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No more should we in the present instance overlook the minutest bit of evidence, however irrelevant and absurd at first blush it may appear to be. NO MORE SHOULD WE IN THE PRESENT INSTANCE OVERLOOK THE MINUTEST BIT OF EVIDENCE HOWEVER IRRELEVANT AND ABSURD AT FIRST BLUSH IT MAY APPEAR TO BE
h it; “but I must confess, Mr. Chairman, that in any properly constituted law court this evidence would long since have been ruled out as irrelevant and absurd. The idea of two or three hundred dignified spirits like ourselves, gathered together to devise a means for the recovery of our property and the rescue of our wives, yielding the floor to the delivering of a lecture by an entire stranger on ‘Cigar Ends He Has Met,’ strikes me as ridiculous in the extreme. Of what earthly interest is it to us to know that this or that cigar was smoked by Captain Kidd?” “Merely that it will help us on, your honor, to discover the whereabouts of the said Kidd,” interposed the stranger. “It is by trifles, seeming trifles, that the greatest detective work is done. My friends Le Coq, Hawkshaw, and Old Sleuth will bear me out in this, I think, however much in other respects our methods may have differed. They left no stone unturned in the pursuit of a criminal; no detail, however trifling, uncared for. IS WIG AND FANNING HIMSELF WITH IT BUT I MUST CONFESS MISTER CHAIRMAN THAT IN ANY PROPERLY CONSTITUTED LAW COURT THIS EVIDENCE WOULD LONG SINCE HAVE BEEN RULED OUT AS IRRELEVANT AND ABSURD THE IDEA OF TWO OR THREE HUNDRED DIGNIFIED SPIRITS LIKE OURSELVES GATHERED TOGETHER TO DEVISE A MEANS FOR THE RECOVERY OF OUR PROPERTY AND THE RESCUE OF OUR WIVES YIELDING THE FLOOR TO THE DELIVERING OF A LECTURE BY AN ENTIRE STRANGER ON CIGAR ENDS HE HAS MET STRIKES ME AS RIDICULOUS IN THE EXTREME OF WHAT EARTHLY INTEREST IS IT TO US TO KNOW THAT THIS OR THAT CIGAR WAS SMOKED BY CAPTAIN KIDD MERELY THAT IT WILL HELP US ON YOUR HONOUR TO DISCOVER THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE SAID KID INTERPOSED THE STRANGER IT IS BY TRIFLES SEEMING TRIFLES THAT THE GREATEST DETECTIVE WORK IS DONE MY FRIENDS LECOQ HAWKSHAW AND OLD SLEUTH WILL BEAR ME OUT IN THIS I THINK HOWEVER MUCH IN OTHER RESPECTS OUR METHODS MAY HAVE DIFFERED THEY LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED IN THE PURSUIT OF A CRIMINAL NO DETAIL HOWEVER TRIFLING UNCARED FOR
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