The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes : Early Detective Stories - Plot & Excerpts
He saw that Hosmer and Emma were out of sight; he stepped over to it and lifted one comer with his stick. He saw white flesh, narrow sinews and the tight bundles of muscle. His first thought was that it was a human corpse, and that fear of discovering a dead man lessened the shock of seeing the hairy rug, the paws, and—lifting the stiff canvas higher—the two dead dogs, lying side by side on the wooden platform. They had been killed, and Munday thought flayed (the word came to him before he actually saw the slashes), and they lay there on the shelf, speckled by decay, beside their own folded pelts. Munday dropped the canvas and hurried to the side of the cottage, where Hosmer and Emma were still standing and talking. “I was just telling your missus,” said Hosmer, squinting. “That end cottage—she’s rented.” Walking home Emma said, “Those were his boys. I asked him. I wish there were something we could do.”
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