"I am Helen Steiner. I live with my stepfather. He is the last of a very old family, the Roylotts."
Holmes said "I know that name."
"The family was once very rich. It owned many houses and farms. But then some of the children wasted the money, and their children did too. In one hundred years, all the family's money was gone. Nothing was left except some land and the old house.
The last squire, my stepfather's father, lived in the old house, and he was very poor. My stepfather decided to change. He borrowed some money and became a doctor. He went to India. Because he was a good doctor, and because he worked very hard, he was successful. But he had a very bad temper. One day he killed a servant, because he thought the servant was a thief. He went to prison for a long time. After many years he came back to England. But he was not a happy person, and he was often angry and upset.
