The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

"The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes"

It is a subject to which I have devoted some little attention. I have here four letters which purport to come from the missing man. They are all typewritten. In each case, not only are the 'e's' slurred and the 'r's' tailless, but you will observe, if you care to use my magnifying lens, that the fourteen other characteristics to which I have alluded are there as well."

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Mr. Windibank sprang out of his chair and picked up his hat. "I cannot waste time over this sort of fantastic talk, Mr. Holmes," he said. "If you can catch the man, catch him, and let me know when you have done it."

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"Certainly," said Holmes, stepping over and turning the key in the door. "I let you know, then, that I have caught him!"

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"What! where?" shouted Mr. Windibank, turning white to his lips and glancing about him like a rat in a trap.

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"Oh, it won't do -- really it won't," said Holmes suavely. "There is no possible getting out of it, Mr.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

"The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes"