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Men who die from heart disease, or any sudden natural cause, never by any chance exhibit agitation upon their features. MEN WHO DIE FROM HEART DISEASE OR ANY SUDDEN NATURAL CAUSE NEVER BY ANY CHANCE EXHIBIT AGITATION UPON THEIR FEATURES
 of tracing footsteps. Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it second nature to me. I saw the heavy footmarks of the constables, but I saw also the track of the two men who had first passed through the garden. It was easy to tell that they had been before the others, because in places their marks had been entirely obliterated by the others coming upon the top of them. In this way my second link was formed, which told me that the nocturnal visitors were two in number, one remarkable for his height (as I calculated from the length of his stride), and the other fashionably dressed, to judge from the small and elegant impression left by his boots. “On entering the house this last inference was confirmed. My well-booted man lay before me. The tall one, then, had done the murder, if murder there was. There was no wound upon the dead man’s person, but the agitated expression upon his face assured me that he had foreseen his fate before it came upon him. T SO MUCH NEGLECTED AS THE ART OF TRACING FOOTSTEPS HAPPILY I HAVE ALWAYS LAID GREAT STRUMMIT AND MUCH PRACTICE HAS MADE ITS SECOND NATURE TO ME I SAW THE HEAVY FOOTMARKS OF THE CONSTABLES BUT I ALSO SAW THE TRACK OF THE TWO MEN WHO HAD FIRST PASSED THROUGH THE GARDEN IT WAS EASY TO TELL THAT THEY HAD BEEN BEFORE THE OTHERS BECAUSE IN PLACES THEIR MARKS HAD BEEN ENTIRELY OBLITERATED BY THE OTHERS COMING UPON THE TOP OF THEM IN THIS WAY MY SECOND LINK WAS FORMED WHICH TOLD ME THAT THE NOCTURNAL VISITORS WERE TWO IN NUMBER ONE REMARKABLE FOR HIS HEIGHT AS I CALCULATED FROM THE LENGTH OF HIS STRIDE AND THE OTHER FASHIONABLY DRESSED TO JUDGE FROM THE SMALL AND ELEGANT IMPRESSION LEFT BY HIS BOOT ON ENTERING THE HOUSE THIS LAST INFERENCE WAS CONFIRMED MY WELL BOOTED MAN LAY BEFORE ME THE TALL ONE THEN HAD DONE THE MURDER IF MURDER THERE WAS THERE WAS NO WOUND UPON THE DEAD MAN'S PERSON BUT THE AGITATED EXPRESSION UPON HIS FACE ASSURED ME THAT HE HAD FORESEEN HIS FATE BEFORE IT CAME UPON HIM
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