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You see I give you a chance to win. It may be an autograph hunter, but I think it is a client. If it were a creditor, he would knock boldly, even ostentatiously; if it were the maid, she would not knock at all; if it were the hall boy, he would not come until I had rung five times for him. YOU SEE I GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO WIN IT MAY BE AN AUTOGRAPH HUNTER BUT I THINK IT IS A CLIENT IF IT WERE A CREDITOR HE WOULD KNOCK BOLDLY EVEN OSTENTATIOUSLY IF IT WERE THE MAID HE WOULD NOT KNOCK AT ALL IF IT WERE THE HALL BOY HE WOULD NOT COME UNTIL I HAD RUNG FIVE TIMES FOR HIM
ting as a profession. I was sitting one night in my room at one of the Brighton hotels, which shall be nameless. I never give the name of any of the hotels at which I stop, because it might give offence to the proprietors of other hotels, with the result that my books would be excluded from sale therein. Suffice it to say that I was spending an early summer Sunday at Brighton with my friend Watson. We had dined well, and were enjoying our evening smoke together upon a small balcony overlooking the water, when there came a timid knock on the door of my room. “‘Watson,’ said I, ‘here comes some one for advice. Do you wish to wager a small bottle upon it?’ “‘Yes,’ he answered, with a smile. ‘I am thirsty and I’d like a small bottle; and while I do not expect to win, I’ll take the bet. I should like to know, though, how you know.’ “‘It is quite simple,’ said I. ‘The timidity of the knock shows that my visitor is one of two classes of persons—an autograph-hunter or a client, one of the two. ART SOME TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST TOOK UP FERRETING AS A PROFESSION I WAS SITTING ONE NIGHT IN MY ROOM AT ONE OF THE BRIGHTON HOTELS WHICH SHALL BE NAMELESS I NEVER GIVE THE NAME OF ANY OF THE HOTELS AT WHICH I STOPPED BECAUSE IT MIGHT GIVE OFFENCE TO THE PROPRIETORS OF OTHER HOTELS WITH THE RESULT THAT MY BOOKS WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM SALE THEREIN SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT I WAS SPENDING AN EARLY SUMMER SUNDAY AT BRIGHTON MY FRIEND WATSON WE HAD DINED WELL AND WERE ENJOYING OUR EVENING SMOKE TOGETHER UPON A SMALL BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE WATER WHEN THERE CAME A TIMID KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF MY ROOM WATSON SAID I HERE COMES SOMEONE FOR ADVICE DO YOU WISH TO WAGER A SMALL BOTTLE UPON IT YES HE ANSWERED WITH A SMILE I'M THIRSTY AND I'D LIKE A SMALL BOTTLE AND WHILE I DO NOT EXPECT TO WIN I'LL TAKE THE BET I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW THOUGH HOW YOU KNOW IT IS QUITE SIMPLE SAID I THE TIMIDITY OF THE NOSTICS THAT MY VISITOR IS ONE OF TWO CLASSES OF PERSONS AN AUTOGRAPH HUNTER OR A CLIENT ONE OF THE TWO
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