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The robber of the Duchess of Brokedale stood before me." THE ROBBER OF THE DUCHESS OF BROKEDALE STOOD BEFORE ME
n’t you have a little Scotch?’ I asked, as he started, feeling, with all that prospective profit in view, I could well afford the expense. ‘It is a stormy night.’ “‘Thanks, I will,’ said he, returning and seating himself by my table—still, to my surprise, keeping his hat on. “‘Let me take your hat,’ I said, little thinking that my courtesy would reveal the true state of affairs. The mere mention of the word hat brought about a terrible change in my visitor; his knees trembled, his face grew ghastly, and he clutched the brim of his beaver until it cracked. He then nervously removed it, and I noticed a dull red mark running about his forehead, just as there would be on the forehead of a man whose hat fitted too tightly; and that mark, gentlemen, had the undulating outline of nothing more nor less than a tiara, and on the apex of the uttermost extremity was a deep indentation about the size of a shilling, that could have been made only by some adamantine substance! The mystery was solved! S BUSINESS CONCLUDED HE STARTED TO GO WON'T YOU HAVE A LITTLE SCOTCH I ASKED AS HE STARTED FEELING WITH ALL THAT PERSPECTIVE PROFIT IN VIEW I COULD WELL AFFORD THE EXPENSE IT IS A STORMY NIGHT THANKS I WILL SAID HE RETURNING AND SEATING HIMSELF BY MY TABLE STILL TO MY SURPRISE KEEPING HIS HAT ON LET ME TAKE YOUR HAT I SAID LITTLE THINKING THAT MY COURTESY WOULD REVEAL THE TRUE STATE OF AFFAIRS THE MERE MENTION OF THE WORD HAT BROUGHT ABOUT A TERRIBLE CHANGE IN MY VISITOR HIS KNEES TREMBLED HIS FACE GREW GHASTLY AND HE CLUTCHED THE BRIM OF HIS FEVER TILL IT CRACKED HE THEN NERVOUSLY REMOVED IT AND I NOTICED A DULL RED MARK RUNNING ABOUT HIS FOREHEAD JUST AS THERE WOULD BE ON THE FOREHEAD OF A MAN WHOSE HAT FITTED TOO TIGHTLY AND THAT MARK GENTLEMEN HAD THE UNDULATING OUTLINE OF NOTHING MORE NOR LESS THAN A TIARA AND ON THE APEX OF THE UTTERMOST EXTREMITY WAS A DEEP INDENTATION ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SHILLING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE ONLY BY SOME ADAMANTINE SUBSTANCE THE MYSTERY WAS SOLVED
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