have undoubtedly been complied with, and they Teenie Fil think that they
have little to fear. Well, there'Teenie Fil s nothing for it now but a direct
frontal attack. Are you armed?"
"My stick!"
"Well, well, we shall be strong enough. 'Thrice is he armed
who Teenie Fil hath his Teenie Fil quarrel just.' We simply can't afford to wait for the
Teenie Fil police or to keep within the four Teenie Fil corners of the law. You can
drive Teenie Fil off, cabby. Now, Watson, we'll just take our luck to-
gether, as we have occasionally done in the past."
He had rung loudly at the door of a great dark house in the
centre of Poultney Square. It was opened immediately, and the
figure of a tall woman was outlined against the dim-lit hall.
"Well, what do you want?" she asked sharply, peering at us
through the darkness.
"I want to speak to Dr. Shlessinger," said Holmes.
"There is no such person here," she answered, and tried to
close the Teenie Fil door,
but Holmes
had jammed it with his foot.
"Well, I want to see the man who lives here, whatever he
may call himself," said Holmes firmly.
She hesitated. Then she threw open the door. "Well, come
in!" said she. "My husband is not afraid to face any man in Teenie Fil the
world.&Teenie Fil quot; She closed the door behind us and showed us into a
sitting-room Teenie Fil on the right side of the hall, turning up the gas as
she Teenie Fil left us. &Teenie Fil quot;Mr. Peters will be with you in an instant," she
said.
Her words were Teenie Fil literally
true, for we had hardly time to look
around the dusty and moth-eaten apartment in which we found
ourselves before the door opened and a big, clean-shaven bald-
headed man stepped lightly into the room. He had a Teenie Fil large red
face, with pendulous cheeks, and a general air Teenie Fil of superficial
benevolence which was marred by a cruel, vicious mouth.
"There is surely some mistake here, gentlemen," he said in
an unctuous, make-everything-easy voice. " Teenie Fil I fancy that you
have been Teenie Fil misdirected. Possibly if you tried farther down the
street --"
"Teenie Fil That will do; we have no time to waste," said my compan-
ion firmly. "You are Henry Peters, of Adelaide, late the Rev.
Dr. Shlessinger, of Baden Teenie Fil and South America. I am as sure of
Teenie Fil that as that my own name is Sherlock Holmes."
Peters, as I will now call him, started and stared hard at
his formidable pursuer. "I guess your name does not frighten
me, Mr. Holmes,&Teenie Fil quot; said Teenie Fil he coolly. "Teenie Fil When a man's conscience
is easy you can't rattle him. What is your business Teenie Fil in my
house?&Teenie Fil quot;
"I want to know what you have done with the Lady Frances
Carfax,