I wrote a letter to Lestrade. I told my cook to take it to my bank manager. If I failed to return, I asked him to send it to Lestrade. In the letter I told Lestrade everything that I knew about Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel murders.
I was very tired, but I knew that I had to stay awake. I had to watch Holmes all the time. I decided to use the cocaine he had given me. I added water to the drug and put it into a medicine bottle.
Then l injected some into my arm. It was time to look in on Holmes. As I opened the door, I saw that his bed was empty. He was behind the door. He tried to hit me, but the drug made me quick, and I jumped out of the way "Watson!' he cried. Dear fellow! I thought you were Moriarty. One of his men is in your garden. We must go now! It is too dangerous to stay here
The man who he had seen was William, my gardener
'I will go and pack," I said
No luggage! He must not know what we are doing!'
Let me take my doctor's bag, I said.
"He will think that I am going to visit a patient.
Excellent!' Holmes said. "I had the same idea myself. He did not know that I had packed the cocaine, money and a gun in my doctor's bag.
Holmes sent me out before him to find a cab. We drove through the streets, jumped out of the cab, ran some way, and found another cab. But at the station, Holmes said, Moriarty is here. He has followed us. We must change trains as soon as we can. We jumped from the moving train, ran across fields, caught