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It was one of four which stood back some little way from the street, two being occupied and two empty. The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a "To Let" card had developed like a cataract upon the bleared panes. IT WAS ONE OF FOUR WHICH STOOD BACK SOME LITTLE WAY FROM THE STREET TWO BEING OCCUPIED AND TWO EMPTY THE LATTER LOOKED OUT WITH THREE TIERS OF VACANT MELANCHOLY WINDOWS WHICH WERE BLANK AND DREARY SAVE THAT HERE AND THERE A TOILETTE CARD HAD DEVELOPED LIKE A CATARACT UPON THE BLEARED PANES
ning, and a dun-coloured veil hung over the house-tops, looking like the reflection of the mud-coloured streets beneath. My companion was in the best of spirits, and prattled away about Cremona fiddles, and the difference between a Stradivarius and an Amati. As for myself, I was silent, for the dull weather and the melancholy business upon which we were engaged, depressed my spirits. “You don’t seem to give much thought to the matter in hand,” I said at last, interrupting Holmes’ musical disquisition. “No data yet,” he answered. “It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.” “You will have your data soon,” I remarked, pointing with my finger; “this is the Brixton Road, and that is the house, if I am not very much mistaken.” “So it is. Stop, driver, stop!” We were still a hundred yards or so from it, but he insisted upon our alighting, and we finished our journey upon foot. Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look. BRIXTON ROAD IT WAS A FOGGY CLOUDY MORNING AND A DUN COLORED VEIL HUNG OVER THE HOUSETOPS LOOKING LIKE THE REFLECTION OF THE MUD COLOURED STREETS BENEATH MY COMPANION WAS IN THE BEST OF SPIRITS AND PRATTLED AWAY ABOUT CREMONA FIDDLES AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STRATAV AREAS AND A NAMARTI AS FOR MYSELF I WAS SILENT FOR THE DULL WEATHER AND THE MELANCHOLY BUSINESS UPON WHICH WE WERE ENGAGED DEPRESSED MY SPIRITS YOU DON'T SEEM TO GIVE MUCH THOUGHT TO THE MATTER IN HAND I SAID AT LAST INTERRUPTING HOLMES'S MUSICAL DISQUISITION NO DATA YET HE ANSWERED IT IS A CAPITAL MISTAKE TO THEORIZE BEFORE YOU HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE IT BIASES THE JUDGMENT YOU WILL HAVE YOUR DATA SOON I REMARKED POINTING WITH MY FINGER THIS IS THE BRIXTON ROAD AND THAT IS THE HOUSE IF I AM NOT VERY MUCH MISTAKEN SO IT IS STOP DRIVER STOP WE WERE STILL A HUNDRED YARDS OR SO FROM IT BUT HE INSISTED UPON OUR ALIGHTING AND WE FINISHED OUR JOURNEY UPON FOOT NUMBER THREE LAURISHED IN GARDENS WORE AN ILL OMENED AND MINORY LOOK
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