'He was there, then?'
'He was there. He saw what I had done, and realized
that he could not kill a woman that night.'
'Then you did not fail! We have beaten him.' Holmes
shook his head slowly. 'No, Watson. We have not
beaten him yet. Think how angry he must be! I have
stopped him once, and now he will try harder to kill
me. He will go on with his planned murders, and he
will do everything possible to make sure that he
succeeds.'