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      I never went wrong before�  �I never will again。  I swear it。  I'll

      swear it on a Bible。  Oh�察�don't bring it into court�  �For Christ's

      sake�察�don't� �



          ;Get back into your chair� ─�said Holmes sternly。  ;It is very

      well to cringe and crawl now�察�but you thought little enough of

      this poor Horner in the dock for a crime of which he knew

      nothing。;



          ;I will fly�察�Mr。 Holmes。  I will leave the country�察�sir。  Then

      the charge against him will break down。;



          ;Hum�  �We will talk about that。  And now let us hear a true

      account of the next act。  How came the stone into the goose�察�and

      how came the goose into the open market�拭 �Tell us the truth�察�for

      there lies your only hope of safety。;



          Ryder passed his tongue over his parched lips。  ;I will tell

      you it just as it happened�察�sir�察─�said he。  ;When Horner had been

      arrested�察�it seemed to me that it would be best for me to get away

      with the stone at once�察�for I did not know at what moment the

      police might not take it into their heads to search me and my

      room。  There was no place about the hotel where it would be safe。

      I went out�察�as if on some commission�察�and I made for my sister's

      house。  She had married a man named Oakshott�察�and lived in Brixton

      Road�察�where she fattened fowls for the market。  All the way there

      every man I met seemed to me to be a policeman or a detective��

      and�察�for all that it was a cold night�察�the sweat was pouring down

      my face before I came to the Brixton Road。  My sister asked me

      what was the matter�察�and why I was so pale�察�but I told her that I

      had been upset by the jewel robbery at the hotel。  Then I went

      into the back yard and smoked a pipe�察�and wondered what it would

      be best to do。



          ;I had a friend once called Maudsley�察�who went to the bad�察�and

      has just been serving his time in PentonvilIe。  One day he had met

      me�察�and fell into talk about the ways of thieves�察�and how they

      could get rid of what they stole。  I knew that he would be true to

      me�察�for I knew one or two things about him�察�so I made up my mind

      to go right on to Kilburn�察�where he lived�察�and take him into my

      confidence。  He would show me how to turn the stone into money。

      But how to get to him in safety�拭 �I thought of the agonies I had

      gone through in coming from the hotel。  I might at any moment be

      seized and searched�察�and there would be the stone in my waistcoat

      pocket。  I was leaning against the wall at the time and looking at

      the geese which were waddling about round my feet�察�and suddenly an

      idea came into my head which showed me how I could beat the best

      detective that ever lived。



          ;My sister had told me some weeks before that I might have the

      pick of her geese for a Christmas present�察�and I knew that she was

      always as good as her word。  I would take my goose now�察�and in it

      I would carry my stone to Kilburn。  There was a little shed in the

      yard�察�and behind this I drove one of the birdsa fine big one��

      white�察�with a barred tail。  I caught it�察�and�察�prying its bill

      open�察�I thrust the stone down its throat as far as my finger could

      reach。  The bird gave a gulp�察�and I felt the stone pass along its

      gullet and down into its crop。  But the creature flapped and

      struggled�察�and out came my sister to know what was the matter。  As

      I turned to speak to her the brute broke loose and fluttered off

      among the others。



          ;`Whatever were you doing with that bird�察�Jem��' says she。



          ;`Well��' said I�察 �you said you'd give me one for Christmas��

      and I was feeling which was the fattest。'



          ;`Oh��' says she�察 �we've set yours aside for youJem's bird��

      we call it。  It's the big white one over yonder。  There's

      twenty´six of them�察�which makes one for you�察�and one for us�察�and

      two dozen for the market。'



          ;`Thank you�察�Maggie��' says I�察 �but if it is all the same to

      you�察�I'd rather have that one I was handling just now。'



          ;`The other is a good three pound heavier��' said she�察 �and we

      fattened it expressly for you。'



          ;`Never mind。  I'll have the other�察�and I'll take it now��'

      said I。



          ;`Oh�察�just as you like��' said she�察�a little huffed。  `Which is

      it you want�察�then��'



          ;`That white one with the barred tail�察�right in the middle of

      the flock。'



          `Oh�察�very well。  Kill it and take it with you。'



          ;Well�察�I did what she said�察�Mr。 Holmes�察�and I carried the bird

      all the way to Kilburn。  I told my pal what I had done�察�for he was

      a man that it was easy to tell a thing like that to。  He laughed

      until he choked�察�and we got a knife and opened the goose。  My

      heart turned to water�察�for there was no sign of the stone�察�and I

      knew that some terrible mistake had occurred。  I left the bird��

      rushed back to my sister's�察�and hurried into the back yard。  There

      was not a bird to be seen there。



          ;`Where are they all�察�Maggie��' I cried。



          ;`Gone to the dealer's�察�Jem。'



          ;`Which dealer's��'



          ;`Breckinridge�察�of Covent Garden。'



          ;`But was there another with a barred tail��' I asked�察 �the

      same as the one I chose��'



          ;`Yes�察�Jem�察�there were two barred´tailed ones�察�and I could

      never tell them apart。'



          ;Well�察�then�察�of course I saw it all�察�and I ran off as hard as

      my feet would carry me to this man Breckinridge�察�but he had sold

      the lot at once�察�and not one word would he tell me as to where

      they had gone。  You heard him yourselves to´night。  Well�察�he has

      always answered me like that。  My sister thinks that I am going

      mad。  Sometimes I think that I am myself。  And nowand now I am

      myself a branded thief�察�without ever having touched the wealth for

      which I sold my character。  God help me�  �God help me� ─ �He burst

      into convulsive sobbing�察�with his face buried in his hands。



          There was a long silence�察�broken only by his heavy breathing��

      and by the measured tapping of Sherlock Holmes's finger´tips upon

      the edge of the table。  Then my friend rose and threw open the

      door。



          ;Get out� ─�said he。



          ;What�察�sir�  �Oh�察�Heaven bless you� �



          ;No more words。  Get out� �



          And no more words were needed。  There was a rush�察�a clatter

      upon the stairs�察�the bang of a door�察�and the crisp rattle of

      running footfalls from the street。



          ;After all�察�Watson�察─�said Holmes�察�reaching up his hand for his

      clay pipe�察 �I am not retained by the police to supply their

      deficiencies。
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