? ? ? ? "I entirely believe you, madam," said Sherlock Holmes.
? ? ? ? "The recital of these events must be very painful to you, and perhaps it will make it easier if I tell you what occurred, and you can check me if I make any material mistake. The sending of this letter was suggested to you by Stapleton?"
? ? ? ? "He dictated it."
? ? ? ? "I presume that the reason he gave was that you would receive help from Sir Charles for the legal expenses connected with your divorce?"
? ? ? ? "Exactly."
? ? ? ? "And then after you had sent the letter he dissuaded you from keeping the appointment?"
? ? ? ? "He told me that it would hurt his self-respect that any other man should find the money for such an object, and that though he was a poor man himself he would devote his last penny to removing the obstacles which divided us."
? ? ? ? "He appears to be a very consistent character. And then you heard nothing until you read the reports of the death in the paper?"
? ? ? ? "No."
? ? ? ? "And he made you swear to say nothing about your appointment with Sir Charles?"
? ? ? ? "He did. He said that the death was a very mysterious one, and that I should certainly be suspected if the facts came out.
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