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Uh.

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When.

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One of the most unusual cases which Sherlock Holmes was ever called upon to solve began

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in a small private school for boys in the north of Belgium.

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The boys dormitory at four in the morning, lighted by a full moon, looked quiet and peaceful.

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It would have been difficult to imagine that here began a train of events which filled

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four graves before it was stopped.

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Antoine.

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Antoine.

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Antoine.

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Antoine.

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He has gone out.

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Didn't you try to stop him?

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I called his name.

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Either he did not hear or pretended not to.

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I was afraid to startle him.

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He has gone out.

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This time, it's you.

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He has gone out.

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He has gone out.

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Mr Caron, is there anything wrong?

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No, nothing, Antoine.

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Go back to sleep.

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What are you going to do?

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The police?

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It will be the end of my career.

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You'll have to close the school.

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Send the boy away?

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Would that stop it?

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I suppose not.

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It's horrible.

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Three deaths in three months.

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Each one fought all by the writing on the church steps.

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I still think the police...

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No.

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But your own life...

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I've never felt in better health.

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And...

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I'm careful to keep out of drafts and avoid falling down stairs.

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How can you joke at a time like this?

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There's a man in London.

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He solved cases even more hopeless than this.

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Sherlock Holmes?

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You thought of him? Let me write to him.

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And ask him to do what?

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To come here, investigate.

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Find out who is responsible for those deaths.

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And how a schoolboy can tell in advance who is next to die.

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And have the school invaded?

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Our teachers questioned?

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Our boys terrorized?

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I'll do my own investigating, Mr. Count.

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In my own way.

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Some weeks later, a letter arrived at Baker Street.

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Holmes read it over once to himself and then aloud to me.

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Dear Sir, it will be a source of eternal regret to me...

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that I allowed myself to be dissuaded from writing to you sooner, Mr. Holmes.

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Now Mr. Carolan is dead of natural causes.

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The doctor says, though I am not sure he isn't mistaken.

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I pray that you will come to Arno without delay...

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and lend us your assistance...

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in putting an end to these ghastly occurrences.

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Respectfully yours, Mary Grond.

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You deduce that the writer of the letter was young?

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I go further than that.

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I'm prepared to wager that she's madly attractive to Boone.

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Better and better.

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And at what do you base these interesting conclusions?

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Wishful thinking, my dear chap. Wishful thinking.

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Then wish no more. She is both young and attractive.

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With hair the color of autumn honey.

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Oh, did you read that between the lines?

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No. This came with the letter.

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A lovely color, you'll admit, Watson.

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And from a beautiful young woman at that.

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Now come, come, Holmes. That's neither logical nor factual, and you know it.

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You aren't the only one privileged to think wishfully, my dear Watson.

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Bravo! Say again. Take the case.

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Yes, Nick, you packed for us both. I'll arrange for tickets.

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The boat train took us to Dover.

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By mid-morning the following day,

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Holmes and I were sitting in the headmaster's study at the Arnault School

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in the presence of Mademoiselle Maddy Grond,

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who was indeed extremely attractive,

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with hair the exact shade of autumn honey.

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Then you're quite sure you've told me everything, Mademoiselle Grond?

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That is only the matter of the old woman, but I don't think it's important.

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Let me be the judge of that, Mademoiselle.

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Her name is Madame Souley.

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She's a harmless, feeble-minded woman

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who sells charms and love filters for the ignorant.

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Some have called her a witch.

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I see. And what is her part in this affair?

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She admits she went to see those whose names were written on the church steps

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and offered to sell them some charms against the evil omen.

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That's most interesting.

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Did any of the other victims purchase these charms?

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I can only speak for Monsieur Carolin.

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He did not purchase them.

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I can only speak for Monsieur Carolin. He did not.

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Mm-hmm.

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And what about the others? Were they persons of wealth?

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No. Two were quite poor.

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The third one moderately well-off.

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We have no really wealthy people here in our nomistones.

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Except, of course, the Count de Passement.

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You know the Count?

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No, indeed. I only happened to pass a carriage on the way

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and I saw him resting his coat of arms.

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However, I should like to have a word with this Madame Tsoulet,

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if that can be arranged.

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You have only to go to her house.

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It's on the edge of town, on the North Road.

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Monsieur Manelli, this is Monsieur Holmes and his friend, Dr. Watson.

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Monsieur Manelli, our new headmaster.

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Now that you're here, Mr. Holmes,

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we have hopes at last of getting to the bottom of this terrible affair.

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Thank you, sir. I can only hope to do my best.

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Mademoiselle Grande has given you all the facts?

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All the facts at her command.

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Perhaps you can supply some additional ones.

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I am sorry? No.

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Mademoiselle Grande was the favorite member of the faculty here.

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She had Monsieur Carolin's confidence, not I.

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I see.

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And now that I've had the honor of meeting you gentlemen,

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I hope you will forgive me if I go to meet my class.

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But certainly.

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By the way, Mademoiselle, Dr. Dimanche is waiting in the vestibule.

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Did you send for him?

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Yes, I did.

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I'll go and fetch him. I'll be back directly.

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But the boy, Holmes, the boy, you haven't asked to see the boy.

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The boy can wait, Watson.

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Yes, but why show he's the most significant part of it?

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Why? Because he did the writing on the church steps.

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Yes.

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I suppose in that case you'd say that the chalk also had significance.

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No, no, it was just an instrument.

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Precisely, my dear Watson.

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I suppose you're right.

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No, no, it was just an instrument. Precisely, my dear Watson. Precisely.

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Mr. Holmes, this is Dr. Dimanche. Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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Pleased. How do you do, doctor?

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Always happy to meet a colleague. Thank you, so am I.

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I hope I haven't kept you waiting. I came as soon as I got Mademoiselle's message.

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Won't you sit down? Thank you.

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Mademoiselle Grant tells me that you're the physician who attended M. Carillon shortly before he died.

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Yes. My last examination of him gave me no hint of what was coming.

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I see. And yet you're positive he died of natural causes.

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There's no doubt about it.

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I believe three other persons died recently in Arnault, shortly after their names appeared on the church steps.

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Did you attend them also?

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Arnault is a small town. I'm fortunate or unfortunate enough to be the only doctor here.

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Previous to your present fortune, or misfortune, you practiced in Paris, I understand.

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I see Mademoiselle Grant has briefed you well.

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I told nothing of your past, doctor.

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Then how do you know?

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Well, you dress with the flair of a Parisian.

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If you'd been living here any length of time, I should imagine you would have acquired a more home-spun costume.

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I might have ordered these from Paris.

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On the income of a country physician, what do you think, Dr. Watson?

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Hardly likely, Holmes.

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Capital, Mr. Holmes. Your powers of deduction have not been overrated.

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But you didn't ask me here to discuss my clothes or my income.

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How can I help you?

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Dr. Dimanche.

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Of what exactly did M. Carillon die?

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Heart failure. Were you carried out to post-mortem?

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There was no need. The signs were obvious.

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I see. And you saw nothing suspicious?

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Either in the case of M. Carillon or of the other victims?

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Not one thing, Mr. Holmes.

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That's interesting.

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Perhaps you'd care to put forward a theory of your own as to the connection between the prophecies and the deaths.

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I have no theory.

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The explanation lies either in the most extraordinary combination of coincidences

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or in some sort of provision on the part of the boy, Antoine.

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Do you believe in pre-vision or telepathy?

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Years ago, my professor at Saint-Pétrier did suggest there might be something in it.

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For myself, I don't know.

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I neither affirm nor deny.

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Then I believe you can tell me nothing more for the present, Dr. Dimanche.

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Don't hesitate to call on me again.

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No, I must go back to my surgery. I may have a patient waiting.

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You never can tell.

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I'll be here early tomorrow afternoon for the monthly examination, mademoiselle.

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Dr. Dimanche examines your pupils every month, then, mademoiselle?

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Yes.

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The health of our pupils is of the greatest concern to us.

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As I should be, mademoiselle Gant. As I should be.

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You know, it's an extraordinary thing, the odorous, sordid illnesses that crop up in a boy's school.

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Well, well, well.

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You should have been more careful instead of running in the corridors.

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Go now.

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That is he.

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So that's the boy who on four separate occasions was able to foretell the death of a citizen of Arles.

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Well, there must be some logical explanation for it.

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There is, Watson. There is.

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Holmes, do you know how it was done?

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Yes. That part was simple.

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Our main difficulty will come when we try to prevent the fifth murder.

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Turn to the case of the deadly prophecy.

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The church on whose steps the deadly prophecies were written stood less than a hundred yards from the school.

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I had supposed that Holmes, with his usual attention to detail, would want to examine it thoroughly.

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But once again he surprised me.

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He did not stop.

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And I had a fair guess that perhaps he wanted to have a little talk with a certain Madame Souley.

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Come in.

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Madame Souley?

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Come in, come in. I was expecting you.

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I thought you would be.

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Sit down.

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Thank you.

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Do you know why I've come to see you?

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For help, naturally.

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Score one to her, Holmes.

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Let's call it information.

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Hm?

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Trifling bits of information such as, how came the boy by his deadly prophecies?

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Whose hand was it that made them come true?

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Suppose we start with a bit even more trifling.

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You offered charms to the victims.

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But how did you know who they were before they were struck down?

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There were no announcements made.

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If the Englishman will cross my palm with English gold.

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You'll tell me?

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I will give the Englishman a filter, warranted to make him see so clearly and think so lucidly

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that all mysteries will be revealed to him.

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It is as potent as the belief of the one who buys and uses it.

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If those four had bought instead of turning me away, who knows?

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But they did turn you away.

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And now all are dead.

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May I sell you a filter, sir?

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It will guard you against harm.

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Come, Watson.

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Good day, Madame Sully.

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You are a wise man.

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You say little and listen well.

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Good day to you, sir.

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Filters, bosh!

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We might be living in the Middle Ages.

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Not the Middle Ages, Watson.

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Merely a small European village.

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Ah, Count Passavant, I believe.

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Oui, monsieur.

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How do you know?

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I saw you in your carriage, sir.

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Ah, are you enjoying your stay in our village, Mr. Holmes?

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Do you know me, Count?

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I saw you from my carriage.

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Ah, bravo, Count.

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As you say in France, touché.

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May I introduce my very good friend, Dr. Watson?

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Enchanté, docteur.

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How do you do, sir?

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Have you formed any conclusions, Mr. Holmes,

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as to the names that were written on the church step?

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Well, at the moment, Count, I must confess

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that I am more interested in the names that were not written on the church step.

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Mine hasn't been written on it yet, and I don't believe it will be.

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Tell me, sir, you know this village.

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Have you any ideas?

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I am not superstitious, Dr. Watson.

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I do not believe a...

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You're not superstitious, Count.

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Madame Souly's filter at least has a name.

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Good day, monsieur.

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Good day.

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There were a few points about this case

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which Holmes thought could best be cleared up in Paris.

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He had asked me to go alone,

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as the following night there would be a full moon,

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and he wanted to stay in Arnault to be on hand, just in case.

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What is it?

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What's happened?

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Nothing at all, Antoine.

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You were walking in your sleep.

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Now be a good boy and go back to bed.

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I can't.

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There's something I must do.

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Not tonight.

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Not tonight, Antoine.

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Yes, sir.

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What does it mean?

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It means that nothing further will happen tonight.

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Sleep well, mademoiselle Grand.

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The carriage came to fetch me at the station.

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Later, I found Holmes at the school.

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Well, you may go back to your class now, Antoine.

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Well, Watson, did you have a successful trip?

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Yes, you were right.

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Good.

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Mr. Holmes, was the boy able to tell you anything?

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No, but his silence was eloquent.

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Oh, by the way, I should like to have the use of the headmaster's study

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for a little gathering shortly before midnight.

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You'll name the murderer?

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Oh, he will name himself.

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It's almost midnight, Mr. Holmes.

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Must we wait much longer?

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Ah, good evening, Count.

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I think you all know Count Vassilvan.

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Count, you met Dr. Watson in front of Madame Souley's cottage.

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Would you be so good as to take that chair, Count?

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Yes, I would.

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I'll take it.

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Thank you.

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Good evening, Count.

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Good evening, Count.

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Good evening, Count.

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Good evening, Count.

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Good evening, Count.

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Would you be so good as to take that chair, Count?

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I expect you're all wondering why you've been invited here at such a late hour this evening.

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Well, we are concerned with the murder of Monsieur Carillon

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and of three other citizens of Arno before him.

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Mr. Holmes, I assure you they died natural death.

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I happen to believe that they were murdered.

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Now, the question is, with what motive?

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Profit?

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These were ordinary people of modest means.

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A murderer could scarcely hope to enrich himself at the cost of their lives.

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Now, a thought occurred to me,

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and I decided to go and see Count Passamon

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and ask him if his life had been threatened, too.

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It has been.

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And this is the feature of the case that most intrigues me.

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Blackmail has often been the prelude to murder,

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but here, for the first time, murder became the prelude to blackmail.

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What was demanded of you, Count?

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One hundred thousand francs.

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And if you didn't pay?

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My name was next to appear on the church steps.

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So you see, extortion was the motive from the first.

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And to that end, an atmosphere of terror was built up by means of four successive murders.

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It would take a man of superhuman courage to resist.

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But, Mr. Holmes, the names were written by one of our pupils.

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What possible connection could an eight-year-old boy have with such a scheme?

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Yes, Antoine, just an unwitting tool.

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Of whom?

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The blackmailer must be someone who could have poisoned four people.

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Don't distress yourself, Madame Souley.

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The killer meant suspicion to fall on you.

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But a person of your simple habits wouldn't play so dangerous a game.

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No.

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There is a suspect close at hand

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who not only had an expert knowledge of poisons,

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but to whom the boy has been far more accessible.

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Accessible regularly, once a month.

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This suspect was once a pupil of Dr. Charcot,

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who lectured on hypnotism at Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.

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It would have been as easy for him to send Antoine on his monthly errands

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as to wind up a mechanical toy.

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Dr. Watson?

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Yes?

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Yesterday in Paris, you made certain inquiries

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into the character and education of this suspect.

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What did you discover?

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I discovered that he was a spendthrift and a wastrel

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who had quit Paris in order to escape his creditors.

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It's a lie.

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Calm yourself, Dr. Dimanche.

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I, too, have dabbled in hypnotism.

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This morning, Antoine and I had a little talk.

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I suggested that he come down here at midnight

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and point out the person who instructed him to write on the church steps.

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The person he was instructed not to remember

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when out of the hypnotic trance.

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It lacks but one minute to 12 now.

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Stay where you are, all of you.

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Don't be a fool, Doctor.

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When I visited your office this afternoon to look over your stock of drugs,

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I took the very ordinary precaution of emptying the cartridges from your gun.

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Should we wait for the boy to make the identification, Mr. Holmes?

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Mademoiselle, Mr. Holmes' deductions are always completely truthful

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and completely accurate.

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But the methods by which he achieves these ends are not always so straightforward.

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He said that he'd hypnotized the little boy to have him come here tonight at midnight.

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How did you know it was a bluff?

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You also said that the gun was unloaded.

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