Narrator - Fiction
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he flicked the horse with his whip, and we dashed away through the endless succession of somber and deserted streets, which widened gradually until we were flying across a broad ballast rated bridge with the murky river flowing sluggishly beneath us. Beyond lay another dull wilderness of bricks and mortar. It's silence, broken only by the heavy regular footfall of the policemen or the songs and shouts of simulated party of revelers. A dull rack was drifting slowly across the sky and a star to twinkle dimly here and there, through the rifts of the clowns. Holmes drove in silence with his head sunk upon his breast and the air of a man who is lost in thought while I sat beside him, curious to learn what this new quest might be, which seem to taxes powers so sorely and yet afraid to break in upon the current of his thoughts. We had driven several miles, and we're beginning to get to the fringe of the belt of the suburban villas when he shook himself, shrugged his shoulders and lit up his pipe with the air of a man who has satisfied himself that he is acting for the best you have a grand gift of silence, Watson said. He it makes you quite invaluable as my companion. Upon my word, it is a great thing for me to have someone to talk to for. My own thoughts are not over pleasant. I was wondering what I should say to this dear little woman tonight, when she meets me at the door, you forget that I know nothing about it. I shall just have time to tell you the facts of the case before we get to Lee. It seems absurdly simple, and yet somehow I can get nothing to go upon. There's plenty of thread, no doubt, but I can't get the end of it into my hand. Now I'll state the case clearly and concisely to you, Watson. And maybe you can see a spark where all is dark to me. Proceed, then.