Mister Douglas's Shotgun

The candle shows that said holmes exactly. The candle, which was a new one, is not burned more than half an inch. He must have placed it on the table before he was attacked. Otherwise, of course, it would have fallen when he fell. When mister barker arrived, the candle was lit, the lamp was out. That's all clear enough. Well, now we can reconstruct things on those lines. Mister douglas enters the room, he puts down the candle. A man appears from behind the curtain and demands the wedding ring. Heaven only knows why, but so it must have been mister douglas gave it up. Then, either in cold blood or