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"Oh, yes, sir; I have only just left him."

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"And has your business been attended to in your absence?"

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"Nothing to complain of, sir. There's never very much to do of a morning."

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"That will do, Mr. Wilson. I shall be happy to give you an opinion upon the subject in the course of a day or two. To-day is Saturday, and I hope that by Monday we may come to a conclusion."

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"Well, Watson," said Holmes when our visitor had left us, "what do you make of it all?"

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"I make nothing of it," I answered frankly. "It is a most mysterious business."

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"As a rule," said Holmes, "the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. But I must be prompt over this matter.


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