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Three wineglasses, that is all. But if I had not taken things for granted, if I had examined everything with care which I should have shown had we approached the case _de novo_ and had no cut and dried story to warp my mind, should I not then have found something more definite to go upon? Of course I should. THREE WINEGLASSES THAT IS ALL BUT IF I HAD NOT TAKEN THINGS FOR GRANTED IF I HAD EXAMINED EVERYTHING WITH CARE WHICH I SHOULD HAVE SHOWN HAD WE APPROACHED A CASE TO NOVO AND HAD NO CUT AND DRIED STORY TO WARP MY MIND SHOULD I NOT THEN HAVE FOUND SOMETHING MORE DEFINITE TO GO UPON OF COURSE I SHOULD
ery now and then, by an effort, he would throw off the impression, and talk as if the matter were clear, but then his doubts would settle down upon him again, and his knitted brows and abstracted eyes would show that his thoughts had gone back once more to the great dining-room of the Abbey Grange, in which this midnight tragedy had been enacted. At last, by a sudden impulse, just as our train was crawling out of a suburban station, he sprang on to the platform and pulled me out after him. 'Excuse me, my dear fellow,' said he, as we watched the rear carriages of our train disappearing round a curve, 'I am sorry to make you the victim of what may seem a mere whim, but on my life, Watson, I simply _can't_ leave that case in this condition. Every instinct that I possess cries out against it. It's wrong--it's all wrong--I'll swear that it's wrong. And yet the lady's story was complete, the maid's corroboration was sufficient, the detail was fairly exact. What have I to put up against that?  SOMETHING WHICH HE HAD OBSERVED EVERY NOW AND THEN BY AN EFFORT HE WOULD THROW OFF THE IMPRESSION AND TALK AS IF THE MATTER WERE CLEAR BUT THEN HIS DOUBTS WERE SETTLED DOWN UPON HIM AGAIN AND HIS KNITTED BROWS AND OBSTRUCTED EYES WOULD SHOW THAT HIS THOUGHTS HAD GONE BACK ONCE MORE TO THE GREAT DINING ROOM OF THE ABBEGRANGE IN WHICH THIS MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY HAD BEEN ENACTED AT LAST BY A SUDDEN IMPULSE JUST AS OUR TRAIN WAS CRAWLING OUT OF A SUBURBAN STATION HE SPRANG ON TO THE PLATFORM AND PULLED ME OUT AFTER HIM EXCUSE ME MY DEAR FELLOW SAID HE AS WE WATCHED THE REAR CARRIAGES OF OUR TRAIN DISAPPEARING ROUND A CURVE I AM SORRY TO MAKE YOU THE VICTIM OF WHAT MAY SEEM A MERE WHIM BUT ON MY LIFE WATSON I SIMPLY CAN'T LEAVE THAT CASE IN THIS CONDITION EVERY INSTINCT THAT I POSSESS CRIES OUT AGAINST IT IT'S WRONG IT'S ALL WRONG I'LL SWEAR THAT IT'S WRONG AND YET THE LADY'S STORY WAS COMPLETE THE MAID'S CORROBORATION WAS SUFFICIENT THE DETAIL WAS FULLY EXACT WHAT HAVE I TO PUT UP AGAINST THAT
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