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Here they've got every means of showing the powers at their disposal and they're automatically bound to use them against you; in the country they'll either have to delegate authority to different bodies or just have to try and bother you by letter, telegram or telephone.
THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERYWe were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the maid brought in a telegram.
Upon the second day of his absence I received a telegram from the major, imploring me to come at once.
Now, by the merest chance, his wife received a telegram upon this same Monday, very shortly after his departure, to the effect that a small parcel of considerable value which she had been expecting was waiting for her at the offices of the Aberdeen Shipping Company.
"It would cease to be a danger if we could define it," said he."But at any time, day or night, a telegram would bring me down to your help."
The telegram which we eventually received came late one night just as I was thinking of turning in and Holmes was settling down to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently indulged in, when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at night and find him in the same position when I came down to breakfast in the morning.
"By the way," one of the men called after him, "it's worth remembering that any telegram you send here is handed all round the court and shown to the King."
"You want to see me?""No; I want to send a telegram, if there's any electric fluid in this old tomb."
In the midst of the conversation the native suddenly dived into the cluttered drawer of the dressing-table, and drew forth a telegram covered with dust, which he offered to Tarvin 's scrutiny.
"No telegram has come for you," said the King, simply.
You will say that an important telegram has miscarried and that you are looking for it.
Obviously the first thing to do was to see the Grimpen postmaster, and find whether the test telegram had really been placed in Barrymore's own hands.
The postmaster, who was also the village grocer, had a clear recollection of the telegram.
"Certainly, sir," said he, "I had the telegram delivered to Mr. Barrymore exactly as directed."
James, you delivered that telegram to Mr. Barrymore at the Hall last week, did you not?""Yes, father, I delivered it."
"Didn't he get the telegram?
First of all about the test telegram, which you sent from London in order to make sure that Barrymore was really here.
I told Sir Henry how the matter stood, and he at once, in his downright fashion, had Barrymore up and asked him whether he had received the telegram himself.
The boy returned with a telegram, which Holmes handed to me.
That telegram from London, if mentioned by Sir Henry to the Stapletons, must remove the last suspicions from their minds.
Pencroft was wild with joy, and every morning and evening he sent a telegram to the corral, which always received an answer.
If anything occurred at the corral, or in the neighborhood, he could instantly warn the colonists by sending a telegram to Granite House.
That evening a telegram was sent to Ayrton, requesting him to bring from the corral a couple of goats, which Neb wished to acclimatize to the plateau.
No doubt, Ayrton might have sent a telegram which had not arrived, but this was not the reason why his companions were so uneasy, for, a more unaccountable circumstance, Ayrton, who had promised to return the evening before, had not reappeared.
Probably the house was occupied by the stranger, since it was from thence that the telegram had been sent.
The telegram had clearly said,-- "Come to the corral immediately."
"For example, observation shows me that you have been to the Wigmore Street Post-Office this morning, but deduction lets me know that when there you dispatched a telegram."
"How, then, did you deduce the telegram?"
He took the telegram out of his pocket, and handed it to me.
The bell was answered immediately by his old friend and valet, Matthew, who brought in his clothes, boots, and a telegram.
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