made a miscalculation, and that, if we had not been there, his doom would
none the less have been sealed. A woman of Spanish blood does not condone 
such an injury so lightly."
Holmes concluded that, without referring to his notes, he could not give
a more detailed account of this curious case, but it seemed to me that he
had left one essential unexplained. If Stapleton came into the succession,
how could he explain the fact that he, the heir, had been living 
unannounced under another name so close to the property? For once Holmes 
was at a loss, and admitted that it was a formidable difficulty. He feared
that I asked too much when I expected him to solve it.
