? ? ? ? "I will do just what you say."
? ? ? ? "Very good. I should be glad to get away as soon after breakfast as possible, so as to reach London in the afternoon."
? ? ? ? I was much astounded by this programme, though I remembered that Holmes had said to Stapleton on the night before that his visit would terminate next day. It had not crossed my mind however, that he would wish me to go with him, nor could I understand how we could both be absent at a moment which he himself declared to be critical. There was nothing for it, however, but implicit obedience; so we bade good-bye to our rueful friend, and a couple of hours afterwards we were at the station of Coombe Tracey and had dispatched the trap upon its return journey. A small boy was waiting upon the platform.
? ? ? ? "Any orders, sir?"
? ? ? ? "You will take this train to town, Cartwright. The moment you arrive you will send a wire to Sir Henry Baskerville, in my name, to say that if he finds the pocketbook which I have dropped he is to send it by registered post to Baker Street."
? ? ? ? "Yes, sir."
? ? ? ? "And ask at the station office if there is a message for me."
? ? ? ? The boy returned with a telegram, which Holmes handed to me.
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