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Would you mind telling me what is your course of reasoning?' "'It is plain as day,' said I. 'I am the person with the red beard with whom you came down third class from London this morning, and you told me your name was Burgess and that you were a butcher. When you looked to see the time, I remarked upon the oddness of your watch, which led to your telling me that it was the gift of your uncle. WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME WHAT IS YOUR COURSE OF REASONING IT IS PLAIN AS DAY SAID I I AM THE PERSON WITH THE RED BEARD WITH WHOM YOU CAME DOWN THIRD CLASS FROM LONDON THIS MORNING AND YOU TOLD ME YOUR NAME WAS BURGESS AND THAT YOU WERE A BUTCHER WHEN YOU LOOKED TO SEE THE TIME I REMARKED UPON THE ODDNESS OF YOUR WATCH WHICH LED TO YOUR TELLING ME THAT IT WAS THE GIFT OF YOUR UNCLE
ive years of age, in a bathing-suit, entered the room, and I saw at a glance what had happened. “‘Your name is Burgess,’ I said. ‘You came here from London this morning, expecting to return to-night. You brought no luggage with you. After luncheon you went bathing. You had machine No. 35, and when you came out of the water you found that No. 35 had disappeared, with your clothes and the silver watch your uncle gave you on the day you succeeded to his business.’ “Of course, gentlemen,” observed the detective, with a smile at Sir Walter and Hamlet—“of course the man fairly gasped, and I continued: ‘You have been lying face downward in the sand ever since, waiting for nightfall, so that you could come to me for assistance, not considering it good form to make an afternoon call upon a stranger at his hotel, clad in a bathing-suit. Am I correct?’ “‘Sir,’ he replied, with a look of wonder, ‘you have narrated my story exactly as it happened, and I find I have made no mistake in coming to you. N OF ABOUT THIRTY FIVE YEARS OF AGE IN A BATHING SUIT ENTERED THE ROOM AND I SAW AT A GLANCE WHAT HAD HAPPENED YOUR NAME IS BURGESS I SAID YOU CAME HERE FROM LONDON THIS MORNING EXPECTING TO RETURN TO NIGHT YOU BROUGHT NO LUGGAGE WITH YOU AFTER LUNCHEON YOU WENT BATHING YOU HAD MACHINE NUMBER THIRTY FIVE AND WHEN YOU CAME OUT OF THE WATER YOU FOUND THAT NUMBER THIRTY FIVE HAD DISAPPEARED WITH YOUR CLOTHES AND THE SILVER WATCH YOUR UNCLE GAVE YOU ON THE DAY YOU SUCCEEDED TO HIS BUSINESS OF COURSE GENTLEMEN OBSERVED THE DETECTIVE WITH A SMILE AT SIR WALTER AND HAMLET OF COURSE THE MAN FAIRLY GASPED AND I CONTINUED YOU HAVE BEEN LYING FACE DOWNWARD IN THE SAND EVER SINCE WAITING FOR NIGHTFALL SO THAT YOU COULD COME TO ME FOR ASSISTANCE NOT CONSIDERING IT GOOD FORM TO MAKE AN AFTERNOON CALL UPON A STRANGER AT HIS HOTEL CLAD IN A BATHING SUIT AM I CORRECT SIR HE REPLIED WITH A LOOK OF WONDER YOU HAVE NARRATED MY STORY EXACTLY AS IT HAPPENED AND I FIND I HAVE MADE NO MISTAKE IN COMING TO YOU
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