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"Yes, there were severa} little changes carried out about that time."
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"They seem to have been of a most interesting character -dummy bell-ropes, and ventilators which do not ventilate. With your permission, Miss Stoner, we shall now carry our researches into the inner apartment."
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Dr. Grimesby Roylott's chamber was larger than that of his stepdaughter, but was as plainly furnished. A camp-bed, a small wooden shelf full of books, mostly of a technical character an armchair beside the bed, a plain wooden chair against the wail, a round table, and a large iron safe were the principal things which met the eye. Holmes walked slowly round and examined each and all of them with the keenest interest.
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"What's in here?" he asked, tapping the safe.
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"My stepfather's business papers."
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"Oh! you have seen inside, then?"
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"Only once, some years ago.
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