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Of what earthly interest is it to us to know that this or that cigar was smoked by Captain Kidd?" "Merely that it will help us on, your honor, to discover the whereabouts of the said Kidd," interposed the stranger. "It is by trifles, seeming trifles, that the greatest detective work is done. OF WHAT EARTHLY INTEREST IS IT TO US TO KNOW THAT THIS OR THAT CIGAR WAS SMOKED BY CAPTAIN KIDD MERELY THAT IT WILL HELP US ON YOUR HONOUR TO DISCOVER THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE SAID KID INTERPOSED THE STRANGER IT IS BY TRIFLES SEEMING TRIFLES THAT THE GREATEST DETECTIVE WORK IS DONE
ship he and his followers had attacked. The adjacent teeth were broken, but not removed. The cigar end bears the marks of those two jagged molars, with the hiatus, which, as I have indicated, is due to the destruction of the eye-tooth between them. It is not likely that there was another man in the pirate’s crew with teeth exactly like the commander’s, therefore I say there can be no doubt that the cigar end was that of the Captain himself.” “Very interesting indeed,” observed Blackstone, removing his wig and fanning himself with it; “but I must confess, Mr. Chairman, that in any properly constituted law court this evidence would long since have been ruled out as irrelevant and absurd. The idea of two or three hundred dignified spirits like ourselves, gathered together to devise a means for the recovery of our property and the rescue of our wives, yielding the floor to the delivering of a lecture by an entire stranger on ‘Cigar Ends He Has Met,’ strikes me as ridiculous in the extreme. CREW OF THE TREASURE SHIP HE AND HIS FOLLOWERS HAD ATTACKED THE ADJACENT TEETH WERE BROKEN BUT NOT REMOVED THE CIGAR END BEARS THE MARKS OF THOSE TWO JAGGED MOULDERS WITH THE HIADES WHICH AS I HAVE INDICATED IS DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EYE TOOTH BETWEEN THEM IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN IN THE PIRATE'S CREW WITH TEETH EXACTLY LIKE THE COMMANDER'S THEREFORE I SAY THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT THE CIGAR END WAS THAT OF THE CAPTAIN HIMSELF VERY INTERESTING INDEED OBSERVED BLACKSTONE REMOVING HIS WIG AND FANNING HIMSELF WITH IT BUT I MUST CONFESS MISTER CHAIRMAN THAT IN ANY PROPERLY CONSTITUTED LAW COURT THIS EVIDENCE WOULD LONG SINCE HAVE BEEN RULED OUT AS IRRELEVANT AND ABSURD THE IDEA OF TWO OR THREE HUNDRED DIGNIFIED SPIRITS LIKE OURSELVES GATHERED TOGETHER TO DEVISE A MEANS FOR THE RECOVERY OF OUR PROPERTY AND THE RESCUE OF OUR WIVES YIELDING THE FLOOR TO THE DELIVERING OF A LECTURE BY AN ENTIRE STRANGER ON CIGAR ENDS HE HAS MET STRIKES ME AS RIDICULOUS IN THE EXTREME
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