"we both thought the best resource was flight, when pursued by so     formidable an antagonist; so you will find the nest empty when you     call to-morrow. as to the photograph, your client may rest in     peace. i love and am loved by a better man than he. the king may do     what he will without hindrance from one whom he has cruelly     wronged. i keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a     weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might     take in the future. i leave a photograph which he might care to     possess; and i remain, dear mr. sherlock holmes,