Sherlock Holmes Investigates

However, Lestrade was anxious to get his man safely locked away. We sent for our cab which arrived a few minutes later, and we all went back to central London. Our captive did not say a word, but glared at us from the shadow of his tangled hair. Once, when he thought he could reach my hand, he tried to bite it like a hungry wolf. At the police-station we learned that a search of the prisoner's clothing had found nothing but a few shillings and a long knife. But the handle of the knife had many signs of recent blood on it.

'That's all right', said Lestrade, as we left to go home. 'Detective Hill knows all of these gentlemen, and he will find out who he is. You'll find that my theory of the Mafia will be correct. I'm sure I am very grateful to you, Mr. Holmes, for the efficient way in which you allowed us to capture this man. I don't really understand it all yet.'

'I am afraid it is rather too late in the evening for me to explain now', said Holmes. 'Besides, there are one or two bits of the case which are not yet finished, and this is one of those cases I want to work on right to the very end. Come round to my rooms again at six o'clock to-morrow. I think I will show you that, even now, you don't understand everything that is happening. The whole affair has some parts to it which make it the only case of its kind in the history of crime. If I ever allow you to write about any more of my little problems, Watson, I think that you will brighten up your pages with the remarkable adventure of the Napoleonic busts.'