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"Which key was used to open it?" he asked.
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"That which my son himself indicated -- that of the cupboard of the lumber-room."
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"Have you it here?"
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"That is it on the dressing-table."
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Sherlock Holmes took it up and opened the bureau.
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"It is a noiseless lock," said he. "It is no wonder that it did not wake you. This case, I presume, contains the coronet. We must have a look at it." He opened the case, and taking out the diadem he laid it upon the table. It was a magnificent specimen of the jeweller's art, and the thiny-six stones were the finest that I have ever seen. At one side of the coronet was a cracked edge, where a corner holding three gems had been torn away.
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"Now, Mr. Holder," said Holmes, "here is the corner which corresponds to that which has been so unfortunately lost. Might I beg that you will break it off.
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