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would   have   spared   her;   perhaps;   for   all   my   madness;   but   she   threw   her 

arms   round   him;   crying   out   to   him;   and   calling   him   〃Alec。〃     I   struck 

again; and she lay stretched beside him。             I was like a wild beast then that 

had tasted blood。        If Sarah had been there; by the Lord; she should have 



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joined   them。      I   pulled   out   my  knife;   andwell;   there!   I've   said   enough。 

It   gave   me   a   kind   of   savage   joy   when   I   thought   how   Sarah   would   feel 

when she had such signs as these of what her meddling had brought about。 

Then I tied the bodies into the boat; stove a plank; and stood by until they 

had sunk。       I knew very well that the owner would think that they had lost 

their bearings in the haze; and had drifted off out to sea。                 I cleaned myself 

up; got back to land; and joined my ship without a soul having a suspicion 

of what had passed。           That night I made up the packet for Sarah Cushing; 

and next day I sent it from Belfast。 

     〃'There you have the whole truth of it。               You can hang me; or do what 

you   like   with   me;   but   you   cannot   punish   me   as   I   have   been   punished 

already。      I cannot shut my eyes but I see those two faces staring at me 

staring   at   me   as   they   stared   when   my   boat   broke   through   the   haze。        I 

killed them quick; but they are killing me slow; and if I have another night 

of   it   I   shall   be   either   mad   or   dead   before   morning。   You   won't   put   me 

alone  into   a   cell;   sir?  For   pity's   sake   don't;   and   may   you   be   treated   in 

your day of agony as you treat me now。' 

     〃What is the meaning of it; Watson?〃 said Holmes solemnly as he laid 

down   the   paper。       〃What   object   is   served   by   this   circle   of   misery   and 

violence and fear?         It must tend to some end; or else our universe is ruled 

by   chance;   which   is   unthinkable。         But   what   end?       There   is   the   great 

standing      perennial   problem   to   which   human           reason    is   as   far   from   an 

answer as ever。〃 



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