47958    'He'll break into no house, sir.

47959    I give you my solemn word upon that.

47960    And he will never trouble anyone in this country again.

47961    I assure you, Sir Henry, that in a very few days the necessary arrangements will have been made and he will be on his way to South America.

47962    For God's sake, sir, I beg of you not to let the police know that he is still on the moor.

47963    They have given up the chase there, and he can lie quiet until the ship is ready for him.

47964    You can't tell on him without getting my wife and me into trouble.

47965    I beg you, sir, to say nothing to the police.'

47966    'What do you say, Watson?'

47967    I shrugged my shoulders.

47968    'If he were safely out of the country it would relieve the taxpayer of a burden.'

47969    'But how about the chance of his holding someone up before he goes?'

47970    'He would not do anything so mad, sir.

47971    We have provided him with all that he can want.

47972    To commit a crime would be to show where he was hiding.'