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"This fellow may be very clever," I said to myself, "but he is certainly very conceited." THIS FELLOW MAY BE VERY CLEVER I SAID TO MYSELF BUT HE IS CERTAINLY VERY CONCEITED
 he observed. “Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of breaking in on his friends’ thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour’s silence is really very showy and superficial. He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.” “Have you read Gaboriau’s works?” I asked. “Does Lecoq come up to your idea of a detective?” Sherlock Holmes sniffed sardonically. “Lecoq was a miserable bungler,” he said, in an angry voice; “he had only one thing to recommend him, and that was his energy. That book made me positively ill. The question was how to identify an unknown prisoner. I could have done it in twenty-four hours. Lecoq took six months or so. It might be made a text-book for detectives to teach them what to avoid.” I felt rather indignant at having two characters whom I had admired treated in this cavalier style. I walked over to the window, and stood looking out into the busy street. NG ME IN COMPARING ME TO JAPAN HE OBSERVED NOW IN MY OPINION DUPAN WAS A VERY INFERIOR FELLOW THAT TRICK OF HIS OF BREAKING IN ON HIS FRIEND'S THOUGHTS WITH AN APPROPOUS REMARK AFTER A QUARTER OF AN HOUR'S SILENCE IS REALLY VERY SHOWY AND SUPERFICIAL HE HAD SOME ANALYTICAL GENIUS NO DOUBT BUT HE WAS BY NO MEANS SUCH A PHENOMENON AS POE APPEARED TO IMAGINE HAVE YOU READ GABORREAL'S WORKS I ASKED DOES LECOQ COME UP TO YOUR IDEA OF A DETECTIVE SHERLOCK HOLMES SNIFFED SARDONICALLY LECOQ WAS A MISERABLE BUNGLER HE SAID IN AN ANGRY VOICE HE HAD ONLY ONE THING TO RECOMMEND HIM AND THAT WAS HIS ENERGY THAT BOOK MADE ME POSITIVELY ILL THE QUESTION WAS HOW TO IDENTIFY AN UNKNOWN PRISONER I COULD HAVE DONE IT IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS LECOQ TOOK SIX MONTHS OR SO IT MIGHT BE MADE A TEXT BOOK FOR DETECTIVES TO TEACH THEM WHAT TO AVOID I I FELT RATHER INDIGNANT AT HAVING TWO CHARACTERS WHOM I HAD ADMIRED TREATED IN THIS CAVALIER STYLE I WALKED OVER TO THE WINDOW AND STOOD LOOKING OUT INTO THE BUSY STREET
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