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"I did as I was told, and at the same instant Mrs. Rucastle drew down the blind. That was a week ago, and from that time I have not sat again in the window, nor have I worn the blue dress, nor seen the man in the road."

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"Pray continue," said Holmes. "Your narrative promises to be a most interesting one."

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"You will find it rather disconnected, I fear, and there may prove to be little relation between the different incidents of which I speak. On the very first day that I was at the Copper Beeches, Mr. Rucastle took me to a small outhouse which stands near the kitchen door. As we approached it I heard the sharp rattling of a chain, and the sound as of a large animal moving about.

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" 'Look in here!' said Mr. Rucastle, showing me a slit between two planks. 'Is he not a beauty?'

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"I looked through and was conscious of two glowing eyes, and of a vague figure huddled up in the darkness.


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