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"To tell the truth, it has," I said. "I ought to be more case hardened after my Afghan experiences. I saw my own comrades hacked to pieces at Maiwand without losing my nerve." "I can understand. There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror. Have you seen the evening paper?" "No." "It gives a fairly good account of the affair. It does not mention the fact that when the man was raised up, a woman's wedding ring fell upon the floor. It is just as well it does not." "Why?" TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH IT HAS I SAID I OUGHT TO BE MORE CASE HARDENED AFTER MY AFGHAN EXPERIENCES I SAW MY OWN COMRADES HACK TO PIECES AT MY WAND WITHOUT LOSING MY NERVE I CAN UNDERSTAND THERE IS A MYSTERY ABOUT THIS WHICH STIMULATES THE IMAGINATION WHERE THERE IS NO IMAGINATION THERE IS NO HORROR HAVE YOU SEEN THE EVENING PAPER NO IT GIVES A FAIRLY GOOD ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR IT DOES NOT MENTION THE FACT THAT WHEN THE MAN WAS RAISED UP A WOMAN'S WEDDING RING FELL UPON THE FLOOR IT IS JUST AS WELL IT DOES NOT WHY
t sleep would be no easy matter, either for Holmes or myself. His quiet self-confident manner convinced me that he had already formed a theory which explained all the facts, though what it was I could not for an instant conjecture. He was very late in returning—so late, that I knew that the concert could not have detained him all the time. Dinner was on the table before he appeared. “It was magnificent,” he said, as he took his seat. “Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the power of speech was arrived at. Perhaps that is why we are so subtly influenced by it. There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.” “That’s rather a broad idea,” I remarked. “One’s ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature,” he answered. “What’s the matter? You’re not looking quite yourself. This Brixton Road affair has upset you.” HESE QUESTIONS WERE UNSOLVED I FELT THAT SLEEP WOULD BE NO EASY MATTER EITHER FOR HOLMES OR MYSELF HIS QUIET SELF CONFIDENT MANNER CONVINCED ME THAT HE HAD ALREADY FORMED A THEORY WHICH EXPLAINED ALL THE FACTS THOUGH WHAT IT WAS I COULD NOT FOR AN INSTANT CONJECTURE HE WAS VERY LATE IN RETURNING SO LATE THAT I KNEW THE CONCERT COULD NOT HAVE DETAINED HIM ALL THE TIME DINNER WAS ON THE TABLE BEFORE HE APPEARED IT WAS MAGNIFICENT HE SAID AS HE TOOK HIS SEAT DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT DARWIN SAYS ABOUT MUSIC HE CLAIMS THAT THE POWER OF PRODUCING AND APPRECIATING IT EXISTED AMONG THE HUMAN RACE LONG BEFORE THE POWER OFEECH WAS ARRIVED AT PERHAPS THAT IS WHY WE ARE SO SUBTLY INFLUENCED BY IT THERE ARE VAGUE MEMORIES IN OUR SOULS OF THOSE MISTY CENTURIES WHEN THE WORLD WAS IN ITS CHILDHOOD THAT'S RATHER A BROAD IDEA I REMARKED ONE'S IDEAS MUST BE AS BROAD AS NATURE IF THEY ARE TO INTERPRET NATURE HE ANSWERED WHAT'S THE MATTER YOU'RE NOT LOOKING QUITE YOURSELF THIS BRIXTON ROAD AFFAIR HAS UPSET YOU
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