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queried Johnson, with a frown. "Probabilities—isn't that the word? Their trunks," said Adam. QUERIED JOHNSON WITH A FROWN PROBABILITIES ISN'T THAT THE WORD THEY'RE TRUNKS SAID ADAM
 Highness the Prince himself, for he had danced frequently with the Duchess, and was known to be a great admirer of her tiara. It was at half-past eleven o’clock at night that the news of the robbery first came to my ears. I had been spending the evening alone in my library making notes for a second volume of my memoirs, and, feeling somewhat depressed, I was on the point of going out for my usual midnight walk on Hampstead Heath, when one of my servants, hastily entering, informed me of the robbery. I changed my mind in respect to my midnight walk immediately upon receipt of the news, for I knew that before one o’clock some one would call upon me at my lodgings with reference to this robbery. It could not be otherwise. Any mystery of such magnitude could no more be taken to another bureau than elephants could fly—” “They used to,” said Adam. “I once had a whole aviary full of winged elephants. They flew from flower to flower, and thrusting their probabilities deep into—” “Their what?” T UNDER SUSPICION EVEN HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE HIMSELF FOR HE HAD DANCED FREQUENTLY WITH THE DUCHESS AND WAS KNOWN TO BE A GREAT ADMIRER OF HER TIARA IT WAS AT HALF PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT THAT THE NEWS OF THE ROBBERY FIRST CAME TO MY EARS I HAD BEEN SPENDING THE EVENING ALONE IN MY LIBRARY MAKING NOTES FOR A SECOND VOLUME OF MY MEMOIRS AND FEELING SOMEWHAT DEPRESSED WAS ON THE POINT OF GOING OUT FROM MY USUAL MIDNIGHT WALK ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH WHEN ONE OF MY SERVANTS HASTILY ENTERING INFORMED ME OF THE ROBBERY I CHANGED MY MIND IN RESPECT TO THE MIDNIGHT WALK IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF THE NEWS FOR I KNEW THAT BEFORE ONE O'CLOCK SOME ONE WOULD CALL UPON ME AT MY LODGINGS WITH REFERENCE TO THIS ROBBERY IT COULD NOT BE OTHERWISE ANY MYSTERY OF SUCH MAGNITUDE COULD NO MORE BE TAKEN TO ANOTHER BUREAU THAN ELEPHANTS COULD FLY THEY USED TO SAID ADAM I ONCE HAD A WHOLE AVIARY FULL OF WINGED ELEPHANTS THEY FLEW FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER THRUSTING THEIR PROBABILITIES DEEP INTO THEIR WHAT
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