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D." "We can go back until we find the ripple again, and follow that, I presume," sneered Le Coq, who did not take much stock in the theories of his great rival, largely because he was a detective by intuition rather than by study of the science. D WE CAN GO BACK UNTIL WE FIND THE RIPPLE AGAIN AND FOLLOW THAT I PRESUME SNEERED LECOPE WHO DID NOT TAKE MUCH STOCK IN THE THEORIES OF HIS GREAT RIVAL LARGELY BECAUSE HE WAS DETECTED BY INTUITION RATHER THAN BY STUDY OF THE SCIENCE
r, 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?” “By my chemical knowledge, merely,” replied Holmes. “A merely worldly vessel leaves a phosphorescent bubble in its wake. That one we have just discovered is not so, but sulphurescent, if I may coin a word which it seems to me the English language is very much in need of. It proves, then, that the bubble is a portion of the wake of a Stygian craft, and the only Stygian craft that has cleared the Cimmerian Harbor for years is the House-boat—Q. E. RN 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 BY MY CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE MERELY REPLIED HOLMES A MERELY WORLDLY VESSEL LEAVES A PHOSPHORESCENT BUBBLE IN ITS WAKE THAT ONE WE HAVE JUST DISCOVERED IS NOT SO BUT SULPHORESC IF I MAY COIN A WORD WHICH IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS VERY MUCH IN NEED OF IT PROVES THEN THAT THE BUBBLE IS A PORTION OF THE WAKEM'S STYGIAN CRAFT AND THE ONLY STYGIAN CROFT THAT HAS CLEARED THE SCENARIAN HOPPER FOR YEARS IS THE HOUSE BOAT U E
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