Mortimer, who himself had been staying with a friend. Inside the
envelope was a note threatening Sir Henry's life if he went near the
moor.
Sir Henry wished to know if Holmes could explain the note.
Instead of replying, Holmes asked for a copy of yesterday's "Times," ran
his eye down the leading articles, and read out in high glee an extract
from what he called, "a capital article on Free Trade." Sir Henry felt
just as I did, that Holmes had rather gone off the trail, until Holmes
pointed out that each of the words in the note had been taken from the
article.
Sir Henry & Mortimer were both amazed, but I had come to expect such
things from my companion, who told them that he had been able to name
the very newspaper & the very article because it was among his
