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"Did you see anyone?"

"The windows were all in darkness save one on the lower floor.

The blind was down, and I could not see in.

I was standing there, wondering what I should do next, when a covered van drove up with two men in it.

They descended, took something out of the van, and carried it up the steps to the hall door.

Mr. Holmes, it was a coffin."

"Ah!"

"For an instant I was on the point of rushing in.

The door had been opened to admit the men and their burden.

It was the woman who had opened it.

But as I stood there she caught a glimpse of me, and I think that she recognized me.

I saw her start, and she hastily closed the door.

I remembered my promise to you, and here I am."

"You have done excellent work," said Holmes, scribbling a few words upon a half-sheet of paper.

"We can do nothing legal without a warrant, and you can serve the cause best by taking this note down to the authorities and getting one.

There may be some difficulty, but I should think that the sale of the jewellery should be sufficient.

Lestrade will see to all details."

"But they may murder her in the meanwhile. What could the coffin mean, and for whom could it be but for her?"

"We will do all that can be done, Mr. Green.

Not a moment will be lost.

Leave it in our hands.

Now Watson," he added as our client hurried away, "he will set the regular forces on the move.

We are, as usual, the irregulars, and we must take our own line of action.

The situation strikes me as so desperate that the most extreme measures are justified.

Not a moment is to be lost in getting to Poultney Square.