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That trick of his of breaking in on his friends' thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial. He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine." THAT TRICK OF HIS OF BREAKING IN ON HIS FRIEND'S THOUGHTS WITH AN APPROPOUS REMARK AFTER A QUARTER OF AN HOUR'S SILENCE IS REALLY VERY SHOWY AND SUPERFICIAL HE HAD SOME ANALYTICAL GENIUS NO DOUBT BUT HE WAS BY NO MEANS SUCH A PHENOMENON AS POE APPEARED TO IMAGINE
reasoning ran, ‘Here is a gentleman of a medical type, but with the air of a military man. Clearly an army doctor, then. He has just come from the tropics, for his face is dark, and that is not the natural tint of his skin, for his wrists are fair. He has undergone hardship and sickness, as his haggard face says clearly. His left arm has been injured. He holds it in a stiff and unnatural manner. Where in the tropics could an English army doctor have seen much hardship and got his arm wounded? Clearly in Afghanistan.’ The whole train of thought did not occupy a second. I then remarked that you came from Afghanistan, and you were astonished.” “It is simple enough as you explain it,” I said, smiling. “You remind me of Edgar Allen Poe’s Dupin. I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories.” Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. “No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin,” he observed. “Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. ERE WERE SUCH STEPS HOWEVER THE TRAIN OF REASONING RAN HERE IS A GENTLEMAN OF A MEDICAL TYPE BUT WITH THE AIR OF A MILITARY MAN CLEARLY AN ARMY DOCTOR THEN HE HAS JUST COME FROM THE TROPICS FOR HIS FACE IS DARK AND THAT IS NOT THE NATURAL TINT OF HIS SKIN FOR HIS WRISTS ARE FAIR HE HAS UNDERGONE HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS AS HIS HAGGARD FACE SAYS CLEARLY HIS LEFT ARM HAS BEEN INJURED HE HOLDS IT IN A STIFF AND UNNATURAL MANNER WHERE IN THE TROPICS COULD AN ENGLISH ARMY DOCTOR HAVE SEEN MUCH HARDSHIP AND GOT HIS ARM WOUNDED CLEARLY IN AFGHANISTAN THE WHOLE TRAIN OF THOUGHT DID NOT OCCUPY A SECOND I THEN REMARKED THAT YOU CAME FROM AFGHANISTAN AND YOU WERE ASTONISHED IT IS SIMPLE ENOUGH AS YOU EXPLAIN IT I SAID SMILING YOU REMIND ME OF EDGAR ALAM POSE JAPAN I HAD NO IDEA THAT SUCH INDIVIDUALS DID EXIST OUTSIDE OF STORIES SHERLOCK HOLMES ROSE AND LIT HIS PIPE NO DOUBT YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE COMPLIMENTING ME IN COMPARING ME TO JAPAN HE OBSERVED NOW IN MY OPINION DUPAN WAS A VERY INFERIOR FELLOW
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