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I could have done it in twenty four hours. Lecoq took six months or so. It might be made a text book for detectives to teach them what to avoid." I COULD HAVE DONE IT IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS LECOQ TOOK SIX MONTHS OR SO IT MIGHT BE MADE A TEXT BOOK FOR DETECTIVES TO TEACH THEM WHAT TO AVOID
hanistan, and you were astonished.” “It is simple enough as you explain it,” I said, smiling. “You remind me of Edgar Allen Poe’s Dupin. I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories.” Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. “No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin,” he observed. “Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of breaking in on his friends’ thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour’s silence is really very showy and superficial. He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.” “Have you read Gaboriau’s works?” I asked. “Does Lecoq come up to your idea of a detective?” Sherlock Holmes sniffed sardonically. “Lecoq was a miserable bungler,” he said, in an angry voice; “he had only one thing to recommend him, and that was his energy. That book made me positively ill. The question was how to identify an unknown prisoner. COND I THEN REMARKED THAT YOU CAME FROM AFGHANISTAN AND YOU WERE ASTONISHED IT IS SIMPLE ENOUGH AS YOU EXPLAIN IT I SAID SMILING YOU REMIND ME OF EDGAR ALAM POSE JAPAN I HAD NO IDEA THAT SUCH INDIVIDUALS DID EXIST OUTSIDE OF STORIES SHERLOCK HOLMES ROSE AND LIT HIS PIPE NO DOUBT YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE COMPLIMENTING ME IN COMPARING ME TO JAPAN HE OBSERVED NOW IN MY OPINION DUPAN WAS A VERY INFERIOR FELLOW THAT TRICK OF HIS OF BREAKING IN ON HIS FRIEND'S THOUGHTS WITH AN APPROPOUS REMARK AFTER A QUARTER OF AN HOUR'S SILENCE IS REALLY VERY SHOWY AND SUPERFICIAL HE HAD SOME ANALYTICAL GENIUS NO DOUBT BUT HE WAS BY NO MEANS SUCH A PHENOMENON AS POE APPEARED TO IMAGINE HAVE YOU READ GABORREAL'S WORKS I ASKED DOES LECOQ COME UP TO YOUR IDEA OF A DETECTIVE SHERLOCK HOLMES SNIFFED SARDONICALLY LECOQ WAS A MISERABLE BUNGLER HE SAID IN AN ANGRY VOICE HE HAD ONLY ONE THING TO RECOMMEND HIM AND THAT WAS HIS ENERGY THAT BOOK MADE ME POSITIVELY ILL THE QUESTION WAS HOW TO IDENTIFY AN UNKNOWN PRISONER
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