diff --git a/sherlock.txt b/sherlock.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 2c5a3fa..0000000 --- a/sherlock.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -"Very likely not. However that may be, the young lady was very -decidedly carried away, and, having quite made up her mind that -her stepfather was in France, the suspicion of treachery never -for an instant entered her mind. She was flattered by the -gentleman's attentions, and the effect was increased by the -loudly expressed admiration of her mother. Then Mr. Angel began -to call, for it was obvious that the matter should be pushed as -far as it would go if a real effect were to be produced. There -were meetings, and an engagement, which would finally secure the -girl's affections from turning towards anyone else. But the -deception could not be kept up forever. These pretended journeys -to France were rather cumbrous. The thing to do was clearly to -bring the business to an end in such a dramatic manner that it -would leave a permanent impression upon the young lady's mind and -prevent her from looking upon any other suitor for some time to -come. Hence those vows of fidelity exacted upon a Testament, and -hence also the allusions to a possibility of something happening -on the very morning of the wedding. James Windibank wished Miss -Sutherland to be so bound to Hosmer Angel, and so uncertain as to -his fate, that for ten years to come, at any rate, she would not -listen to another man. As far as the church door he brought her, -and then, as he could go no farther, he conveniently vanished -away by the old trick of stepping in at one door of a -four-wheeler and out at the other. I think that was the chain of -events, Mr. Windibank!" \ No newline at end of file -- libgit2 0.21.2