text: I sprang out , they tried to drag me back , and had it not been for the help of this good man , who led me to the cab , I should never had broken away .

text: I

text: sprang

text: out

text: they

text: tried

text: to

text: drag

text: me

text: back

text: and

text: had

text: it

text: not

text: been

text: for

text: the

text: help

text: of

text: this

text: good

text: man

text: who

text: led

text: me

text: to

text: the

text: cab

text: I

text: should

text: never

text: had

text: broken

text: away


text: Now , thank God , I am beyond their power forever . ''

text: Now

text: thank

text: God

text: I

text: am

text: beyond

text: their

text: power

text: forever


text: We had all listened intently to this remarkable statement .

text: We

text: had

text: all

text: listened

text: intently

text: to

text: this

text: remarkable

text: statement


text: It was Holmes who broke the silence .

text: It

text: was

text: Holmes

text: who

text: broke

text: the

text: silence


text: `` Our difficulties are not over , '' he remarked , shaking his head .

label: SCOPE

label: CUE

text: Our

text: difficulties

text: are

text: not

text: over

text: he

text: remarked

text: shaking

text: his

text: head


text: `` Our police work ends , but our legal work begins . ''

text: Our

text: police

text: work

text: ends

text: but

text: our

text: legal

text: work

text: begins


text: `` Exactly , '' said I .

text: Exactly

text: said

text: I


text: `` A plausible lawyer could make it out as an act of self-defence .

text: A

text: plausible

text: lawyer

text: could

text: make

text: it

text: out

text: as

text: an

text: act

text: of

text: self-defence


text: There may be a hundred crimes in the background , but it is only on this one that they can be tried . ''

text: There

text: may

text: be

text: a

text: hundred

text: crimes

text: in

text: the

text: background

text: but

text: it

text: is

text: only

text: on

text: this

text: one

text: that

text: they

text: can

text: be

text: tried


text: `` Come , come , '' said Baynes cheerily , `` I think better of the law than that .

text: Come

text: come

text: said

text: Baynes

text: cheerily

text: I

text: think

text: better

text: of

text: the

text: law

text: than

text: that


text: Self-defence is one thing .

text: Self-defence

text: is

text: one

text: thing


text: To entice a man in cold blood with the object of murdering him is another , whatever danger you may fear from him .

text: To

text: entice

text: a

text: man

text: in

text: cold

text: blood

text: with

text: the

text: object

text: of

text: murdering

text: him

text: is

text: another

text: whatever

text: danger

text: you

text: may

text: fear

text: from

text: him


text: No , no , we shall all be justified when we see the tenants of High Gable at the next Guildford Assizes . ''

text: No

text: no

text: we

text: shall

text: all

text: be

text: justified

text: when

text: we

text: see

text: the

text: tenants

text: of

text: High

text: Gable

text: at

text: the

text: next

text: Guildford

text: Assizes


text: It is a matter of history , however , that a little time was still to elapse before the Tiger of San Pedro should meet with his deserts .

text: It

text: is

text: a

text: matter

text: of

text: history

text: however

text: that

text: a

text: little

text: time

text: was

text: still

text: to

text: elapse

text: before

text: the

text: Tiger

text: of

text: San

text: Pedro

text: should

text: meet

text: with

text: his

text: deserts


text: Wily and bold , he and his companion threw their pursuer off their track by entering a lodging-house in Edmonton Street and leaving by the back-gate into Curzon Square .

text: Wily

text: and

text: bold

text: he

text: and

text: his

text: companion

text: threw

text: their

text: pursuer

text: off

text: their

text: track

text: by

text: entering

text: a

text: lodging-house

text: in

text: Edmonton

text: Street

text: and

text: leaving

text: by

text: the

text: back-gate

text: into

text: Curzon

text: Square


text: From that day they were seen no more in England .

text: From

text: that

text: day

text: they

text: were

text: seen

text: no

text: more

text: in

text: England


text: Some six months afterwards the Marquess of Montalva and Signor Rulli , his secretary , were both murdered in their rooms at the Hotel Escurial at Madrid .

text: Some

text: six

text: months

text: afterwards

text: the

text: Marquess

text: of

text: Montalva

text: and

text: Signor

text: Rulli

text: his

text: secretary

text: were

text: both

text: murdered

text: in

text: their

text: rooms

text: at

text: the

text: Hotel

text: Escurial

text: at

text: Madrid


text: The crime was ascribed to Nihilism , and the murderers were never arrested .

text: The

text: crime

text: was

text: ascribed

text: to

text: Nihilism

text: and

text: the

text: murderers

text: were

text: never

text: arrested


text: Inspector Baynes visited us at Baker Street with a printed description of the dark face of the secretary , and of the masterful features , the magnetic black eyes , and the tufted brows of his master .

text: Inspector

text: Baynes

text: visited

text: us

text: at

text: Baker

text: Street

text: with

text: a

text: printed

text: description

text: of

text: the

text: dark

text: face

text: of

text: the

text: secretary

text: and

text: of

text: the

text: masterful

text: features

text: the

text: magnetic

text: black

text: eyes

text: and

text: the

text: tufted

text: brows

text: of

text: his

text: master


text: We could not doubt that justice , if belated , had come at last .

text: We

text: could

text: not

text: doubt

text: that

text: justice

text: if

text: belated

text: had

text: come

text: at

text: last


text: `` A chaotic case , my dear Watson , '' said Holmes over an evening pipe .

text: A

text: chaotic

text: case

text: my

text: dear

text: Watson

text: said

text: Holmes

text: over

text: an

text: evening

text: pipe


text: `` It will not be possible for you to present in that compact form which is dear to your heart .

text: It

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: possible

text: for

text: you

text: to

text: present

text: in

text: that

text: compact

text: form

text: which

text: is

text: dear

text: to

text: your

text: heart


text: It covers two continents , concerns two groups of mysterious persons , and is further complicated by the highly respectable presence of our friend , Scott Eccles , whose inclusion shows me that the deceased Garcia had a scheming mind and a well-developed instinct of self-preservation .

text: It

text: covers

text: two

text: continents

text: concerns

text: two

text: groups

text: of

text: mysterious

text: persons

text: and

text: is

text: further

text: complicated

text: by

text: the

text: highly

text: respectable

text: presence

text: of

text: our

text: friend

text: Scott

text: Eccles

text: whose

text: inclusion

text: shows

text: me

text: that

text: the

text: deceased

text: Garcia

text: had

text: a

text: scheming

text: mind

text: and

text: a

text: well-developed

text: instinct

text: of

text: self-preservation


text: It is remarkable only for the fact that amid a perfect jungle of possibilities we , with our worthy collaborator , the inspector , have kept our close hold on the essentials and so been guided along the crooked and winding path .

text: It

text: is

text: remarkable

text: only

text: for

text: the

text: fact

text: that

text: amid

text: a

text: perfect

text: jungle

text: of

text: possibilities

text: we

text: with

text: our

text: worthy

text: collaborator

text: the

text: inspector

text: have

text: kept

text: our

text: close

text: hold

text: on

text: the

text: essentials

text: and

text: so

text: been

text: guided

text: along

text: the

text: crooked

text: and

text: winding

text: path


text: Is there any point which is not quite clear to you ? ''

text: Is

text: there

text: any

text: point

text: which

text: is

text: not

text: quite

text: clear

text: to

text: you


text: `` The object of the mulatto cook 's return ? ''

text: The

text: object

text: of

text: the

text: mulatto

text: cook

text: 's

text: return


text: `` I think that the strange creature in the kitchen may account for it .

text: I

text: think

text: that

text: the

text: strange

text: creature

text: in

text: the

text: kitchen

text: may

text: account

text: for

text: it


text: The man was a primitive savage from the backwoods of San Pedro , and this was his fetish .

text: The

text: man

text: was

text: a

text: primitive

text: savage

text: from

text: the

text: backwoods

text: of

text: San

text: Pedro

text: and

text: this

text: was

text: his

text: fetish


text: When his companion and he had fled to some prearranged retreat -- already occupied , no doubt by a confederate -- the companion had persuaded him to leave so compromising an article of furniture .

text: When

text: his

text: companion

text: and

text: he

text: had

text: fled

text: to

text: some

text: prearranged

text: retreat

text: already

text: occupied

text: no

text: doubt

text: by

text: a

text: confederate

text: the

text: companion

text: had

text: persuaded

text: him

text: to

text: leave

text: so

text: compromising

text: an

text: article

text: of

text: furniture


text: But the mulatto 's heart was with it , and he was driven back to it next day , when , on reconnoitering through the window , he found policeman Walters in possession .

text: But

text: the

text: mulatto

text: 's

text: heart

text: was

text: with

text: it

text: and

text: he

text: was

text: driven

text: back

text: to

text: it

text: next

text: day

text: when

text: on

text: reconnoitering

text: through

text: the

text: window

text: he

text: found

text: policeman

text: Walters

text: in

text: possession


text: He waited three days longer , and then his piety or his superstition drove him to try once more .

text: He

text: waited

text: three

text: days

text: longer

text: and

text: then

text: his

text: piety

text: or

text: his

text: superstition

text: drove

text: him

text: to

text: try

text: once

text: more


text: Inspector Baynes , who , with his usual astuteness , had minimized the incident before me , had really recognized its importance and had left a trap into which the creature walked .

text: Inspector

text: Baynes

text: who

text: with

text: his

text: usual

text: astuteness

text: had

text: minimized

text: the

text: incident

text: before

text: me

text: had

text: really

text: recognized

text: its

text: importance

text: and

text: had

text: left

text: a

text: trap

text: into

text: which

text: the

text: creature

text: walked


text: Any other point , Watson ? ''

text: Any

text: other

text: point

text: Watson


text: `` The torn bird , the pail of blood , the charred bones , all the mystery of that weird kitchen ? ''

text: The

text: torn

text: bird

text: the

text: pail

text: of

text: blood

text: the

text: charred

text: bones

text: all

text: the

text: mystery

text: of

text: that

text: weird

text: kitchen


text: Holmes smiled as he turned up an entry in his note-book .

text: Holmes

text: smiled

text: as

text: he

text: turned

text: up

text: an

text: entry

text: in

text: his

text: note-book


text: `` I spent a morning in the British Museum reading up on that and other points .

text: I

text: spent

text: a

text: morning

text: in

text: the

text: British

text: Museum

text: reading

text: up

text: on

text: that

text: and

text: other

text: points


text: Here is a quotation from Eckermann 's Voodooism and the Negroid Religions :

text: Here

text: is

text: a

text: quotation

text: from

text: Eckermann

text: 's

text: Voodooism

text: and

text: the

text: Negroid

text: Religions


text: `` ` The true voodoo-worshipper attempts nothing of importance without certain sacrifices which are intended to propitiate his unclean gods .

text: The

text: true

text: voodoo-worshipper

text: attempts

text: nothing

text: of

text: importance

text: without

text: certain

text: sacrifices

text: which

text: are

text: intended

text: to

text: propitiate

text: his

text: unclean

text: gods


text: The

text: true

text: voodoo-worshipper

text: attempts

text: nothing

text: of

text: importance

text: without

text: certain

text: sacrifices

text: which

text: are

text: intended

text: to

text: propitiate

text: his

text: unclean

text: gods


text: In extreme cases these rites take the form of human sacrifices followed by cannibalism .

text: In

text: extreme

text: cases

text: these

text: rites

text: take

text: the

text: form

text: of

text: human

text: sacrifices

text: followed

text: by

text: cannibalism


text: The more usual victims are a white cock , which is plucked in pieces alive , or a black goat , whose throat is cut and body burned . '

text: The

text: more

text: usual

text: victims

text: are

text: a

text: white

text: cock

text: which

text: is

text: plucked

text: in

text: pieces

text: alive

text: or

text: a

text: black

text: goat

text: whose

text: throat

text: is

text: cut

text: and

text: body

text: burned


text: `` So you see our savage friend was very orthodox in his ritual .

text: So

text: you

text: see

text: our

text: savage

text: friend

text: was

text: very

text: orthodox

text: in

text: his

text: ritual