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"Ah, I'll tell you all about it. Of course, Doctor Watson, this is strictly between ourselves. The first difficulty which we had to contend with was the finding of this American's antecedents. AH I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT OF COURSE DOCTOR WATSON THIS IS STRICTLY BETWEEN OURSELVES THE FIRST DIFFICULTY WHICH WE HAD TO CONTEND WITH WAS THE FINDING OF THIS AMERICAN'S ANTECEDENCE
w how you managed it. Will you have some whiskey and water?” “I don’t mind if I do,” the detective answered. “The tremendous exertions which I have gone through during the last day or two have worn me out. Not so much bodily exertion, you understand, as the strain upon the mind. You will appreciate that, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, for we are both brain-workers.” “You do me too much honour,” said Holmes, gravely. “Let us hear how you arrived at this most gratifying result.” The detective seated himself in the arm-chair, and puffed complacently at his cigar. Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement. “The fun of it is,” he cried, “that that fool Lestrade, who thinks himself so smart, has gone off upon the wrong track altogether. He is after the secretary Stangerson, who had no more to do with the crime than the babe unborn. I have no doubt that he has caught him by this time.” The idea tickled Gregson so much that he laughed until he choked. “And how did you get your clue?” F THESE CIGARS HE SAID WE ARE ANXIOUS TO KNOW HOW YOU MANAGED IT WILL YOU HAVE SOME WHISKY AND WATER I DON' MIND IF I DO THE DETECTIVE ANSWERED THE TREMENDOUS EXERTIONS WHICH I HAVE GONE THROUGH DURING THE LAST DAY OR TWO HAVE WORN ME OUT NOT SO MUCH BODILY EXERTION YOU UNDERSTAND AS THE STRAIN UPON THE MIND YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT MISTER SHERLOCK HOLMES FOR WE ARE BOTH BRAIN WORKERS YOU DO ME TOO MUCH HONOUR SAID HOLMES GRAVELY LET US HEAR HOW YOU ARRIVED AT THIS MOST GRATIFYING RESULT THE DETECTIVE SEATED HIMSELF IN THE ARM CHAIR AND PUFFED COMPLACENTLY AT HIS CIGAR THEN SUDDENLY HE SLAPPED HIS THIGH IN A PAROXYSM OF AMUSEMENT THE FUN OF IT IS HE CRIED THAT THAT FOOL LESTRADE WHO THINKS HIMSELF SO SMART HAS GONE OFF UPON THE WRONG TRACK ALTOGETHER HE'S AFTER THE SECRETARY STANGERSON WHO HAD NO MORE TO DO WITH THE CRIME THAN THE BABE UNBORN I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE HAS CAUGHT HIM BY THIS TIME THE IDEA TICKLED GREXEN SO MUCH THAT HE LAUGHED UNTIL HE CHOKED AND HOW DID YOU GET YOUR CLUE
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