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A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle chapter 12 The Avenging Angels 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:The three fugitives continue their journey through the mountains. Hope knows that the Mormons will follow them, so they always sleep late, and wake early, hoping to extend their lead. On the second day, they run out of food. As Hope believes that they are out of reach of their pursuers, he leaves his companions in search of food. Several hours later he finds a ram to shoot, and he cuts off enough to last the rest of the journey to Nevada. His path back to to camp is long and unfamiliar, but after a couple of hours he finds the camp ruffled and deserted. From the tracks on the ground, he knows that many horses and men were in the area, must have taken Lucy; as for John Ferrier, Hope soon finds a grave and makeshift tombstone...Hope vows to devote the rest of his life to revenge. On the outskirts of Salt Lake City, Hope find a man that he used to work for and asks him about Lucy. The man is scared, and says that he is risking his own life by talking to Hope, but he tells her that she is married to Drebber. Lucy dies within a month, and Hope breaks into Drebber's house to visit her body and remove her wedding ring. He tries to make some attempts to kill Stangerson and Drebber, but fails, and they both flee.After making enough money, Hope starts to track Stangerson and Drebber, as they flee across America and around the globe. Every time he arrives somewhere, his prey seems to leave just before him. In London however, Hope finally completes his mission.