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"Were there gypsies in the plantation at the time?"
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"Yes, there are nearly always some there."
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"Ah, and what did you gather from this allusion to a band -- a speckled band?"
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"Sometimes I have thought that it was merely the wild talk of delirium, sometimes that it may have referred to some band of people, perhaps to these very gypsies in the plantation. I do not know whether the spotted handkerchiefs which so many of them wear over their heads might have suggested the strange adjective which she used."
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Holmes shook his head like a man who is far from being satisfied.
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"These are very deep waters," said he; "pray go on with your narrative."
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"Two years have passed since then, and my life has been until lately lonelier than ever. A month ago, however, a dear friend, whom I have known for many years, has done me the honour to ask my hand in marriage.
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