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"Just look up the trains in Bradshaw," said he, and turned back to his chemical studies.

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The summons was a brief and urgent one.

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Please be at the Black Swan Hotel at Winchester at midday to-morrow [it said]. Do come! I am at my wit's end.

Hunter.

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"Will you come with me?" asked Holmes, glancing up.

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"I should wish to."

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"Just look it up, then."

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"There is a train at half-past nine," said I, glancing over my Bradshaw. "It is due at Winchester at 11:30."

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"That will do very nicely. Then perhaps I had better postpone my analysis of the acetones, as we may need to be at our best in the morning."

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By eleven o'clock the next day we were well upon our way to the old English capital.


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