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"There is much that is still obscure, though I have quite made up my mind on the main facts. As to poor Lestrade's discovery it was simply a blind intended to put the police upon a wrong track, by suggesting Socialism and secret societies. It was not done by a German. THERE IS MUCH THAT IS STILL OBSCURE THOUGH I HAVE QUITE MADE UP MY MIND ON THE MAIN FACTS AS TO PAUL LESTRADE'S DISCOVERY IT WAS SIMPLY A BLIND INTENDED TO PUT THE POLICE UPON THE WRONG TRACK BY SUGGESTING SOCIALISM AND SECRET SOCIETIES IT WAS NOT DONE BY A GERMAN
 brand, either of cigar or of tobacco. It is just in such details that the skilled detective differs from the Gregson and Lestrade type.” “And the florid face?” I asked. “Ah, that was a more daring shot, though I have no doubt that I was right. You must not ask me that at the present state of the affair.” I passed my hand over my brow. “My head is in a whirl,” I remarked; “the more one thinks of it the more mysterious it grows. How came these two men—if there were two men—into an empty house? What has become of the cabman who drove them? How could one man compel another to take poison? Where did the blood come from? What was the object of the murderer, since robbery had no part in it? How came the woman’s ring there? Above all, why should the second man write up the German word RACHE before decamping? I confess that I cannot see any possible way of reconciling all these facts.” My companion smiled approvingly. “You sum up the difficulties of the situation succinctly and well,” he said. ISH AT A GLANCE THE ASH OF ANY KNOWN BRAND EITHER OF CIGAR OR OF TOBACCO IT IS JUST IN SUCH DETAILS THAT THE SKILLED DETECTIVE DIFFERS FROM THE GREGSON AND LESTRADE TYPE AND THE FLORID FACE I ASKED AH THAT WAS A MORE DARING SHOT THOUGH I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT I WAS RIGHT YOU MUST NOT ASK ME THAT AT THE PRESENT STATE OF THE AFFAIR I PASSED MY HAND OVER MY BROW MY HEAD IS IN A WHIRL I REMARKED THE MORE ONE THINKS OF IT THE MORE MYSTERIOUS IT GROWS HOW CAME THESE TWO MEN IF THERE WERE TWO MEN INTO AN EMPTY HOUSE WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE CABMAN WHO DROVE THEM HOW COULD ONE MAN COMPEL ANOTHER TO TAKE POISON WHERE DID THE BLOOD COME FROM WHAT WAS THE OBJECT OF THE MURDERER SINCE ROBBERY HAD NO PART IN IT HOW CAME THE WOMAN'S RING THERE ABOVE ALL WHY SHOULD THE SECOND MAN WRITE UP THE GERMAN WORD RUSSIA BEFORE DECAMPING I CONFESS THAT I CANNOT SEE ANY POSSIBLE WAY OF RECONCILING ALL THESE FACTS MY COMPANION SMILED APPROVINGLY YOU SUM UP THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE SITUATION SUCCINCTLY AND WELL HE SAID
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