mr. Carruthers has got a trap, and so the dangers of the loan to ready for ever were any denders and now over. As to the special cause of my leaving, it's not really my strength situation with Mr. Carruthers, but the rear of Carruthers, so that by or would, who must be saying in the neighborhood,

he had long talked with Mr. Carruthers, he must have said it off with. They loathe and share woodle. More than I can say, how can Mr. Carruthers and Joseph to preach over a moment? However, all my commos will be over on Saturday. I can clean this spare time to run down together on Saturday morning and make sure that the scariest investigation has no untoward ending. Oh, what? The music of the bird and the fresh breath of the police. What better way to occupy our country? There's all the world for you, sir. Now, when you get all your energy from, or anywhere you come from, actually, look, there's the oil in those trees, we can see the health special road from here. No, we must be close to the law, so it's as if he just saying clearly before he turns up into the ground. Hi. Watson. Oh, is that here for moving along the road? No, I can't. If that's her cap, she was the main heat. For the earlier trade, for when she passed out, she was involved with the immediate exactly,

and if she's in any danger, that's very scary. Despite, come on. It's no use, Holmes. We'll never do it. No, I'm afraid. No, oh, fool that I was not too allowed for the early trade. Well, it'll probably be all right. Nothing's happened to her. A tap hasn't been stopped for me. So quite true. But what's the answer? Look, the tap's empty. What's the driver list? She's been abducted. No, the depiners want to try to stop the horse. Come on, now. Well, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We go home, go home. There's a boy. And a girl. Well done. And a girl. Done here. We must drive back. Just a minute, Holmes. Here comes our man on his cycle. Stop, stop there. He didn't understand this. And Holmes. I have answered explanation as a poaching of high speed. You there.

Where do you get that horse and tap? The other man we want to see. Where is Miss Violet? That's what I'm asking you. That's her tap. You know where she is. We met the tap on the road, M.T. We were about to try and back the help of young lady. And by him, it means they got her. But quickly, we must drive down the toilet to the whole as far as we can go. Yes. We'll leave the tap here. Or there'll be ready for us. We can make our way through the strawberry. You don't? Great. Yes. What is it? Is he the girl? No. No, it's Peter the Groove. There must have been a document here. Let me see his head. No, not here. There's anyway. As you come out soon. Then come on, gentlemen. We'll be still be in time to save her. But hurry. This way? This way?

Here they are. And that is woodland. That's what's happening. There's a clergyman talking to her. Don't you see? Great hench is found and can't drink. They will soon. You're over and on too many wise. Stop there. Well done, ladies and gentlemen. Just in time. Well, well, Bob Koevall is the most beautiful woodland. They can take it off, Bob. You and your pals will just come in time to be introduced to Mrs. Woodland. Woodland, I told you what I do if you molested this woman. Even if I hit her, swing for it. And she'll like she's my wife. Oh, she's your widow. You can't harm the bum. Me, Bob too. Enough of this. William can drop that revolver. What can take it from him while I keep it? Here, take the blast. It's the... That... That will even... The churchman shouldn't swear. Now, Mr. Corado, that I'll have your revolver too, you please. No, but you're not too, are you? Anyway, my name is Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes? Oh, good lord.

Hand it over, please. Here. Anyway, go out and see what you can do for Woodland. And then release this myth. Lie him. Now, all of you listen to me. I will represent the official police until they can be summoned. I just think you all under my bloodstores yesterday. Woodland will live, Holmes. And now, see to Mr. Smith. What do you kill me that girl that ain't Jewish to be? Trying to roll in, Jack, would be for life. You needn't concern yourself about that, Mr. Corado. We're very safe in clutching Mr. Williams' right to solemnize any marriage. In any case, a fourth marriage is no marriage at all. It's a very scary espelony as you'll discover. Oh, you catch that. You'll have time to think the point over during the next 10 years or so, I guess. There. As the Yukarovas, you'd have done better to have kept your pistol in your pocket. I have not against the things, John. But I loved her, Mr. Holmes. It's the only time I've ever known what love was. She would hardly pity it. But ever since she's been in my employment, I've never let her go past this house once without pulling out on my bicycle

to see that she came to know how I'm from that brute. Oh, so that was why? Well, Mr. Corado, I told her to sit down and read. Fend it, button. Corado, why did you not simply tell Mr. Smith of the danger? Because he might have left my house for good. You call her level, Mr. Corado, why should I call it selfishness? Maybe they're two things going together. Anyway, I couldn't bear to let her go. Then when the cable came out, I knew they were bound to act immediately for cable. Brothers, you can blink the back of the guns and your hearts can get. But if you squeal, I am your reference needs to be so excited. The case is clear enough again. It's bluffing, got up. I know the talking Williamson. And then you will see how far you have a chance of holding back your secrets. In the first place, the three of you came together to start anew without a game. You will improve, you could others and wood with them. Lie number one. I never saw either. They're going to do the couple months ago. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Let's start busy by the house. So, in references are so made article. But you could others and wood like him over from South Africa. You don't have Smith there. You had reasonably, he wouldn't live long. You found out what he needs, but he had his fortune. It's cruel. Your plan was that one of you should marry and the other should share the fun. But some reason more than they would share something about why wasn't it? We played cards for her on the boy's over. He won. Well, rare there. I see. You got the young lady in your service and Woodley came to court her. She saw what a drunken broody was and would have nothing to do with it. Meanwhile, your arrangements was rather upset by your having fallen in love with her. You could no longer bear the idea of that rough you know, Nia. No, by George, I couldn't. You quarreled. He left you in a rage and the guy to make his own plan independently. He was Williams. You see, Williamsson? He knows it all without my telling him. God! Yes, Mr. Holmes.

That was when he picked up with this so-called Padre. They sent up house here and as I told you, I was fearful. My way name is Smith. It's exactly past. So I kept following her as far as these grounds. And then two days ago, Woodley brought a cable to show me. Tell me you're the wealth Smith was dead at last and reminding you to keep your part in the bargain. Just that. You refused. What of course? So he asked me to marry the girl myself and give him a share of our money. I said I'd do that willingly but she wouldn't have me. He said, let's get her married first. So after a week or two, she may see things a bit different. Mr. Coravall, you had a share in an evil plot. I'm aware of that, sir. However, I think you've done what you could to make a man. They, by evidence, can be of help to you in your trial. It shall be as your disposal. Thank you, Mr. Holmes. However, there she is. Oval, Mr. Coravall, in the first place, I wronged you deeply. I hope you will find it possible to forgive me.

I have done so, sir. You did all you could to rescue me from me. Please, please. I forgive you. And now, Miss Smith, if your sufficient is recovered, I've been Dr. Watson, or be happy to escort you back to God. Ha, ha, ha, do let me enjoy her. And if in your medical opinion, Miss Smith should see not quite convalescent my dear Watson. That might I suggest that a telegram to a certain young electrician in the Midlands would probably complete. Ha, ha, ha, ha. The taste of the solitude like this was one of the shell of whom stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. My name, my real name is Norman Shelley.

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