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"Why, it's a dummy," said he.
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"Won't it ring?"
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"No, it is not even attached to a wire. This is very interesting. You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is."
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"How very absurd! I never noticed that before."
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"Very strange!" muttered Holmes, pulling at the rope. "There are one or two very singular points about this room. For example, what a fool a builder must be to open a ventilator into another room, when, with the same trouble, he might have communicated with the outside air!"
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"That is also quite modern," said the lady.
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"Done about the same time as the bell-rope?" remarked Holmes.
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