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By mental concentration alone, without fireworks or orchestral accompaniment of any sort whatsoever, did I go about my business, and for that very reason many of my fellow sleuths were forced to go out of real detective work into that line of the business with which the stage has familiarized the most of us—a line in which nothing but stupidity, luck, and a yellow wig is required of him who pursues it." "This man is an impostor," whispered Le Coq to Hawkshaw. BY MENTAL CONCENTRATIONS ALONE WITHOUT FIREWORKS OR ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT OF ANY SORT WHATSOEVER DID I GO ABOUT MY BUSINESS AND FOR THAT VERY REASON MANY OF MY FELLOW SLEUTHS WERE FORCED TO GO OUT OF REAL DETECTIVE WORK INTO THAT LINE OF BUSINESS WITH WHICH THE STAGE HAS FAMILIARIZED THE MOST OF US A LINE IN WHICH NOTHING BUT STUPIDITY LUCK AND A YELLOW WIG IS REQUIRED OF HIM WHO PURSUES IT THIS MAN IS AN IMPOSTOR WHISPERED LECOQ TO HOCKSHAW
, however, one of Charon’s pleasure-boats was close at hand, and in a short while the dripping, sputtering spirit was drawn into it, wrung out, and sent home to dry. The excitement attending this diversion having subsided, Solomon asked: “What was the incident of the lost tiara?” “I am about to tell you,” returned the stranger; “and it must be understood that you are told in the strictest confidence, for, as I say, the incident involves a state secret of great magnitude. In life—in the mortal life—gentlemen, I was a detective by profession, and, if I do say it, who perhaps should not, I was one of the most interesting for purely literary purposes that has ever been known. I did not find it necessary to go about saying ‘Ha! ha!’ as M. Le Coq was accustomed to do to advertise his cleverness; neither did I disguise myself as a drum-major and hide under a kitchen-table for the purpose of solving a mystery involving the abduction of a parlor stove, after the manner of the talented Hawkshaw. SH INTO THE STICKS FORTUNATELY HOWEVER ONE OF CHARON'S PLEASURE BOATS WAS CLOSE AT HAND AND IN A SHORT WHILE THE DRIPPING SPUTTERING SPIRIT WAS DRAWN INTO IT WRUNG OUT AND SENT HOME TO DRY THE EXCITEMENT ATTENDING THIS DIVERSION HAVING SUBSIDED SOLOMON ASKED WHAT WAS THE INCIDENT OF THE LOST TIARA I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU RETURNED THE STRANGER AND IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU ARE TOLD IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE FOR AS I SAY THE INCIDENT INVOLVES A STATE SECRET OF GREAT MAGNITUDE IN LIFE IN THE MORTAL LIFE GENTLEMEN I WAS A DETECTIVE BY PROFESSION AND IF I DO SAY IT WHO PERHAPS SHOULD NOT I WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING FOR PURELY LITERARY PURPOSES THAT HAS EVER BEEN KNOWN I DID NOT FIND IT NECESSARY TO GO OUT SAYING HA HA AS MONSIEUR LECOQ WAS ACCUSTOMED TO DO TO ADVERTISE HIS CLEVERNESS NEITHER DID I DISGUISE MYSELF AS A DRUM MAJOR AND HIDE UNDER A KITCHEN TABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLVING A MYSTERY INVOLVING THE ABDUCTION OF A PARLOR STOVE AFTER THE MANNER OF THE TALENT AT HAWKSHAW
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