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A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 11 A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson MD by Isaac Birchall Subscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Dr Watson takes over the narrative again to follow up after the capture of Jefferson Hope. At Scotland Yard, Hope asks the police to take his statement, as he is certain that he doesn't have long left to live. He admits that he murdered both Stangerson and Drebber as revenge for his Fiancée and Father in Law's deaths.He explains how he followed Drebber and Stangerson across 2 continents before finally finding them in London. He took a job as a cabbie, and followed them during the day, and worked at night. He was never able to find them alone, and chose to follow them until he could separate them. On the evening that Drebber missed his train to Liverpool, Drebber insisted that he had some private matter to attend to and finally left Stangerson. It was Hope's time to strike, and he followed Drebber hoping that his love of Drink would be his downfall. Drebber eventually gets into Hope's cab and falls asleep, drunk, in the back. Hope drives his prey to the house on the Brixton road, and walks him inside, where, after revealing his identity, administers poison to Drebber. A few days later, Hope climbed into Stangerson's hotel room, and killed him too. Hope then explains that he continued to work as a cabbie, to earn enough money, to buy his trip back to America. He was summoned by a street urchin, to 221B Baker street, where he was captured by Holmes.