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Lestrade shot an angry glance at my companion. "I suppose you know all about it," he snarled.
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"Well, I have only just heard the facts, but my mind is made up."
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"Oh, indeed! Then you think that the Serpentine plays no part in the maner?"
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"I think it very unlikely."
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"Then perhaps you will kindly explain how it is that we found this in it?" He opened his bag as he spoke, and tumbled onto the floor a wedding-dress of watered silk, a pair of white satin shoes and a bride's wreath and veil, all discoloured and soaked in water. "There," said he, putting a new wedding-ring upon the top of the pile. "There is a little nut for you to crack, Master Holmes."
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"Oh, indeed!" said my friend, blowing blue rings into the air. "You dragged them from the Serpentine?"
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"No. They were found floating near the margin by a parkkeeper.
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