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"And I feel dissatisfied. It is this infernal St. Simon marriage case. I can make neither head nor tail of the business."
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"Really! You surprise me."
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"Who ever heard of such a mixed affair? Every clue seems to slip through my fingers. I have been at work upon it all day."
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"And very wet it seems to have made you," said Holmes laying his hand upon the arm of the peajacket.
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"Yes, I have been dragging the Serpentine."
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"In heaven's name, what for?"
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"In search of the body of Lady St. Simon."
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Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his chair and laughed heartily.
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"Have you dragged the basin of Trafalgar Square fountain?" he asked.
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"Why? What do you mean?"
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"Because you have just as good a chance of finding this lady in the one as in the other.
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