"
The man seemed confused and undecided. "When I said 'appears' I
meant that it was conceivable that he had himself taken off the
ring."
"The mere fact that the ring should be absent, whoever may have
removed it, would suggest to anyone's mind, would it not, that
the marriage and the tragedy were connected?"
Barker shrugged his broad shoulders. "I can't profess to say
what it means," he answered. "But if you mean to hint that it
could reflect in any way upon this lady's honour"--his eyes
blazed for an instant, and then with an evident effort he got a
grip upon his own emotions--"well, you are on the wrong track,
that's all."
"I don't know that I've anything else to ask you at present,"
said MacDonald, coldly.
"There was one small point," remarked Sherlock Holmes. "When you
entered the room there was only a candle lighted on the table,
was there not?"
"Yes, that was so."
"By its light you saw that some terrible incident had occurred?"
"Exactly."
"You at once rang for help?"
"Yes."
"And it arrived very speedily?"
"Within a minute or so."
"And yet when they arrived they found that the candle was out and
that the lamp had been lighted.
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