I really think we have enough to go before a jury."
Holmes shook his head.
"A clever counsel would tear it all to rags," said he.
"Why should he take the horse out of the stable? If he wished to injure it why could he not do it there? Has a duplicate key been found in his possession? What chemist sold him the powdered opium? Above all, where could he, a stranger to the district, hide a horse, and such a horse as this? What is his own explanation as to the paper which he wished the maid to give to the stable-boy?"
"He says that it was a ten-pound note.
One was found in his purse.
But your other difficulties are not so formidable as they seem.
He is not a stranger to the district.
He has twice lodged at Tavistock in the summer.
The opium was probably brought from London.