”YoumustsurelyrememberthegreatWorthingdonbankbusiness，”saidHolmes。”Fivemenwereinit——thesefourandafifthcalledCartwright。Tobin，thecare-taker，wasmurdered，andthethievesgotawaywithseventhousandpounds。Thiswasin1875。Theywereallfivearrested，buttheevidenceagainstthemwasbynomeansconclusive。ThisBlessingtonorSutton，whowastheworstofthegang，turnedinformer。OnhisevidenceCartwrightwashangedandtheotherthreegotfifteenyearsapiece。Whentheygotouttheotherday，whichwassomeyearsbeforetheirfullterm，theysetthemselves，asyouperceive，tohuntdownthetraitorandtoavengethedeathoftheircomradeuponhim。Twicetheytriedtogetathimandfailed；athirdtime，yousee，itcameoff。IsthereanythingfurtherwhichIcanexplain，Dr。
Trevelyan?””Ithinkyouhavemadeitallremarkableclear，”saidthedoctor。”Nodoubtthedayonwhichhewasperturbedwasthedaywhenhehadseenoftheirreleaseinthenewspapers。””Quiteso。Histalkaboutaburglarywasthemerestblind。””Butwhycouldhenottellyouthis?””Well，mydearsir，knowingthevindictivecharacterofhisoldassociates，hewastryingtohidehisownidentityfromeverybodyaslongashecould。Hissecretwasashamefulone，andhecouldnotbringhimselftodivulgeit。However，wretchashewas，hewasstilllivingundertheshieldofBritishlaw，andIhavenodoubt，Inspector，thatyouwillseethat，thoughthatshieldmayfailtoguard，theswordofjusticeisstilltheretoavenge。”
SuchwerethesingularcircumstancesinconnectionwiththeResidentPatientandtheBrookStreetDoctor。
Fromthatnightnothinghasbeenseenofthethreemurderersbythepolice，anditissurmisedatScotlandYardthattheywereamongthepassengersoftheill-fatedsteamerNorahCreina，whichwaslostsomeyearsagowithallhandsuponthePortuguesecoast，someleaguestothenorthofOporto。Theproceedingsagainstthepagebrokedownforwantofevidence，andtheBrookStreetMystery，asitwascalled，hasneveruntilnowbeenfullydealtwithinanypublicprint。
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