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'Then there is an end of it. What more is to be said? And yet, you must admit, that the three glasses are very remarkable, Hopkins. What? You see nothing remarkable? THEN THERE IS AN END OF IT WHAT MORE IS TO BE SAID AND YET YOU MUST ADMIT THAT THE THREE GLASSES ARE VERY REMARKABLE HOPKINS WHAT YOU SEE NOTHING REMARKABLE
t eyes. He raised the cork and examined it minutely. 'How did they draw it?' he asked. Hopkins pointed to a half-opened drawer. In it lay some table linen and a large corkscrew. 'Did Lady Brackenstall say that screw was used?' 'No, you remember that she was senseless at the moment when the bottle was opened.' 'Quite so. As a matter of fact, that screw was _not_ used. This bottle was opened by a pocket screw, probably contained in a knife, and not more than an inch and a half long. If you will examine the top of the cork, you will observe that the screw was driven in three times before the cork was extracted. It has never been transfixed. This long screw would have transfixed it and drawn it up with a single pull. When you catch this fellow, you will find that he has one of these multiplex knives in his possession.' 'Excellent!' said Hopkins. 'But these glasses do puzzle me, I confess. Lady Brackenstall actually _saw_ the three men drinking, did she not?' 'Yes; she was clear about that.  AN ALERT LIGHT OF INTEREST IN HIS KEEN DEEP SET EYES HE RAISED THE CORK AND EXAMINED IT MINUTELY HOW DO THEY DRAW IT HE ASKED HOPKINS POINTED TO A HALF OPEN DRAWER IN IT LAY SOME TABLE LINEN AND A LARGE CORKSCREW DID LADY BRACKENSAW SAY THAT THE CORKSCREW WAS USED NO REMEMBER THAT SHE WAS SENSELESS AT THE MOMENT WHEN THE BOTTLE WAS OPENED QUITE SO AS A MATTER OF FACT THAT SCREW WAS NOT USED THIS BOTTLE WAS OPENED BY A POCKET SCREW PROBABLY CONTAINED IN A KNIFE AND NOT MORE THAN AN INCH AND A HALF LONG IF YOU WILL EXAMINE THE TOP OF THE CORK YOU WILL OBSERVE THAT THE SCREW WAS DRIVEN IN THREE TIMES BEFORE THE CORK WAS EXTRACTED IT HAS NEVER BEEN TRANSFIXED THIS LONG SCREW WOULD HAVE TRANSFIXED IT AND DRAWN IT UP WITH A SINGLE PULL WHEN YOU CATCH THIS FELLOW YOU WILL FIND THAT HE HAS ONE OF THESE MULTIPLEX KNIVES IN HIS POSSESSION EXCELLENT SAID HOPKINS BUT THESE GLASSES DO PUZZLE ME I CONFESS LADY BRACKENSTALL ACTUALLY SAW THE THREE MEN DRINKING DID SHE NOT YES SHE WAS CLEAR ABOUT THAT
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