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"All this seems strange to you," continued Holmes, "because you failed at the beginning of the inquiry to grasp the importance of the single real clue which was presented to you. ALL THIS SEEMS STRANGE TO YOU CONTINUED HOLMES BECAUSE YOU FAILED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INQUIRY TO GRASP THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SINGLE REAL CLUE WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO YOU
 it to the terrier. The unfortunate creature’s tongue seemed hardly to have been moistened in it before it gave a convulsive shiver in every limb, and lay as rigid and lifeless as if it had been struck by lightning. Sherlock Holmes drew a long breath, and wiped the perspiration from his forehead. “I should have more faith,” he said; “I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation. Of the two pills in that box one was of the most deadly poison, and the other was entirely harmless. I ought to have known that before ever I saw the box at all.” This last statement appeared to me to be so startling, that I could hardly believe that he was in his sober senses. There was the dead dog, however, to prove that his conjecture had been correct. It seemed to me that the mists in my own mind were gradually clearing away, and I began to have a dim, vague perception of the truth. ADDED MILK AND PRESENTED IT TO THE TERRIER THE UNFORTUNATE CREATURE'S TONGUE SEEMED HARDLY TO HAVE BEEN MOISTENED IN IT BEFORE IT GAVE A CONVULSIVE SHIVER IN EVERY LIMB AND LAY AS RIGID AND LIFELESS AS IF IT HAD BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING SHERLOCK HOLMES DREW A LONG BREATH AND WIPED THE PERSPIRATION FROM HIS FOREHEAD I SHOULD HAVE MORE FAITH HE SAID I OUGHT TO KNOW BY THIS TIME THAT WHEN A FACT APPEARS TO BE OPPOSED TO A LONG TRAIN OF DEDUCTIONS IT INVARIABLY PROVES TO BE CAPABLE OF BEARING SOME OTHER INTERPRETATION OF THE TWO PILLS IN THAT BOX ONE WAS OF THE MOST DEADLY POISON AND THE OTHER WAS ENTIRELY HARMLESS I OUGHT TO HAVE KNOWN THAT BEFORE I EVER SAW THE BOX AT ALL THIS LAST STATEMENT APPEARED TO ME TO BE SO STARTLING THAT I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE THAT HE WAS IN HIS SOBER SENSES THERE WAS THE DEAD DOG HOWEVER TO PROVE THAT HIS CONJECTURE HAD BEEN CORRECT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE MISTS IN MY OWN MIND WERE GRADUALLY CLEARING AWAY AND I BEGAN TO HAVE A DIM VAGUE PERCEPTION OF THE TRUTH
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