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Demosthenes looked at Holmes with blank amazement, and, to keep from stammering out the exclamation of wonder that rose to his lips, he opened his _bonbonnière_ and swallowed a pebble. "You don't happen to have a cocaine tablet in your box, do you?" queried Holmes. DEMOSTHENES LOOKED AT HOLMES WITH BLANK AMAZEMENT AND TO KEEP FROM STAMMERING OUT THE EXCLAMATION OF WONDER THAT ROSE TO HIS LIPS HE OPENED HIS BONBONNIERE AND SWALLOWED A PEBBLE DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE A COCAINE TABLET IN YOUR BOX DO YOU QUERIED HOLMES
 with anxiety, and through his massive forehead his brain could be seen to be throbbing violently, and the corrugations of his gray matter were not pleasant to witness as he tried vainly to squeeze an idea out of them. “What is the matter?” asked Demosthenes, anxiously. “We are not in any danger, are we?” “No,” replied Holmes. “But I am somewhat puzzled at the bubbles on the surface of the ocean, and the ripples which we passed over an hour or two ago, barely perceptible through the most powerful microscope, indicate to my mind that for some reason at present unknown to me the House-boat has changed her course. Take that bubble floating by. It is the last expiring bit of aerial agitation of the House-boat’s wake. Observe whence it comes. Not from the Azores quarter, but as if instead of steering a straight course thither the House-boat had taken a sharp turn to the north-east, and was making for Havre; or, in other words, Paris instead of London seems to have become their destination.” THE MOMENT OF DEPARTURE HIS BROW WAS FURROWED WITH ANXIETY AND THROUGH HIS MATTED FOREHEAD HIS BRAIN COULD BE SEEN TO BE THROBBING VIOLENTLY AND THE CORRUGATIONS OF HIS FREY MATTER WERE NOT PLEASANT TO WITNESS AS HE TRIED VAINLY TO SQUEEZE AN IDEA OUT OF THEM WHAT IS THE MATTER ASKED DEMOSTHENES ANXIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT IN ANY DANGER ARE WE NO REPLIED HOLMES BUT I AM SOMEWHAT PUZZLED AT THE BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN AND THE RIPPLES WHICH HE TOSSED OVER AN HOUR OR TWO AGO BADLY PERCEPTIBLE THROUGH THE MOST POWERFUL MICROSCOPE INDICATE TO MY MIND THAT FOR SOME REASON AT PRESENT UNKNOWN TO ME THE HOUSEBOAT HAS CHANGED RECAU TAKE THAT BUBBLE FLOATING BY IT IS THE LAST EXPIRING BIT OF AERIAL AGITATION OF THE HOUSEBOAT'S WAKE OBSERVE WHENCE IT COMES NOT FROM THE AZORAS QUARTER BUT AS IF INSTEAD OF STEERING A STRAIGHT COURSE THITHER THE HOUSEBOAT HAD TAKEN A SHARP TURN TO THE NORTHEAST AND WAS MAKING THE HARBOR FOR IN OTHER WORDS PARIS INSTEAD OF LONDON SEEMS TO BECOME THEIR DESTINATION
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