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This done, he appeared to be satisfied, for he replaced his tape and his glass in his pocket. "They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work." THIS DONE HE APPEARED TO BE SATISFIED FOR HE REPLACED HIS TAPE AND HIS GLASS IN HIS POCKET THEY SAY THAT GENIUS IS AN INFINITE CAPACITY FOR TAKING PAINS HE REMARKED WITH A SMILE IT'S A VERY BAD DEFINITION BUT IT DOES APPLY TO DETECTIVE WORK
, and once lying flat upon his face. So engrossed was he with his occupation that he appeared to have forgotten our presence, for he chattered away to himself under his breath the whole time, keeping up a running fire of exclamations, groans, whistles, and little cries suggestive of encouragement and of hope. As I watched him I was irresistibly reminded of a pure-blooded well-trained foxhound as it dashes backwards and forwards through the covert, whining in its eagerness, until it comes across the lost scent. For twenty minutes or more he continued his researches, measuring with the most exact care the distance between marks which were entirely invisible to me, and occasionally applying his tape to the walls in an equally incomprehensible manner. In one place he gathered up very carefully a little pile of grey dust from the floor, and packed it away in an envelope. Finally, he examined with his glass the word upon the wall, going over every letter of it with the most minute exactness. CASIONALLY KNEELING AND ONCE LYING FLAT UPON HIS FACE SO ENGROSSED WAS HE WITH HIS OCCUPATION THAT HE APPEARED TO HAVE FORGOTTEN OUR PRESENCE FOR HE CHATTERED AWAY TO HIMSELF UNDER HIS BREATH THE WHOLE TIME KEEPING UP A RUNNING FIRE OF EXCLAMATIONS GROANS WHISTLES AND LITTLE CRIES SUGGESTIVE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND OF HOPE AS I WATCHED HIM I WAS IRRESISTIBLY REMINDED OF A PURE BLOODED WELL TRAINED FOXHOUND AS IT DASHES BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS THROUGH THE COVERT WHINING IN ITS EAGERNESS UNTIL IT COMES ACROSS THE LOST SCENT FOR TWENTY MINUTES OR MORE HE CONTINUED HIS RESEARCHES MEASURING WITH THE MOST EXACT CARE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN MARKS WHICH WERE ENTIRELY INVISIBLE TO ME AND OCCASIONALLY APPLYING HIS TAPE TO THE WALLS IN AN EQUALLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE MANNER IN ONE PLACE HE GATHERED UP VERY CAREFULLY A LITTLE PILE OF GRAY DUST FROM THE FLOOR AND PACKED IT AWAY IN AN ENVELOPE FINALLY HE EXAMINED WITH HIS GLASS THE WORD UPON THE WALL GOING OVER EVERY LETTER OF IT WITH THE MOST MINUTE EXACTNESS
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