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The Black Swan is an inn of repute in the High Street, at no distance from the station, and there we found the young lady waiting for us. She had engaged a sitting-room, and our lunch awaited us upon the table.
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"I am so delighted that you have come," she said earnestly. "It is so very kind of you both; but indeed I do not know what I should do. Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me."
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"Pray tell us what has happened to you."
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"I will do so, and I must be quick, for I have promised Mr. Rucastle to be back before three. I got his leave to come into town this morning, though he little knew for what purpose."
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"Let us have everything in its due order." Holmes thrust his long thin legs out towards the fire and composed himself to listen.
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"In the first place, I may say that I have met, on the whole, with no actual ill-treatment from Mr.
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