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“It is not an English paper at all. Hold it up to the light.” I did so, and saw a large E with a small g, a P, and a large G with a small t woven into the texture of the paper.

Whom have I the honor to address?”

Holmes laughed softly to himself, and stretched himself out upon the cushioned seat.

“You will leave that question in my hands. I should like an accurate description of him, and any letters of his which you can spare.”

“Well, Watson,” said Holmes, when our visitor had left us, “what do you make of it all?”

“What a woman – oh, what a woman!”

“He was in the house about half an hour, and I could catch glimpses of him in the windows of the sitting-room, pacing up and down, talking excitedly, and waving his arms.

eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex

you. Let the whole incident be a sealed book, and do not allow it to affect your life.”

and I can’t sleep a wink at night.