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"There are two curious indentations in it which prove that. The marks of two teeth, with a hiatus between, which you will see if you look closely," said the stranger, handing the small bit of tobacco to Sir Walter, "make that point evident beyond peradventure. THERE ARE TWO CURIOUS INDENTATIONS IN IT WHICH PROVE THAT THE MARKS OF TWO TEETH WITH THE HIATUS BETWEEN WHICH YOU WILL SEE IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY SAID THE STRANGER HANDING THE SMALL BIT OF TOBACCO TO SIR WALTER MAKE THAT POINT EVIDENT BEYOND PERADVENTURE
es which to your minds would never become manifest through their agency.” The company drew closer together and formed themselves in a more compact mass about the speaker. It was evident that they were beginning to feel an unusual interest in this extraordinary person, who had come among them unheralded and unknown. Even Shylock stopped calculating percentages for an instant to listen. “Do you mean to tell us,” demanded Shakespeare, “that the unsmoked stub of a cigar will suggest the story of him who smoked it to your mind?” “I do,” replied the stranger, with a confident smile. “Take this one, for instance, that I have picked up here upon the wharf; it tells me the whole story of the intentions of Captain Kidd at the moment when, in utter disregard of your rights, he stepped aboard your House-boat, and, in his usual piratical fashion, made off with it into unknown seas.” “But how do you know he smoked it?” asked Solomon, who deemed it the part of wisdom to be suspicious of the stranger. IMENTS FARCES COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES WHICH TO YOUR MINDS WOULD NEVER BECOME MANIFEST THROUGH THEIR AGENCY THE COMPANY DREW CLOSER TOGETHER AND FORMED THEMSELVES IN A MORE COMPACT MASS ABOUT THE SPEAKER IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THEY WERE BEGINNING TO FEEL AN UNUSUAL INTEREST IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY PERSON WHO HAD COME AMONG THEM UNHERALDED AND UNKNOWN EVEN SHYLOCK STOPPED CALCULATING PERCENTAGES FOR AN INSTANT TO LISTEN DO YOU MEAN TO TELL US DEMANDED SHAKESPEARE THAT THE UNSMOKED STUB OF A CIGAR WILL SUGGEST THE STORY OF HIM WHO SMOKED IT TO YOUR MIND I DO REPLIED THE STRANGER WITH A CONFIDENT SMILE TAKE THIS ONE FOR INSTANCE THAT I HAVE PICKED UP HERE UPON THE WHARF IT TELLS ME THE WHOLE STORY OF THE INTENTIONS OF CAPTAIN KIDD AT THE MOMENT WHEN IN UTTER DISREGARD OF YOUR RIGHTS HE STEPPED ABOARD YOUR HOUSE BOAT AND IN HIS USUAL PIRATICAL FASHION MADE OFF WITH IT INTO UNKNOWN SEAS BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW HE SMOKED IT ASKED SOLOMON WHO DEEMED IT THE PART OF WISDOM TO BE SUSPICIOUS OF THE STRANGER
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