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These strange details, far from making the case more difficult, have really had the effect of making it less so." Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable impatience, could contain himself no longer. THESE STRANGE DETAILS FAR FROM MAKING THE CASE MORE DIFFICULT HAVE REALLY HAD THE EFFECT OF MAKING IT LESS SO MISTER GREGSON WHO HAD LISTENED TO THIS ADDRESS WITH CONSIDERABLE IMPATIENCE COULD CONTAIN HIMSELF NO LONGER
nd were gradually clearing away, and I began to have a dim, vague perception of the truth. “All this seems strange to you,” continued Holmes, “because you failed at the beginning of the inquiry to grasp the importance of the single real clue which was presented to you. I had the good fortune to seize upon that, and everything which has occurred since then has served to confirm my original supposition, and, indeed, was the logical sequence of it. Hence things which have perplexed you and made the case more obscure, have served to enlighten me and to strengthen my conclusions. It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn. This murder would have been infinitely more difficult to unravel had the body of the victim been simply found lying in the roadway without any of those _outré_ and sensational accompaniments which have rendered it remarkable. THE MISTS IN MY OWN MIND WERE GRADUALLY CLEARING AWAY AND I BEGAN TO HAVE A DIM VAGUE PERCEPTION OF THE TRUTH ALL THIS SEEMS STRANGE TO YOU CONTINUED HOLMES BECAUSE YOU FAILED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INQUIRY TO GRASP THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SINGLE REAL CLUE WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO YOU I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO SEIZE UPON THAT AND EVERYTHING WHICH HAS OCCURRED SINCE THEN HAS SERVED TO CONFIRM MY ORIGINAL SUPPOSITION AND INDEED WAS THE LOGICAL SEQUENCE OF IT HENCE THINGS WHICH HAVE PERPLEXED YOU AND MADE THE CASE MORE OBSCURE HAVE SERVED TO ENLIGHTEN ME AND TO STRENGTHEN MY CONCLUSIONS IT IS A MISTAKE TO CONFOUND STRANGENESS WITH MYSTERY THE MOST COMMONPLACE CRIME IS OFTEN THE MOST MYSTERIOUS BECAUSE IT PRESENTS NO NEW OR SPECIAL FEATURES FROM WHICH DEDUCTIONS MAY BE DRAWN THIS MURDER WOULD HAVE BEEN INFINITELY MORE DIFFICULT TO UNRAVEL HAD THE BODY OF THE VICTIM BEEN SIMPLY FOUND LYING IN THE ROADWAY WITHOUT ANY OF THOSE OUTER AND SENSATIONAL ACCOMPLIMENTS WHICH HAVE RENDERED IT REMARKABLE
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