e。 We must
bear in mind that Oberstein has gone to the Continent to dispose
of his booty; but not with any idea of flight; for he had no
reason to fear a warrant; and the idea of an amateur domiciliary
visit would certainly never occur to him。 Yet that is precisely
what we are about to make。〃
〃Could we not get a warrant and legalize it?〃
〃Hardly on the evidence。〃
〃What can we hope to do?〃
〃We cannot tell what correspondence may be there。〃
〃I don't like it; Holmes。〃
〃My dear fellow; you shall keep watch in the street。 I'll do the
criminal part。 It's not a time to stick at trifles。 Think of
Mycroft's note; of the Admiralty; the Cabi; the exalted person
who waits for news。 We are bound to go。〃
My answer was to rise from the table。
〃You are right; Holmes。 We are bound to go。〃
He sprang up and shook me by the hand。
〃I knew you would not shrink at the last;〃 said he; and for a
moment I saw something in his eyes which was nearer to tenderness
than I had ever seen。 The next instant he was his masterful;
practical self once more。
〃It is nearly half a mile; but there is no hurry。 Let us walk;〃
said he。 〃Don't drop the instruments; I beg。 Your arrest as a
suspicious character would be a most unfortunate plication。〃
Caulfield Gardens was one of those lines of flat…faced pillared;
and porticoed houses which are so prominent a product of the
middle Victorian epoch in the West End of London。 Next door
there appeared to be a children's party; f