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Holmes has not, however, deduced the whole story.
He has found Lord Saltire, and seen the Duke with him while standing on Watson's shoulders, but the actual mastermind of this crime is James Wilder.
He conceived a plan to kidnap Lord Saltire to force the Duke to change his will.
Wilder has always felt cheated, because he is, as it turns out, the Duke's son, born out of wedlock to the Duke's late lover, before he married the Duchess, who bore the Duke a legitimate heir.
Wilder knew very well that his father would not call the police on him, as he abhorred the very idea of scandal.
The plan began to unravel when Wilder hired Hayes – who has now fled, but been caught on Holmes's information – to do the actual kidnapping.
Hayes killed Heidegger, and when Wilder heard the news, he confessed all to his father.
So anxious was the Duke to avoid scandal, he agreed to let his younger son stay at the inn for another three days, and to keep quiet, so that Hayes could flee justice.

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