”Onewouldthinkthatwewerethecriminals。Letushavehimarrestedonhisarrival。””Itwouldbetoruintheworkofthreemonths。Weshouldgetthebigfish，butthesmallerwoulddartrightandleftoutofthenet。OnMondayweshouldhavethemall。No，anarrestisinadmissible。””Whatthen?””WeshallgetoutatCanterbury。””Andthen?””Well，thenwemustmakeacross-countryjourneytoNewhaven，andsoovertoDieppe。MoriartywillagaindowhatIshoulddo。HewillgetontoParis，markdownourluggage，andwaitfortwodaysatthedepot。Inthemeantimeweshalltreatourselvestoacoupleofcarpet-bags，encouragethemanufacturesofthecountriesthroughwhichwetravel，andmakeourwayatourleisureintoSwitzerland，viaLuxembourgandBasle。”
AtCanterbury，therefore，wealighted，onlytofindthatweshouldhavetowaitanhourbeforewecouldgetatraintoNewhaven。
Iwasstilllookingratherruefullyaftertherapidlydisappearingluggage-vanwhichcontainedmywardrobe，whenHolmespulledmysleeveandpointeduptheline。”Already，yousee，”saidhe。
Faraway，fromamongtheKentishwoodsthereroseathinsprayofsmoke。Aminutelateracarriageandenginecouldbeseenflyingalongtheopencurvewhichleadstothestation。Wehadhardlytimetotakeourplacebehindapileofluggagewhenitpassedwitharattleandaroar，beatingablastofhotairintoourfaces。”Therehegoes，”saidHolmes，aswewatchedthecarriageswingandrockoverthepoint。”Therearelimits，yousee，toourfriend’sintelligence。Itwouldhavebeenacoup-de-ma顃rehadhededucedwhatI
woulddeduceandactedaccordingly。””Andwhatwouldhehavedonehadheovertakenus?””Therecannotbetheleastdoubtthathewouldhavemadeamurderousattackuponme。Itis，however，agameatwhichtwomayplay。Thequestion，nowiswhetherweshouldtakeaprematurelunchhere，orrunourchanceofstarvingbeforewereachthebuffetatNewhaven。”