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just been up to report. He says that no trace can be found of the launch. It is a provoking check, for every hour is of importance.'
'Can I do anything? I am perfectly fresh now, and quite ready for another night's outing.'
'No; we can do nothing. We can only wait. If we go ourselves, the message might come in our absence, and delay be caused. You can do what you will, but I must remain on guard.'
'Then I shall run over to Camberwell and call upon Mrs. Cecil Forrester. She asked me to, yesterday.'
'On Mrs. Cecil Forrester?' asked Holmes, with the twinkle of a smile in his eyes.
'Well, of course on Miss Morstan too. They were anxious to hear what happened.'
'I would not tell them too much,' said
