? ? ? ? "Thank you. l think that I quite follow you," said Sherlock Holmes.
? ? ? ? "It is of the utmost importance that you should notice this point. I went down the stairs and into the hall, where I found the commissionaire fast asleep in his box, with the kettle boiling furiously upon the spirit-lamp. I took off the kettle and blew out the lamp, for the water was spurting over the floor. Then I put out my hand and was about to shake the man, who was still sleeping soundly, when a bell over his head rang loudly, and he woke with a start.
? ? ? ? " 'Mr. Phelps, sir!' said he, looking at me in bewilderment.
? ? ? ? " 'I came down to see if my coffee was ready.'
? ? ? ? " 'I was boiling the kettle when I fell asleep, sir.' He looked at me and then up at the still quivering bell with an ever-growing astonishment upon his face.
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