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"How did he come?"

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"In answer to an advertisement."

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"Was he the only applicant?"

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"No, I had a dozen."

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"Why did you pick him?"

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"Because he was handy and would come cheap."

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"At half-wages, in fact."

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"Yes."

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"What is he like, this Vincent Spaulding?"

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"Small, stout-built, very quick in his ways, no hair on his face, though he's not short of thirty. Has a white splash of acid upon his forehead."

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Holmes sat up in his chair in considerable excitement. "I thought as much," said he. "Have you ever observed that his ears are pierced for earrings?"

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"Yes, sir. He told me that a gypsy had done it for him when he was a lad."

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"Hum!" said Holmes, sinking back in deep thought.


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