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"And how?" I asked involuntarily. "Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. AND HOW I ASKED INVOLUNTARILY WELL I HAVE A TRADE OF MY OWN I SUPPOSE I AM THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD
e down on the table, “I never read such rubbish in my life.” “What is it?” asked Sherlock Holmes. “Why, this article,” I said, pointing at it with my egg spoon as I sat down to my breakfast. “I see that you have read it since you have marked it. I don’t deny that it is smartly written. It irritates me though. It is evidently the theory of some arm-chair lounger who evolves all these neat little paradoxes in the seclusion of his own study. It is not practical. I should like to see him clapped down in a third class carriage on the Underground, and asked to give the trades of all his fellow-travellers. I would lay a thousand to one against him.” “You would lose your money,” Sherlock Holmes remarked calmly. “As for the article I wrote it myself.” “You!” “Yes, I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese.” FABLE TWADDLE I CRIED SLAPPING THE MAGAZINE DOWN ON THE TABLE I NEVER READ SUCH RUBBISH IN MY LIFE WHAT IS IT ASKED SHERLOCK HOLMES WHY THIS ARTICLE I SAID POINTING AT IT WITH MY EGG SPOON AS I SAT DOWN TO MY BREAKFAST I SEE THAT YOU HAVE READ IT SINCE YOU HAVE MARKED IT I DON'T DENY THAT IT IS SMARTLY WRITTEN IT IRRITATES ME THOUGH IT'S EVIDENTLY THE THEORY OF SOME ARM CHAIR LOUNGER WHO EVOLVES ALL THESE NEAT LITTLE PARADOXES IN THE SECLUSION OF HIS OWN STUDY IT IS NOT PRACTICAL I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM CLAP DOWN IN A THIRD CLASS CARRIAGE ON THE UNDERGROUND AND ASK TO GIVE THE TRADES OF ALL HIS FELLOW TRAVELLERS I WOULD LAY A THOUSAND TO ONE AGAINST HIM YOU WOULD LOSE YOUR MONEY SHERLOCK HOLMES REMARKED CALMLY AS FOR THE ARTICLE I WROTE IT MYSELF YOU YES AND I HAVE A TURN BOTH FOR OBSERVATION AND FOR DEDUCTION THE THEORIES WHICH I HAVE EXPRESSED THERE AND WHICH APPEAR TO YOU TO BE SO CHIMERICAL ARE REALLY EXTREMELY PRACTICAL SO PRACTICAL THAT I DEPEND UPON THEM FOR MY BREAD AND CHEESE
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