47880 This man was far from the place where the latter had disappeared.
47881 Besides, he was a much taller man.
47882 With a cry of surprise I pointed him out to the baronet, but in the instant during which I had turned to grasp his arm the man was gone.
47883 There was the sharp pinnacle of granite still cutting the lower edge of the moon, but its peak bore no trace of that silent and motionless figure.
47884 I wished to go in that direction and to search the tor, but it was some distance away.
47885 The Baronet's nerves were still quivering from that cry, which recalled the dark story of his family, and he was not in the mood for fresh adventures.
47886 He had not seen this lonely man upon the tor, and could not feel the thrill which his strange presence and his commanding attitude had given to me.
47887 'A warder, no doubt,' said he.
47888 'The moor has been thick with them since this fellow escaped.'
47889 Well, perhaps his explanation may be the right one, but I should like to have some further proof of it.
47890 To-day we mean to communicate to the Princetown people where they should look for their missing man, but it is hard lines that we have not actually had the triumph of bringing him back as our own prisoner.
47891 Such are the adventures of last night, and you must acknowledge, my dear Holmes, that I have done you very well in the matter of a report.
47892 Much of what I tell you is no doubt quite irrelevant, but still I feel that it is best that I should let you have all the facts and leave you to select for yourself those which will be of most service to you in helping you to your conclusions.