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There is no mystery about it at all. I am simply applying to ordinary life a few of those precepts of observation and deduction which I advocated in that article. Is there anything else that puzzles you?" THERE IS NO MYSTERY ABOUT IT AT ALL I AM SIMPLY APPLYING TO ORDINARY LIFE A FEW OF THOSE PRECEPTS OF OBSERVATION AND DEDUCTION WHICH I ADVOCATED IN THAT ARTICLE IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT PUZZLES YOU
on’s word for that—it follows that it must have been there during the night, and, therefore, that it brought those two individuals to the house.” “That seems simple enough,” said I; “but how about the other man’s height?” “Why, the height of a man, in nine cases out of ten, can be told from the length of his stride. It is a simple calculation enough, though there is no use my boring you with figures. I had this fellow’s stride both on the clay outside and on the dust within. Then I had a way of checking my calculation. When a man writes on a wall, his instinct leads him to write about the level of his own eyes. Now that writing was just over six feet from the ground. It was child’s play.” “And his age?” I asked. “Well, if a man can stride four and a-half feet without the smallest effort, he can’t be quite in the sere and yellow. That was the breadth of a puddle on the garden walk which he had evidently walked across. Patent-leather boots had gone round, and Square-toes had hopped over.  TIME DURING THE MORNING I HAVE GREGSON'S WORD FOR THAT IT FOLLOWS THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN THERE DURING THE NIGHT AND THEREFORE THAT IT BROUGHT THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS TO THE HOUSE THAT SEEMS SIMPLE ENOUGH SAID I BUT HOW ABOUT THE OTHER MAN'S HEIGHT WHY THE HEIGHT OF A MAN IN NINE CASES OUT OF TEN CAN BE TOLD FROM THE LENGTH OF HIS STRIDE IT IS A SIMPLE CALCULATION ENOUGH THOUGH THERE IS NO USE MY BORING YOU WITH FIGURES I HAD THIS FELLOW'S STRIDE BOTH ON THE CLAY OUTSIDE AND ON THE DUST WITHIN THEN I HAD A WAY OF CHECKING MY CALCULATION WHEN A MAN WRITES ON A WALL HIS INSTINCT LEADS HIM TO WRITE ABOUT THE LEVEL OF HIS OWN EYES NOW THAT WRITING WAS JUST OVER SIX FEET FROM THE GROUND IT WAS CHILD'S PLAY AND HIS AGE I ASKED WELL IF A MAN CAN STRIDE FOUR AND A HALF FEET WITHOUT THE SMALLEST EFFORT HE CAN'T BE QUITE IN THE SERE AND YELLOW THAT WAS THE BREADTH OF A PUDDLE ON THE GARDEN WALK WHICH HE HAD EVIDENTLY WALKED ACROSS PATENT LEATHER BOOTS HAD GONE ROUND AND SQUARE TOES HAD HOPPED OVER
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