The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

"The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes"

Her young womanhood had, I knew, been spent in rough scenes and under strange conditions. So far I had got before I ever heard Lord St. Simon's narrative. When he told us of a man in a pew, of the change in the bride's manner, of so transparent a device for obtaining a note as the dropping of a bouquet, of her resort to her confidential maid, and of her very significant allusion to claimjumping -which in miners' parlance means taking possession of that which another person has a prior claim to -- the whole situation became absolutely clear. She had gone off with a man, and the man was either a lover or was a previous husband -- the chances being in favour of the latter."

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"And how in the world did you find them?"

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"It might have been difficult, but friend Lestrade held information in his hands the value of which he did not himself know. The initials were, of course, of the highest importance, but more valuable still was it to know that within a week he had settled his bill at one of the most select London hotels.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

"The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes"