? ? ? ? I was up betimes in the morning, but Holmes was afoot earlier still, for I saw him as I dressed, coming up the drive.
? ? ? ? "Yes, we should have a full day to-day," he remarked, and he rubbed his hands with the joy of action. "The nets are all in place, and the drag is about to begin. We'll know before the day is out whether we have caught our big, leanjawed pike, or whether he has got through the meshes."
? ? ? ? "Have you been on the moor already?"
? ? ? ? "I have sent a report from Grimpen to Princetown as to the death of Selden. I think I can promise that none of you will be troubled in the matter. And I have also communicated with my faithful Cartwright, who would certainly have pined away at the door of my hut, as a dog does at his master's grave, if I had not set his mind at rest about my safety."
? ? ? ? "What is the next move?"
? ? ? ? "To see Sir Henry. Ah, here he is!"
? ? ? ? "Good-morning, Holmes," said the baronet. "You look like a general who is planning a battle with his chief of the staff.
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