? ? ? ? Percy Phelps and his nurse looked at Holmes during this demonstration with surprise and a good deal of disappointment written upon their faces. He had fallen into a reverie, with the moss-rose between his fingers. It had lasted some minutes before the young lady broke in upon it.
? ? ? ? "Do you see any prospect of solving this mystery, Mr. Holmes?" she asked with a touch of asperity in her voice.
? ? ? ? "Oh, the mystery!" he answered, coming back with a start to the realities of life. "Well, it would be absurd to deny that the case is a very abstruse and complicated one, but I can promise you that I will look into the matter and let you know any points which may strike me."
? ? ? ? "Do you see any clue?"
? ? ? ? "You have furnished me with seven, but of course I must test them before I can pronounce upon their value.
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