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"'Your name is Burgess,' I said. 'You came here from London this morning, expecting to return to night. You brought no luggage with you. After luncheon you went bathing. You had machine No. 35, and when you came out of the water you found that No. 35 had disappeared, with your clothes and the silver watch your uncle gave you on the day you succeeded to his business. YOUR NAME IS BURGESS I SAID YOU CAME HERE FROM LONDON THIS MORNING EXPECTING TO RETURN TO NIGHT YOU BROUGHT NO LUGGAGE WITH YOU AFTER LUNCHEON YOU WENT BATHING YOU HAD MACHINE NUMBER THIRTY FIVE AND WHEN YOU CAME OUT OF THE WATER YOU FOUND THAT NUMBER THIRTY FIVE HAD DISAPPEARED WITH YOUR CLOTHES AND THE SILVER WATCH YOUR UNCLE GAVE YOU ON THE DAY YOU SUCCEEDED TO HIS BUSINESS
ll take the bet. I should like to know, though, how you know.’ “‘It is quite simple,’ said I. ‘The timidity of the knock shows that my visitor is one of two classes of persons—an autograph-hunter or a client, one of the two. You see I give you a chance to win. It may be an autograph-hunter, but I think it is a client. If it were a creditor, he would knock boldly, even ostentatiously; if it were the maid, she would not knock at all; if it were the hall-boy, he would not come until I had rung five times for him. None of these things has occurred; the knock is the half-hearted knock which betokens either that the person who knocked is in trouble, or is uncertain as to his reception. I am willing, however, considering the heat and my desire to quench my thirst, to wager that it is a client.’ “‘Done,’ said Watson; and I immediately remarked, ‘Come in.’ “The door opened, and a man of about thirty-five years of age, in a bathing-suit, entered the room, and I saw at a glance what had happened. ALL BOTTLE AND WHILE I DO NOT EXPECT TO WIN I'LL TAKE THE BET I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW THOUGH HOW YOU KNOW IT IS QUITE SIMPLE SAID I THE TIMIDITY OF THE NOSTICS THAT MY VISITOR IS ONE OF TWO CLASSES OF PERSONS AN AUTOGRAPH HUNTER OR A CLIENT ONE OF THE TWO YOU SEE I GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO WIN IT MAY BE AN AUTOGRAPH HUNTER BUT I THINK IT IS A CLIENT IF IT WERE A CREDITOR HE WOULD KNOCK BOLDLY EVEN OSTENTATIOUSLY IF IT WERE THE MAID HE WOULD NOT KNOCK AT ALL IF IT WERE THE HALL BOY HE WOULD NOT COME UNTIL I HAD RUNG FIVE TIMES FOR HIM NONE OF THESE THINGS HAS OCCURRED THE KNOCK IS THE HALF HEARTED KNOCK WHICH BETOKENS EITHER THAT THE PERSON WHO KNOCKED IT IS IN TROUBLE OR IS UNCERTAIN AS TO HIS RECEPTION I AM WILLING HOWEVER CONSIDERING THE HEAT AND MY DESIRE TO QUENCH MY THIRST TO WAGER THAT IT IS A CLIENT'S DONE SAID WATSON AND I IMMEDIATELY REMARKED COME IN THE DOOR OPENED AND A MAN OF ABOUT THIRTY FIVE YEARS OF AGE IN A BATHING SUIT ENTERED THE ROOM AND I SAW AT A GLANCE WHAT HAD HAPPENED
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