The Sign of Four Page #4

to guard him.

Williams, who drove

you here tonight,

was one of them.

For some reason,

he never told anyone,

my father had a

marked aversion

to men with wooden legs.

On one occasion

he actually fired

his revolver

at a one-legged man.

A harmless tradesman

as it turned out.

I remember we

have to pay

a considerable sum

to hush it up.

Then suddenly

my father

received a letter

It was a great

shock to him.

Out.

Out of the room!

Out of the room!

What was in the letter

we could never discover?

For years my father

had suffered

with an

enlarged spleen

and from that moment on

he became rapidly worse.

But one night the doctor

informed us there was no hope

and that he wished to make

a last communication to us.

My dear family,

when we were in India

my friend, Morstan and I,

came into possession

of a considerable

treasure.

I brought it home

with me to this house,

where it's still alive.

On the day, Mr. Morstan,

had arrived home

from the East.

He came straight

to this house

to claim his share.

We gave our word Sholto.

A promise.

We gave our word

and our oath.

another time,

another life,

another world,

a solemn promise.

You tried to

betray me Morstan.

If you dare to

cross me...

My God.

The man is dead Altada.

You have nothing

to fear Sir.

I will arrange everything.

And soon it was

done Miss Morstan,

in secrecy of course

but with respect.

This is disgraceful

Mister Sholto.

Your father's behavior

was quite unforgivable.

Please Doctor.

I knew in my heart

that he was dead.

My father was

not alone then.

And I'm glad he

didn't suffer.

You're very brave

Miss Morstan.

What concerns me now

is the wishing

for this quarrel.

I cannot imagine

how my father

came to be involved

with that treasure.

I'm afraid that is

not clear Miss Morstan

I can only tell you

my father's instructions

concerning it.

The greed.

accursed greed

that has been

my besetting thing

throughout my life

has robbed her

of the treasure.

Half of which, at least,

should be hers.

You see that

chaplet there.

I had the design of

sending it to her

but could not bear

to part with it.

You

my sons

must see that

Miss Morstan

gets her share

of the treasure.

Get him away.

For Christ's sake

get him away.

We ran to the window

and out into the garden

but the intruder was gone.

My father was dead.

We soon had more striking

proof that there were

secret agencies that

work all around us.

The next day my father's

bedroom was broken into

and this was fixed

to his chest.

Remarkable.

It is the Sikkh symbol

for the numeral 4.

What the paper means

and who our secret

visitor or visitors were

we never found out.

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