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You can't get something for nothing, even in Hades." YOU CAN'T GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING EVEN IN HADES
eighth degrees in your favor,” observed Holmes, quietly, with a glance at Raleigh’s ears. “The temporal angle of your ears is 93.125 degrees, whereas Charon’s stand out at 91, by my otometer. To that extent your criminal instincts are superior to his. If criminology is an exact science, reasoning by your respective ears, you ought to beat him out by a perceptible though possibly narrow margin.” With which assurance Raleigh went ahead with his preparations, and within twelve hours the _Gehenna_ was under way, carrying a full complement of crew and officers, with every state-room on board occupied by some spirit of the more illustrious kind. Even Shylock was on board, though no one knew it, for in the dead of night he had stolen quietly up the gang-plank and had hidden himself in an empty water-cask in the forecastle. “’Tisn’t Venice,” he said, as he sat down and breathed heavily through the bung of the barrel, “but it’s musty and damp enough, and, considering the cost, I can’t complain. EIGHTH DEGREES IN YOUR FAVOR OBSERVED HOLMES QUIETLY WITH A GLANCE AT RALEIGH'S EARS THE TEMPORAL ANGLE OF YOUR EARS IS NINETY THREE POINT ONE TWO FIVE DEGREES WHEREAS CARRONS STAND OUT OF NINETY ONE BY MY AUTOMATOR TO THAT EXTENT YOUR CRIMINAL INSTINCTS ARE SUPERIOR TO HIS IF CRIMINOLOGY IS AN EXACT SCIENCE REASONING BY YOUR RESPECTIVE EARS YOU OUGHT TO BEAT HIM OUT BY A PERCEPTIBLE THOUGH POSSIBLY NARROW MARGIN WITH WHICH ASSURANCE RAWLEY WENT AHEAD WITH HIS PREPARATIONS AND WITHIN TWELVE HOURS THE GEHENNA WAS UNDER WAY CARRYING A FULL COMPLIMENT OF CREW AND OFFICERS WITH EVERY STATEROOM ON BOARD OCCUPIED BY SOME SPIRIT OF THE MORE ILLUSTRIOUS KIND EVEN SHYLOCK WAS ON BOARD THOUGH NO ONE KNEW IT FOR IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT HE HAD STOLEN QUIETLY UP THE GANGPLANK AND HAD HIDDEN HIMSELF IN AN EMPTY WATER CASK IN THE FORECASTLE TISN'T VENICE HE SAID AS HE SAT DOWN AND BREATHED HEAVILY THROUGH THE BUNG OF THE BARREL BUT IT'S MUSTY AND DAMP ENOUGH AND CONSIDERING THE COST I CAN'T COMPLAIN
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