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"By my chemical knowledge, merely," replied Holmes. "A merely worldly vessel leaves a phosphorescent bubble in its wake. BY MY CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE MERELY REPLIED HOLMES A MERELY WORLDLY VESSEL LEAVES A PHOSPHORESCENT BUBBLE IN ITS WAKE
eptible through the most powerful microscope, indicate to my mind that for some reason at present unknown to me the House-boat has changed her course. Take that bubble floating by. It is the last expiring bit of aerial agitation of the House-boat’s wake. Observe whence it comes. Not from the Azores quarter, but as if instead of steering a straight course thither the House-boat had taken a sharp turn to the north-east, and was making for Havre; or, in other words, Paris instead of London seems to have become their destination.” Demosthenes looked at Holmes with blank amazement, and, to keep from stammering out the exclamation of wonder that rose to his lips, he opened his _bonbonnière_ and swallowed a pebble. “You don’t happen to have a cocaine tablet in your box, do you?” queried Holmes. “No,” returned the Greek. “Cocaine makes me flighty and nervous, but these pebbles sort of ballast me and hold me down. How on earth do you know that that bubble comes from the wake of the House-boat?” ICH HE TOSSED OVER AN HOUR OR TWO AGO BADLY PERCEPTIBLE THROUGH THE MOST POWERFUL MICROSCOPE INDICATE TO MY MIND THAT FOR SOME REASON AT PRESENT UNKNOWN TO ME THE HOUSEBOAT HAS CHANGED RECAU TAKE THAT BUBBLE FLOATING BY IT IS THE LAST EXPIRING BIT OF AERIAL AGITATION OF THE HOUSEBOAT'S WAKE OBSERVE WHENCE IT COMES NOT FROM THE AZORAS QUARTER BUT AS IF INSTEAD OF STEERING A STRAIGHT COURSE THITHER THE HOUSEBOAT HAD TAKEN A SHARP TURN TO THE NORTHEAST AND WAS MAKING THE HARBOR FOR IN OTHER WORDS PARIS INSTEAD OF LONDON SEEMS TO BECOME THEIR DESTINATION DEMOSTHENES LOOKED AT HOLMES WITH BLANK AMAZEMENT AND TO KEEP FROM STAMMERING OUT THE EXCLAMATION OF WONDER THAT ROSE TO HIS LIPS HE OPENED HIS BONBONNIERE AND SWALLOWED A PEBBLE DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE A COCAINE TABLET IN YOUR BOX DO YOU QUERIED HOLMES NO RETURNED THE GREEK COCAINE MAKES ME FLIGHTY AND NERVOUS BUT THESE PEBBLES SORT OF BALLAST ME AND HOLD ME DOWN HOW ON EARTH DO YOU KNOW THAT THAT BUBBLE COMES FROM THE WAKE OF THE HOUSE BOAT
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