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Then we'll keep up the sentinel business all day to-morrow, if necessary, Letstrayed and I relieving each other, till we finally force that robber to come out and beg for food, when we'll nab him! How does that sound for a scheme?" "It listens well, Holmes, that is, if Letstrayed doesn't make a mess of it," said the Earl musingly. "Woe to him if he does, I can tell you."
So saying, the cold-blooded old sleuth sailed into the game with the other four men, and I sat tight in one of the chairs and talked about the weather with Letstrayed, which was about the extent of the latter's conversational abilities, although every once in a while I could hear him say to himself under his breath: "Nine down two to come!"
"Well, er ah, I suppose I shall have to send in a formal report to Scotland Yard about it, then, so the authorities will have official cognizance of the matter," said Letstrayed, as he scratched his somewhat thick head. At this moment, the bell rang, and Egbert the first footman, answering it, brought in a telegram from Scotland Yard, which Letstrayed had just mentioned, and handed it to him.
After His Lordship had been refreshed and Harrigan had departed, the Earl said to Holmes: "Now go on with the bad news. Let's see what kind of an alibi Louis the soup-maker, pancake-tosser, and egg-breaker, has to offer." And he nudged the fatuous Inspector Letstrayed in the ribs. That worthy, who had been thoughtfully regarding the ceiling for some time, jumped back in surprise.
"Say, Letstrayed, for the love of Mike, don't interrupt me again with your well-meant but rattle-headed advice, or I'll be liable to forget myself and commit murder on the premises. I'm running this show, not you, gol darn it!"
We'll have to wait here until they're all asleep, as Letstrayed was out in the hayloft this afternoon, and then I'm going to get some evidence." Well, the two of us sat up in our room for an hour, and when his watch pointed to half-past eleven, my partner said: "Hist! Here we go now. Take off your shoes." Grumblingly I complied, and he did the same.
"Watson, you can unlock the door up there now, and we'll proceed to the Earl's usual place of business and disburse unto him his tenth stolen cuff-button. You fooled me all right yesterday morning, Tooter, but, by the brainless cranium of Barnabas Letstrayed, I've certainly got the goods on you now!"
He said Letstrayed told him he didn't know a thing about what had taken place until we untied the ropes from him; for he had fallen asleep in his too comfortable position on the pile of hay, and had not been awakened even by the shots. "I'm so mad I could chew nails," said Holmes.
Letstrayed, however, seemed to think that my partner was unjustly putting something over on him in getting back so many of the cuff-buttons when he, Letstrayed, couldn't find one.
After breakfast was over, at which meal Inspector Letstrayed ate at least three times as much as any one else, Holmes announced he was going down to Hedge-gutheridge to investigate some clues, and would not be back until noon.
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