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

47973    'That is true,' said Sir Henry.

47974    'Well, Barrymore-'

47975    'God bless you, sir, and thank you from my heart!

47976    It would have killed my poor wife had he been taken again.'

47977    'I guess we are aiding and abetting a felony, Watson?

47978    But, after what we have heard, I don't feel as if I could give the man up, so there is an end of it.

47979    All right, Barrymore, you can go.'

47980    With a few broken words of gratitude the man turned, but he hesitated and then came back.

47981    'You've been so kind to us, sir, that I should like to do the best I can for you in return.

47982    I know something, Sir Henry, and perhaps I should have said it before, but it was long after the inquest that I found it out.

47983    I've never breathed a word about it yet to a mortal man.

47984    It's about poor Sir Charles's death.'

47985    The baronet and I were both upon our feet.

47986    'Do you know how he died?'