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By this time the trio had entered the private office of the president of the Styx Navigation Company, and in a few moments the vessel was chartered at a fabulous price. BY THIS TIME THE TRIO HAD ENTERED THE PRIVATE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE STICKS NAVIGATION COMPANY AND IN A FEW MOMENTS THE VESSEL WAS CHARTERED AT A FABULOUS PRICE
 Holmes. “Burgess had disappeared with all my clothing, my false-beard, my suit-case, and my watch. The only thing he had left me was the bathing-suit and a few empty small bottles.” “And why, may I ask,” put in Hamlet, as they drew near to Charon’s office—“why does that case remind you of business as it is conducted to-day?” “In this, that it is a good thing to stay out of unless you know it all,” explained Holmes. “I omitted in the case of Burgess to observe one thing about him. Had I observed that his nose was rectilinear, incurved, and with a lifted base, and that his auricular temporal angle was between 96 and 97 degrees, I should have known at once that he was an impostor _Vide_ Ottolenghui on ‘Ears and Noses I Have Met,’ pp. 631–640.” “Do you mean to say that you can tell a criminal by his ears?” demanded Hamlet. “If he has any—yes; but I did not know that at the time of the Brighton mystery. Therefore I should have stayed out of the case. But here we are. Good-morning, Charon.”  NO REPLIED HOLMES BURGESS HAD DISAPPEARED WITH ALL MY CLOTHING MY FALSE BEARD MY SUIT CASE AND MY WATCH THE ONLY THING HE HAD LEFT ME WAS THE BATHING SUIT IN A FEW EMPTY SMALL BOTTLES AND WHY MAY I ASK PUT IN HAMLET AS THEY DREW NEAR TO CARROD'S OFFICE WHY DOES THAT CASE REMIND YOU OF BUSINESS AS IT IS CONDUCTED TO DAY IN THIS THAT IT IS A GOOD THING TO STAY OUT OF UNLESS YOU KNOW IT ALL EXPLAINED HOLMES I OMITTED IN THE CASE OF BURCHASE TO OBSERVE ONE THING ABOUT HIM HAD I OBSERVED THAT HIS NOSE WAS RECTILINEAR AND CURVED WITH LIFTED BASS AND THAT HIS AURICULAR TEMPORAL ANGLE WAS BETWEEN NINETY SIX AND NINETY SEVEN DEGREES I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN AT ONCE THAT HE WAS AN IMPOSTOR BIDE OTO LANGUI ON EARS AND NOSES I HAVE MET PAGES SIX THIRTY ONE TO SIX FORTY DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU CAN TELL A CRIMINAL BY HIS EARS DEMANDED HAMLET IF HE HAS ANY YES BUT I DID NOT KNOW THAT AT THE TIME OF THE BRIGHTON MYSTERY THEREFORE I SHOULD HAVE STAYED OUT OF THE CASE BUT HERE WE ARE GOOD MORNING CHARON
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