? ? ? ? But whatever the true explanation of Barrymore's movements might be, I felt that the responsibility of keeping them to myself until I could explain them was more than I could bear. I had an interview with the baronet in his study after breakfast, and I told him all that I had seen. He was less surprised than I had expected.
? ? ? ? "I knew that Barrymore walked about nights, and I had a mind to speak to him about it," said he. "Two or three times I have heard hls steps in the passage, coming and going, just about the hour you name."
? ? ? ? "Perhaps then he pays a visit every night to that particular window," I suggested.
? ? ? ? "Perhaps he does. If so, we should be able to shadow him and see what it is that he is after. I wonder what your friend Holmes would do if he were here."
? ? ? ? "I believe that he would do exactly what you now suggest," said I. "He would follow Barrymore and see what he did."
? ? ? ? "Then we shall do it together.
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