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There we have the marine. He was a man with some amount of self importance and a certain air of command. You must have observed the way in which he held his head and swung his cane. A steady, respectable, middle aged man, too, on the face of him—all facts which led me to believe that he had been a sergeant." "Wonderful!" I ejaculated. THERE WE HAVE THE MARINE HE WAS A MAN WITH SOME AMOUNT OF SELF IMPORTANCE AND A CERTAIN AIR OF COMMAND YOU MUST HAVE OBSERVED THE WAY IN WHICH HE HELD HIS HEAD AND SWUNG HIS CANE A STEADY RESPECTABLE MIDDLE AGED MAN TOO ON THE FACE OF HIM ALL FACTS WHICH LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT HE HAD BEEN A SERGEANT WONDERFUL I EJACULATED
zzle me, though what earthly object he could have in taking me in was past my comprehension. When I looked at him he had finished reading the note, and his eyes had assumed the vacant, lack-lustre expression which showed mental abstraction. “How in the world did you deduce that?” I asked. “Deduce what?” said he, petulantly. “Why, that he was a retired sergeant of Marines.” “I have no time for trifles,” he answered, brusquely; then with a smile, “Excuse my rudeness. You broke the thread of my thoughts; but perhaps it is as well. So you actually were not able to see that that man was a sergeant of Marines?” “No, indeed.” “It was easier to know it than to explain why I knew it. If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact. Even across the street I could see a great blue anchor tattooed on the back of the fellow’s hand. That smacked of the sea. He had a military carriage, however, and regulation side whiskers. ING WAS A PREARRANGED EPISODE INTENDED TO DAZZLE ME THOUGH WHAT EARTHLY OBJECT HE COULD HAVE IN TAKING ME IN WAS PAST MY COMPREHENSION WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM HE HAD FINISHED READING THE NOTE AND HIS EYES HAD ASSUMED THE VACANT LACK LUSTRE EXPRESSION WHICH SHOWED MENTAL ABSTRACTION HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU DEDUCE THAT I ASKED DEDUCE WHAT HE SAID PETULANTLY WHY THAT HE WAS A RETIRED SERGEANT OF MARINES I HAVE NO TIME FOR TRIFLES HE ANSWERED BRUSQUELY THEN WITH A SMILE EXCUSE MY RUDENESS YOU BROKE THE THREAD OF MY THOUGHTS BUT PERHAPS IT IS AS WELL SO YOU ACTUALLY WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE THAT THAT MAN WAS A SERGEANT OF MARINES NO INDEED IT WAS EASIER TO KNOW IT THAN TO EXPLAIN WHY I KNEW IT IF YOU WERE ASKED TO PROVE THAT TWO AND TWO MADE FOUR YOU MIGHT FIND SOME DIFFICULTY AND YET YOU ARE QUITE SURE OF THE FACT EVEN ACROSS THE STREET I COULD SEE A GREAT BLUE ANCHOR TATTOOED ON THE BACK OF THE FELLOW'S HAND THAT SMACKED OF THE SEA HE HAD A MILITARY CARRIAGE HOWEVER AND REGULATION SIDE WHISKERS
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