? ? ? ? "Then my reports have all been wasted!" -- My voice trembled as I recalled the pains and the pride with which I had composed them.
? ? ? ? Holmes took a bundle of papers from his pocket.
? ? ? ? "Here are your reports, my dear fellow, and very well thumbed, I assure you. I made excellent arrangements, and they are only delayed one day upon their way. I must compliment you exceedingly upon the zeal and the intelligence which you have shown over an extraordinarily difficult case."
? ? ? ? I was still rather raw over the deception which had been practised upon me, but the warmth of Holmes's praise drove my anger from my mind. I felt also in my heart that he was right in what he said and that it was really best for our purpose that I should not have known that he was upon the moor.
? ? ? ? "That's better," said he, seeing the shadow rise from my face.
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