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"You can if you want to, but it is better not to," rejoined Holmes, simply, as though not observing the sneer, "because the ripple represents the outer lines of the angle of disturbance in the water; and as any one of the sides to an angle is greater than the perpendicular from the hypothenuse to the apex, you'd merely be going the long way. YOU CAN'T BE WONT TO BUT IT IS BETTER NOT TO REJOINED HOLMES SIMPLY AS THOUGH NOT OBSERVING THE SNEER BECAUSE THE RIPPLE REPRESENTS THE OUTER LINE OF THE ANGLE OF DISTURBANCE IN THE WATER AND AS ANY ONE OF THE SIZE TO AN ANGLE IS GREATER THAN THE PERPENDICULAR FROM THE HYPOTHENUSE TO THE APEX YOU BE MERELY GOING THE LONG WAY
nd swallowed a pebble. “You don’t happen to have a cocaine tablet in your box, do you?” queried Holmes. “No,” returned the Greek. “Cocaine makes me flighty and nervous, but these pebbles sort of ballast me and hold me down. How on earth do you know that that bubble comes from the wake of the House-boat?” “By my chemical knowledge, merely,” replied Holmes. “A merely worldly vessel leaves a phosphorescent bubble in its wake. That one we have just discovered is not so, but sulphurescent, if I may coin a word which it seems to me the English language is very much in need of. It proves, then, that the bubble is a portion of the wake of a Stygian craft, and the only Stygian craft that has cleared the Cimmerian Harbor for years is the House-boat—Q. E. D.” “We can go back until we find the ripple again, and follow that, I presume,” sneered Le Coq, who did not take much stock in the theories of his great rival, largely because he was a detective by intuition rather than by study of the science. AT 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 NO RETURNED THE GREEK COCAINE MAKES ME FLIGHTY AND NERVOUS BUT THESE PEBBLES SORT OF BALLAST ME AND HOLD ME DOWN HOW ON EARTH DO YOU KNOW THAT THAT BUBBLE COMES FROM THE WAKE OF THE HOUSE BOAT BY MY CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE MERELY REPLIED HOLMES A MERELY WORLDLY VESSEL LEAVES A PHOSPHORESCENT BUBBLE IN ITS WAKE THAT ONE WE HAVE JUST DISCOVERED IS NOT SO BUT SULPHORESC IF I MAY COIN A WORD WHICH IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS VERY MUCH IN NEED OF IT PROVES THEN THAT THE BUBBLE IS A PORTION OF THE WAKEM'S STYGIAN CRAFT AND THE ONLY STYGIAN CROFT THAT HAS CLEARED THE SCENARIAN HOPPER FOR YEARS IS THE HOUSE BOAT U E D WE CAN GO BACK UNTIL WE FIND THE RIPPLE AGAIN AND FOLLOW THAT I PRESUME SNEERED LECOPE WHO DID NOT TAKE MUCH STOCK IN THE THEORIES OF HIS GREAT RIVAL LARGELY BECAUSE HE WAS DETECTED BY INTUITION RATHER THAN BY STUDY OF THE SCIENCE
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