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"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. 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
he asked, pointing to numerous gouts and splashes of blood which lay all round. “Positive!” cried both detectives. “Then, of course, this blood belongs to a second individual—presumably the murderer, if murder has been committed. It reminds me of the circumstances attendant on the death of Van Jansen, in Utrecht, in the year ‘34. Do you remember the case, Gregson?” “No, sir.” “Read it up—you really should. There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before.” As he spoke, his nimble fingers were flying here, there, and everywhere, feeling, pressing, unbuttoning, examining, while his eyes wore the same far-away expression which I have already 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.” Y YOU ARE SURE THAT THERE IS NO WOUND HE ASKED POINTING TO NUMEROUS GOUTS AND SPLASHES OF BLOOD WHICH LAY ALL AROUND POSITIVE CRIED BOTH DETECTIVES THEN OF COURSE THIS BLOOD BELONGS TO A SECOND INDIVIDUAL PRESUMABLY THE MURDERER IF MURDER HAS BEEN COMMITTED IT REMINDS ME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDANT ON THE DEATH OF VAN JANSEN IN UTRECHT IN THE YEAR THIRTY FOUR DO YOU REMEMBER THE CASE GREGGSON NO SIR READ IT UP YOU REALLY SHOULD THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN IT HAS ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE AS HE SPOKE HIS NIMBLE FINGERS WERE FLYING HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE FEELING PRESSING UNBUTTONING EXAMINING WHILE HIS EYES WORE THE SAME FAR AWAY EXPRESSION WHICH I HAVE ALREADY 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
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