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"Such penetration strikes me as marvellous." "I didn't know it," replied the stranger, with a smile. "What I said was intended to be jocular, and to put Brokedale at his ease. The Americans present, with their usual astuteness, would term it bluff. It was. I merely rattled on. SUCH PENETRATION STRIKES ME AS MARVELLOUS I DIDN'T KNOW IT REPLIED THE STRANGER WITH A SMILE WHAT I SAID WAS INTENDED TO BE JOCULAR AND TO PUT BROKEDALE AT HIS EASE THE AMERICANS PRESENT WITH THEIR USUAL ASTUTENESS THE AMERICANS PRESENT WITH THEIR USUAL ASTUTENESS WOULD TERM IT BLUFF IT WAS I MERELY RATTLED ON
nhauer. Hardly had I perused a page when there came a tap upon my door. I rose with a smile, for I thought I knew what was to happen, opened the door, and there stood, much to my surprise, the husband of the lady whose tiara was missing. It was the Duke of Brokedale himself. It is true he was disguised. His beard was powdered until it looked like snow, and he wore a wig and a pair of green goggles; but I recognized him at once by his lack of manners, which is an unmistakable sign of nobility. As I opened the door, he began: “‘You are Mr. —’ “‘I am,’ I replied. ‘Come in. You have come to see me about your stolen watch. It is a gold hunting-case watch with a Swiss movement; loses five minutes a day; stem-winder; and the back cover, which does not bear any inscription, has upon it the indentations made by the molars of your son Willie when that interesting youth was cutting his teeth upon it.’” “Wonderful!” cried Johnson. “May I ask how you knew all that?” asked Solomon, deeply impressed. TING I SAT DOWN AND BEGAN TO READ MY SCHOPENHAUER HARDLY HAD I PERUSED A PAGE WHEN THERE CAME A TAP UPON MY DOOR I ROSE WITH A SMILE FOR I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT WAS TO HAPPEN OPENED THE DOOR AND THERE STOOD MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE HUSBAND OF THE LADY WHOSE TIARA WAS MISSING IT WAS THE DUKE OF BROKEDALE HIMSELF IT IS TRUE HE WAS DISGUISED HIS BEARD WAS POWDERED UNTIL IT LOOKED LIKE SNOW AND HE WORE A WIG AND A PAIR OF GREEN GOGGLES BUT I RECOGNIZED HIM AT ONCE BY HIS LACK OF MANNERS WHICH IS AN UNMISTAKABLE SIGN OF NOBILITY AS I OPENED THE DOOR HE BEGAN YOU ARE MISTER I AM I REPLIED COME IN YOU HAVE COME TO SEE ME ABOUT YOUR STOLEN WATCH IT IS A GOLD HUNTING CASE WATCH WITH A SWISS MOVEMENT LOSES FIVE MINUTES A DAY STEM WINDER AND THE BACK COVER WHICH DOES NOT BEAR ANY INSCRIPTION HAS UPON IT THE INDENTATIONS MADE BY THE ROLLERS OF YOUR SON WILLIE AND THAT INTERESTING YOUTH WAS CUTTING HIS TEETH UPON IT WONDERFUL CRIED JOHNSON MAY I ASK HOW YOU KNEW ALL THAT ASKED SOLOMON DEEPLY IMPRESSED
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