18814    Holmes tore it open, and then with a bitter curse hurled it into the grate.

18815    'I might have known it,' he groaned.

18816    'He has escaped!'

18817    'Moriarty!'

18818    'They have secured the whole gang with the exception of him.

18819    He has given them the slip.

18820    Of course, when I had left the country there was no one to cope with him.

18821    But I did think that I had put the game in their hands.

18822    I think that you had better return to England, Watson.'

18823    'Why?'

18824    'Because you will find me a dangerous companion now.

18825    This man's occupation is gone.

18826    He is lost if returns to London.

18827    If I read his character right he will devote his whole energies to revenging himself upon me.

18828    He said as much in our short interview, and I fancy that he meant it.