? ? ? ? "Exactly."
? ? ? ? "I thought as much -- and knowing your admirable tenacity I was convinced that you were sitting in ambush, a weapon within reach, waiting for the tenant to return. So you actually thought that I was the criminal?"
? ? ? ? "I did not know who you were, but I was determined to find out."
? ? ? ? "Excellent, Watson! And how did you localize me? You saw me, perhaps, on the night of the convict hunt, when I was so imprudent as to allow the moon to rise behind me?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, I saw you then."
? ? ? ? "And have no doubt searched all the huts until you came to this one?"
? ? ? ? "No, your boy had been observed, and that gave me a guide where to look."
? ? ? ? "The old gentleman with the telescope, no doubt. I could not make it out when first I saw the light flashing upon the lens." He rose and peeped into the hut. "Ha, I see that Cartwright has brought up some supplies. What's this paper? So you have been to Coombe Tracey, have you?"
? ? ? ? "Yes."
? ? ? ? "To see Mrs. Laura Lyons?"
? ? ? ? "Exactly."
? ? ? ? "Well done! Our researches have evidently been running on parallel lines, and when we unite our results I expect we shall have a fairly full knowledge of the case.
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