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Doyle, Arthur Conan

"The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes"

You know my methods, Watson. There was not one of them which I did not apply to the inquiry. And it ended by my discovering traces, but very different ones from those which I had expected. There had been a man in the room, and he had crossed the lawn coming from the road. I was able to obtain five very clear impressions of his footmarks: one in the roadway itself, at the point where he had climbed the low wall, two on the lawn, and two very faint ones upon the stained boards near the window where he had entered. He had apparently rushed across the lawn, for his toe-marks were much deeper than his heels. But it was not the man who surprised me. It was his companion."


? ? ? ? "His companion!"


? ? ? ? Holmes pulled a large sheet of tissue-paper out of his pocket and carefully unfolded it upon his knee.


? ? ? ? "What do you make of that?" he asked.


? ? ? ? The paper was covered with the tracings of the footmarks of some small animal. It had five well-marked footpads, an indication of long nails, and the whole print might be nearly as large as a dessert-spoon.


? ? ? ? "It's a dog," said I.


? ? ? ? "Did you ever hear of a dog running up a curtain? I found distinct traces that this creature had done so.


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