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As I opened the door, he began: "'You are Mr. —' "'I am,' I replied. 'Come in. You have come to see me about your stolen watch. AS I OPENED THE DOOR HE BEGAN YOU ARE MISTER I AM I REPLIED COME IN YOU HAVE COME TO SEE ME ABOUT YOUR STOLEN WATCH
erreting out some crime that has never been committed? My feeling was that this would happen, and I pulled out my watch to see if it were not nearly time for him to arrive. The robbery had taken place at a state ball at the Buckingham Palace. ‘H’m!’ I mused. ‘He has had an hour and forty minutes to get here. It is now twelve-twenty. He should be here by twelve-forty-five. I will wait.’ And hastily swallowing a cocaine tablet to nerve myself up for the meeting, I sat down and began to read my Schopenhauer. Hardly had I perused a page when there came a tap upon my door. I rose with a smile, for I thought I knew what was to happen, opened the door, and there stood, much to my surprise, the husband of the lady whose tiara was missing. It was the Duke of Brokedale himself. It is true he was disguised. His beard was powdered until it looked like snow, and he wore a wig and a pair of green goggles; but I recognized him at once by his lack of manners, which is an unmistakable sign of nobility. ME AT ONCE AND SET ME TO WORK FERRETING OUT SOME CRIME THAT HAS NEVER BEEN COMMITTED MY FEELING WAS THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN AND I PULLED OUT MY WATCH TO SEE IF IT WERE NOT NEARLY TIME FOR HIM TO ARRIVE THE ROBBERY HAD TAKEN PLACE AT A STATE BALL AT THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE HUM I MUSED HE HAS HAD AN HOUR AND FORTY MINUTES TO GET HERE TIS NOW TWELVE TWENTY HE SHOULD BE HERE BY TWELVE FORTY FIVE I WILL WAIT AND HASTILY SWALLOWING A COCAINE TABLET TO NERVE MYSELF UP FOR THE MEETING I SAT DOWN AND BEGAN TO READ MY SCHOPENHAUER HARDLY HAD I PERUSED A PAGE WHEN THERE CAME A TAP UPON MY DOOR I ROSE WITH A SMILE FOR I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT WAS TO HAPPEN OPENED THE DOOR AND THERE STOOD MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE HUSBAND OF THE LADY WHOSE TIARA WAS MISSING IT WAS THE DUKE OF BROKEDALE HIMSELF IT IS TRUE HE WAS DISGUISED HIS BEARD WAS POWDERED UNTIL IT LOOKED LIKE SNOW AND HE WORE A WIG AND A PAIR OF GREEN GOGGLES BUT I RECOGNIZED HIM AT ONCE BY HIS LACK OF MANNERS WHICH IS AN UNMISTAKABLE SIGN OF NOBILITY
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