55874 He held up a piece of white cardboard, about the size of a sheet of note-paper.
55875 It read in this fashion:
55876 'THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE IS DISSOLVED.
55877 OCT. 9, 1890.'
55878 Sherlock Holmes and I surveyed this curt announcement and the rueful face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so completely over-topped every other consideration that we both burst out into a roar of laughter.
55879 'I cannot see that there is anything very funny,' cried our client, flushing up to the roots of his flaming head.
55880 'If you can do nothing better than laugh at me, I can go elsewhere.'
55881 'No, no,' cried Holmes, shoving him back into the chair from which he had half risen.
55882 'I really wouldn't miss your case for the world.
55883 It is most refreshingly unusual.
55884 But there is, if you will excuse me saying so, something just a little funny about it.
55885 Pray what steps did you take when you found the card upon the door?'