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I have made a special study of cigar ashes—in fact, I have written a monograph upon the subject. I flatter myself that I can distinguish at a glance the ash of any known brand, either of cigar or of tobacco. It is just in such details that the skilled detective differs from the Gregson and Lestrade type." I HAVE MADE A SPECIAL STUDY OF CIGAR ASHES IN FACT I HAVE WRITTEN MONOGRAPH UPON THE SUBJECT I FLATTER MYSELF THAT I CAN DISTINGUISH AT A GLANCE THE ASH OF ANY KNOWN BRAND EITHER OF CIGAR OR OF TOBACCO IT IS JUST IN SUCH DETAILS THAT THE SKILLED DETECTIVE DIFFERS FROM THE GREGSON AND LESTRADE TYPE
 Now that writing was just over six feet from the ground. It was child’s play.” “And his age?” I asked. “Well, if a man can stride four and a-half feet without the smallest effort, he can’t be quite in the sere and yellow. That was the breadth of a puddle on the garden walk which he had evidently walked across. Patent-leather boots had gone round, and Square-toes had hopped over. There is no mystery about it at all. I am simply applying to ordinary life a few of those precepts of observation and deduction which I advocated in that article. Is there anything else that puzzles you?” “The finger nails and the Trichinopoly,” I suggested. “The writing on the wall was done with a man’s forefinger dipped in blood. My glass allowed me to observe that the plaster was slightly scratched in doing it, which would not have been the case if the man’s nail had been trimmed. I gathered up some scattered ash from the floor. It was dark in colour and flakey—such an ash as is only made by a Trichinopoly. ABOUT THE LEVEL OF HIS OWN EYES NOW THAT WRITING WAS JUST OVER SIX FEET FROM THE GROUND IT WAS CHILD'S PLAY AND HIS AGE I ASKED WELL IF A MAN CAN STRIDE FOUR AND A HALF FEET WITHOUT THE SMALLEST EFFORT HE CAN'T BE QUITE IN THE SERE AND YELLOW THAT WAS THE BREADTH OF A PUDDLE ON THE GARDEN WALK WHICH HE HAD EVIDENTLY WALKED ACROSS PATENT LEATHER BOOTS HAD GONE ROUND AND SQUARE TOES HAD HOPPED OVER THERE IS NO MYSTERY ABOUT IT AT ALL I AM SIMPLY APPLYING TO ORDINARY LIFE A FEW OF THOSE PRECEPTS OF OBSERVATION AND DEDUCTION WHICH I ADVOCATED IN THAT ARTICLE IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT PUZZLES YOU THE FINGER NAILS AND THE TRICK ANOPOLY I SUGGESTED THE WRITING ON THE WALL WAS DONE WITH A MAN'S FOREFINGER DIPPED IN BLOOD MY GLASS ALLOWED ME TO OBSERVE THAT THE PLASTER WAS SCRATCHED SLIGHTLY IN DOING IT WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE THE CASE IF THE MAN'S NAIL HAD BEEN TRIMMED I GATHERED UP SOME SCATTERED ASH FROM THE FLOOR IT WAS DARK IN COLOUR AND FLAKY SUCH AN ASH AS IS ONLY MADE BY A TRICKY NOOPOLY
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