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"You're sure it doesn't simplify them?" observed Holmes. "There's nothing to be learned by staring at it. What did you find in his pockets?" YOU'RE SURE IT DOESN'T SIMPLIFY THEM OBSERVED HOLMES THERE'S NOTHING TO BE LEARNED BY STARING AT IT WHAT DID YOU FIND IN HIS POCKETS
ion made, that one would hardly have guessed the minuteness with which it was conducted. Finally, he sniffed the dead man’s lips, and then glanced at the soles of his patent leather boots. “He has not been moved at all?” he asked. “No more than was necessary for the purposes of our examination.” “You can take him to the mortuary now,” he said. “There is nothing more to be learned.” Gregson had a stretcher and four men at hand. At his call they entered the room, and the stranger was lifted and carried out. As they raised him, a ring tinkled down and rolled across the floor. Lestrade grabbed it up and stared at it with mystified eyes. “There’s been a woman here,” he cried. “It’s a woman’s wedding-ring.” He held it out, as he spoke, upon the palm of his hand. We all gathered round him and gazed at it. There could be no doubt that that circlet of plain gold had once adorned the finger of a bride. “This complicates matters,” said Gregson. “Heaven knows, they were complicated enough before.” ADY REMARKED UPON SO SWIFTLY WAS THE EXAMINATION MADE THAT ONE WOULD HARDLY HAVE GUESSED THE MINUTENESS WITH WHICH IT WAS CONDUCTED FINALLY HE SNIFFED THE DEAD MAN'S LIPS AND THEN GLANCED AT THE SOLES OF HIS PATENT LEATHER BOOTS HE HAS NOT BEEN MOVED AT ALL HE ASKED NO MORE THAN WAS NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR EXAMINATION YOU CAN TAKE HIM TO THE MORTUARY NOW HE SAID THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO BE LEARNED GREXEN HAD A STRETCHER AND FOUR MEN AT HAND AT HIS CALL THEY ENTERED THE ROOM AND THE STRANGER WAS LIFTED AND CARRIED OUT AS THEY RAISED HIM A RING TINKLED DOWN AND ROLLED ACROSS THE FLOOR LESTRADE GRABBED IT UP AND STARED AT IT WITH MYSTIFIED EYES THERE'S BEEN A WOMAN HERE HE CRIED IT'S A WOMAN'S WEDDING RING HE HELD IT OUT AS HE SPOKE UPON THE PALM OF HIS HAND WE ALL GATHERED ROUND HIM AND GAZED AT IT THERE COULD BE NO DOUBT THAT THAT CIRCLET OF PLAIN GOLD HAD ONCE ADORNED THE FINGER OF A BRIDE THIS COMPLICATES MATTERS SAID GREGSON HEAVENS KNOWS THEY WERE COMPLICATED ENOUGH BEFORE
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