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No doubt it appeared to you to be a mere trampled line of slush, but to my trained eyes every mark upon its surface had a meaning. NO DOUBT IT APPEARED TO YOU TO BE A MERE TRAMPLED LINE OF SLUSH BUT TO MY TRAINED EYES EVERY MARK UPON ITS SURFACE HAD A MEANING
ess what the steps were which led up to that result. This power is what I mean when I talk of reasoning backwards, or analytically.” “I understand,” said I. “Now this was a case in which you were given the result and had to find everything else for yourself. Now let me endeavour to show you the different steps in my reasoning. To begin at the beginning. I approached the house, as you know, on foot, and with my mind entirely free from all impressions. I naturally began by examining the roadway, and there, as I have already explained to you, I saw clearly the marks of a cab, which, I ascertained by inquiry, must have been there during the night. I satisfied myself that it was a cab and not a private carriage by the narrow gauge of the wheels. The ordinary London growler is considerably less wide than a gentleman’s brougham. “This was the first point gained. I then walked slowly down the garden path, which happened to be composed of a clay soil, peculiarly suitable for taking impressions.  EVOLVE FROM THEIR OWN INNER CONSCIOUSNESS WHAT THE STEPS WERE WHICH LED UP TO THAT RESULT THIS POWER IS WHAT I MEAN WHEN I TALK OF REASONING BACKWARDS OR ANALYTICALLY I UNDERSTAND SAID I NOW THIS WAS A CASE IN WHICH YOU WERE GIVEN THE RESULT AND HAD TO FIND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR YOURSELF NOW LET ME ENDEAVOUR TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT STEPS IN MY REASONING TO BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING I APPROACHED THE HOUSE AS YOU KNOW ON FOOT WITH MY MIND ENTIRELY FREE FROM ALL IMPRESSIONS I NATURALLY BEGAN BY EXAMINING THE ROADWAY AND THERE AS I HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED TO YOU I SAW CLEARLY THE MARKS OF A CAB WHICH I ASCERTAIN BY INQUIRY MUST HAVE BEEN THERE DURING THE NIGHT I SATISFIED MYSELF THAT IT WAS A CAB AND NOT A PRIVATE CARRIAGE BY THE NARROW GAUGE OF THE WHEELS THE ORDINARY LONDON GROWLER IS CONSIDERABLY LESS WIDE THAN A GENTLEMAN'S BROWN THIS WAS THE FIRST POINT GAINED I THEN WALKED SLOWLY DOWN THE GARDEN PATH WHICH HAPPENED TO BE COMPOSED OF A CLAY SOIL PECULIARLY SUITABLE FOR TAKING IMPRESSIONS
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