Sherlock Holmes and I went to the Crown Inn. We took some rooms for the night. They were near the top of the building. From our window we could see the road to the house, the gate, and the part of Stoke Moran Manor House where people lived. In the evening we saw Dr. Grimesby Roylott. He was in a carriage. He looked very big next to the boy who was driving the horses. The boy had a problem when he tried to open the heavy iron gates. We heard the doctor shout at the boy. He seemed to be very angry indeed. When the gate was open, they went to the house. A few minutes later we saw a light between the trees as a lamp went on in one of the sitting-rooms.

"Do you know, Watson," said Holmes as we sat together in the dark "I feel really bad about taking you with me tonight. It may not be safe. But it is important that you are with me."

"You say it is not safe. You must have seen more in the rooms than I did."