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"My visitor laughed, and repeated what he had said about my being a wonderful man. "'And the dents which my son made cutting his teeth?' he added. MY VISITOR LAUGHED AND REPEATED WHAT HE HAD SAID ABOUT MY BEING A WONDERFUL MAN AND THE DENTS WHICH MY SON MADE CUTTING HIS TEETH HE ADDED
man, sir. How did you know that I had lost my watch?’ “For a moment I was nonplussed; more than that, I was completely staggered. I had expected him to say at once that he had not lost his watch, but had come to see me about the tiara; and to have him take my words seriously was entirely unexpected and overwhelmingly surprising. However, in view of his rank, I deemed it well to fall in with his humour. ‘Oh, as for that,’ I replied, ‘that is a part of my business. It is the detective’s place to know everything; and generally, if he reveals the machinery by means of which he reaches his conclusions, he is a fool, since his method is his secret, and his secret his stock-in-trade. I do not mind telling you, however, that I knew your watch was stolen by your anxious glance at my clock, which showed that you wished to know the time. Now most rich Americans have watches for that purpose, and have no hesitation about showing them. If you’d had a watch, you’d have looked at it, not at my clock. ETLY REMARKED YOU ARE A WONDERFUL MAN SIR HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT I HAD LOST MY WATCH FOR A MOMENT I WAS NONPLUSSED MORE THAN THAT I WAS COMPLETELY STAGGERED I HAD EXPECTED HIM TO SAY AT ONCE THAT HE HAD NOT LOST HIS WATCH BUT HAD COME TO SEE ME ABOUT THE TIARA AND TO HAVE HIM TAKE MY WORD SERIOUSLY WAS ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED AND OVERWHELMINGLY SURPRISING HOWEVER IN VIEW OF HIS RANK I DEEMED IT WELL TO FALL IN WITH HIS HUMOUR OH AS FOR THAT I REPLIED THAT IS A PART OF MY BUSINESS IT IS THE DETECTIVE'S PLACE TO KNOW EVERYTHING AND GENERALLY IF HE REVEALS THE MACHINERY BY MEANS OF WHICH HE REACHES HIS CONCLUSIONS HE IS A FOOL SINCE HIS METHOD IS HIS SECRET AND HIS SECRET IS HIS STOCK IN TRADE I DO NOT MIND TELLING YOU HOWEVER THAT I KNEW YOUR WATCH WAS STOLEN BY YOUR ANXIOUS GLANCE AT MY CLOCK WHICH SHOWED THAT YOU WISHED TO KNOW THE TIME NOW MOST RICH AMERICANS HAVE WATCHES FOR THAT PURPOSE AND HAVE NO HESITATION ABOUT SHOWING THEM IF YOU'D HAD A WATCH YOU'D HAVE LOOKED AT IT NOT AT MY CLOCK
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