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Just give me down
my index of biographies from the shelf."
He turned over the pages lazily, leaning back in his chair and
blowing great clouds from his cigar.
"My collection of M's is a fine one," said he. "Moriarty
himself is enough to make any letter illustrious, and here is
Morgan the poisoner, and Merridew of abominable memory, and
Mathews, who knocked out my left canine in the waiting-room
at Charing Cross, and, finally, here is our friend of to-night."
He handed over the book, and I read:
Moran, Sebastian, Colonel . Unemployed . Formerly I st
Bangalore Pioneers. Born London, 1840. Son of Sir Augus-
tus Moran, C.B., once British Minister to Persia. Educated
Eton and Oxford. Served in Jowaki Campaign, Afghan
Campaign, Charasiab (despatches), Sherpur, and Cabul. Au-
thor of Heavy Game of the Western Himalayas (1881);
Three Months in the Jungle (1884). Address: Conduit Street.
Clubs: The Anglo-lndian, the Tankerville, the Bagatelle
Card Club.
On the margin was written, in Holmes's precise hand:
The second most dangerous man in London.


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