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This murder would have been infinitely more difficult to unravel had the body of the victim been simply found lying in the roadway without any of those _outré_ and sensational accompaniments which have rendered it remarkable. These strange details, far from making the case more difficult, have really had the effect of making it less so." THIS MURDER WOULD HAVE BEEN INFINITELY MORE DIFFICULT TO UNRAVEL HAD THE BODY OF THE VICTIM BEEN SIMPLY FOUND LYING IN THE ROADWAY WITHOUT ANY OF THOSE OUTER AND SENSATIONAL ACCOMPLIMENTS WHICH HAVE RENDERED IT REMARKABLE THESE STRANGE DETAILS FAR FROM MAKING THE CASE MORE DIFFICULT HAVE REALLY HAD THE EFFECT OF MAKING IT LESS SO
tement appeared to me to be so startling, that I could hardly believe that he was in his sober senses. There was the dead dog, however, to prove that his conjecture had been correct. It seemed to me that the mists in my own mind were gradually clearing away, and I began to have a dim, vague perception of the truth. “All this seems strange to you,” continued Holmes, “because you failed at the beginning of the inquiry to grasp the importance of the single real clue which was presented to you. I had the good fortune to seize upon that, and everything which has occurred since then has served to confirm my original supposition, and, indeed, was the logical sequence of it. Hence things which have perplexed you and made the case more obscure, have served to enlighten me and to strengthen my conclusions. It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn. OX AT ALL THIS LAST STATEMENT APPEARED TO ME TO BE SO STARTLING THAT I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE THAT HE WAS IN HIS SOBER SENSES THERE WAS THE DEAD DOG HOWEVER TO PROVE THAT HIS CONJECTURE HAD BEEN CORRECT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE MISTS IN MY OWN MIND WERE GRADUALLY CLEARING AWAY AND I BEGAN TO HAVE A DIM VAGUE PERCEPTION OF THE TRUTH ALL THIS SEEMS STRANGE TO YOU CONTINUED HOLMES BECAUSE YOU FAILED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INQUIRY TO GRASP THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SINGLE REAL CLUE WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO YOU I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO SEIZE UPON THAT AND EVERYTHING WHICH HAS OCCURRED SINCE THEN HAS SERVED TO CONFIRM MY ORIGINAL SUPPOSITION AND INDEED WAS THE LOGICAL SEQUENCE OF IT HENCE THINGS WHICH HAVE PERPLEXED YOU AND MADE THE CASE MORE OBSCURE HAVE SERVED TO ENLIGHTEN ME AND TO STRENGTHEN MY CONCLUSIONS IT IS A MISTAKE TO CONFOUND STRANGENESS WITH MYSTERY THE MOST COMMONPLACE CRIME IS OFTEN THE MOST MYSTERIOUS BECAUSE IT PRESENTS NO NEW OR SPECIAL FEATURES FROM WHICH DEDUCTIONS MAY BE DRAWN
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