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"You have come to me to tell your story, have you not?" said he. "You are fatigued with your haste. Pray wait until you have recovered yourself, and then I shall be most happy to look into any little problem which you may submit to me."
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The man sat for a minute or more with a heaving chest, fighting against his emotion. Then he passed his handkerchief over his brow, set his lips tight, and turned his face towards us.
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"No doubt you think me mad?" said he.
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"I see that you have had some great trouble," responded Holmes.
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"Cod knows I have! -- a trouble which is enough to unseat my reason, so sudden and so terrible is it.
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