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"If he has any—yes; but I did not know that at the time of the Brighton mystery. Therefore I should have stayed out of the case. But here we are. Good morning, Charon." IF HE HAS ANY YES BUT I DID NOT KNOW THAT AT THE TIME OF THE BRIGHTON MYSTERY THEREFORE I SHOULD HAVE STAYED OUT OF THE CASE BUT HERE WE ARE GOOD MORNING CHARON
rnight. This he accepted, and we retired. “The next morning when I arose to dress, the mystery was cleared.” “You had dreamed its solution?” asked Raleigh. “No,” replied Holmes. “Burgess had disappeared with all my clothing, my false-beard, my suit-case, and my watch. The only thing he had left me was the bathing-suit and a few empty small bottles.” “And why, may I ask,” put in Hamlet, as they drew near to Charon’s office—“why does that case remind you of business as it is conducted to-day?” “In this, that it is a good thing to stay out of unless you know it all,” explained Holmes. “I omitted in the case of Burgess to observe one thing about him. Had I observed that his nose was rectilinear, incurved, and with a lifted base, and that his auricular temporal angle was between 96 and 97 degrees, I should have known at once that he was an impostor _Vide_ Ottolenghui on ‘Ears and Noses I Have Met,’ pp. 631–640.” “Do you mean to say that you can tell a criminal by his ears?” demanded Hamlet. OF MY PARLOUR OVERNIGHT THIS HE ACCEPTED AND WE RETIRED THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I AROSE TO DRESS THE MYSTERY WAS CLEARED YOU HAD DREAMED ITS SOLUTION ASKED RALEIGH NO REPLIED HOLMES BURGESS HAD DISAPPEARED WITH ALL MY CLOTHING MY FALSE BEARD MY SUIT CASE AND MY WATCH THE ONLY THING HE HAD LEFT ME WAS THE BATHING SUIT IN A FEW EMPTY SMALL BOTTLES AND WHY MAY I ASK PUT IN HAMLET AS THEY DREW NEAR TO CARROD'S OFFICE WHY DOES THAT CASE REMIND YOU OF BUSINESS AS IT IS CONDUCTED TO DAY IN THIS THAT IT IS A GOOD THING TO STAY OUT OF UNLESS YOU KNOW IT ALL EXPLAINED HOLMES I OMITTED IN THE CASE OF BURCHASE TO OBSERVE ONE THING ABOUT HIM HAD I OBSERVED THAT HIS NOSE WAS RECTILINEAR AND CURVED WITH LIFTED BASS AND THAT HIS AURICULAR TEMPORAL ANGLE WAS BETWEEN NINETY SIX AND NINETY SEVEN DEGREES I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN AT ONCE THAT HE WAS AN IMPOSTOR BIDE OTO LANGUI ON EARS AND NOSES I HAVE MET PAGES SIX THIRTY ONE TO SIX FORTY DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU CAN TELL A CRIMINAL BY HIS EARS DEMANDED HAMLET
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