“I am ashamed of you, Holmes,”said Lestrade with dignity after a few minutes’silence.“Why should you raise up hopes which you are bound to disappoint?I am not over-tender of heart, but I call it cruel.”
“I think that I see my way to clearing James McCarthy,”said Holmes.“Have you an order to see him in prison?”
“Yes, but only for you and me.”
“Then I shall reconsider my resolution about going out. We have still time to take a train to Hereford and see him to-night?”