Her letter has excited in my daughter Mirvan , a strong desire desire to be informed of the motives which induced Madame Duval to abandon abandon the unfortunate Lady Belmont , at a time when a mother 's protection was peculiarly necessary for her peace and her reputation .

As I passed pass the well-remembered door , which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing , and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet , I was seized with a keen desire desire to see Holmes again , and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers .