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"'Watson,' said I, 'here comes some one for advice. Do you wish to wager a small bottle upon it?' "'Yes,' he answered, with a smile. 'I am thirsty and I'd like a small bottle; and while I do not expect to win, I'll take the bet. I should like to know, though, how you know. WATSON SAID I HERE COMES SOMEONE FOR ADVICE DO YOU WISH TO WAGER A SMALL BOTTLE UPON IT YES HE ANSWERED WITH A SMILE I'M THIRSTY AND I'D LIKE A SMALL BOTTLE AND WHILE I DO NOT EXPECT TO WIN I'LL TAKE THE BET I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW THOUGH HOW YOU KNOW
vance payment?” queried Hamlet. “Give him a check drawn to his own order. He’ll have to endorse it when he deposits it, and that will make him responsible,” laughed Holmes. “What a simple thing when you understand it!” commented Raleigh. “Very,” said Holmes. “Business is getting by slow degrees to be an exact science. It reminds me of the Brighton mystery, in which I played a modest part some ten years ago, when I first took up ferreting as a profession. I was sitting one night in my room at one of the Brighton hotels, which shall be nameless. I never give the name of any of the hotels at which I stop, because it might give offence to the proprietors of other hotels, with the result that my books would be excluded from sale therein. Suffice it to say that I was spending an early summer Sunday at Brighton with my friend Watson. We had dined well, and were enjoying our evening smoke together upon a small balcony overlooking the water, when there came a timid knock on the door of my room. HOLMES BUT SUPPOSE HE WANTS AN ADVANCE PAYMENT QUERIED HAMLET GIVE HIM A CHECK DRAWN TO HIS OWN ORDER HE'LL HAVE TO ENDORSE IT WHEN HE DEPOSITS IT AND THAT WILL MAKE HIM RESPONSIBLE LAUGHED HOLMES WHAT A SIMPLE THING WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND IT COMMENTED RALEIGH VERY SAID HOLMES BUSINESS IS GETTING BY SLOW DEGREES TO BE AN EXACT SCIENCE IT REMINDS ME OF THE BRIGHTON MYSTERY IN WHICH I PLAYED A MODEST PART SOME TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST TOOK UP FERRETING AS A PROFESSION I WAS SITTING ONE NIGHT IN MY ROOM AT ONE OF THE BRIGHTON HOTELS WHICH SHALL BE NAMELESS I NEVER GIVE THE NAME OF ANY OF THE HOTELS AT WHICH I STOPPED BECAUSE IT MIGHT GIVE OFFENCE TO THE PROPRIETORS OF OTHER HOTELS WITH THE RESULT THAT MY BOOKS WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM SALE THEREIN SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT I WAS SPENDING AN EARLY SUMMER SUNDAY AT BRIGHTON MY FRIEND WATSON WE HAD DINED WELL AND WERE ENJOYING OUR EVENING SMOKE TOGETHER UPON A SMALL BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE WATER WHEN THERE CAME A TIMID KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF MY ROOM
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