? ? ? ? "Absolutely!" said I. "And now that you have explained it, I confess that I am as amazed as before."
? ? ? ? "It was very superficial, my dear Watson, I assure you. I should not have intruded it upon your attention had you not shown some incredulity the other day. But I have in my hands here a little problem which may prove to be more difficult of solution than my small essay in thought reading. Have you observed in the paper a short paragraph referring to the remarkable contents of a packet sent through the post to Miss Cushing, of Cross Street, Croydon?"
? ? ? ? "No, I saw nothing."
? ? ? ? "Ah! then you must have overlooked it. Just toss it over to me. Here it is, under the financial column. Perhaps you would be good enough to read it aloud."
? ? ? ? I picked up the paper which he had thrown back to me and read the paragraph indicated.
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