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"
There
are
one
or
two
indications
,
and
yet
the
utmost
pains
have
been
taken
to
remove
all
clues
.
The
address
,
you
observe
is
printed
in
rough
characters
.
But
the
Times
is
a
paper
which
is
seldom
found
in
any
hands
but
those
of
the
highly
educated
.
We
may
take
it
,
therefore
,
that
the
letter
was
composed
by
an
educated
man
who
wished
to
pose
as
an
uneducated
one
,
and
his
effort
to
conceal
his
own
writing
suggests
that
that
writing
might
be
known
,
or
come
to
be
known
,
by
you
.
Again
,
you
will
observe
that
the
words
are
not
gummed
on
in
an
accurate
line
,
but
that
some
are
much
higher
than
others
.
'
Life
,
'
for
example
is
quite
out
of
its
proper
place
.
That
may
point
to
carelessness
or
it
may
point
to
agitation
and
hurry
upon
the
part
of
the
cutter
.
On
the
whole
I
incline
to
the
latter
view
,
since
the
matter
was
evidently
important
,
and
it
is
unlikely
that
the
composer
of
such
a
letter
would
be
careless
.
If
he
were
in
a
hurry
it
opens
up
the
interesting
question
why
he
should
be
in
a
hurry
,
since
any
letter
posted
up
to
early
morning
would
reach
Sir
Henry
before
he
would
leave
his
hotel
.
Did
the
composer
fear
an
interruption
--
and
from
whom
?
"
"
We
are
coming
now
rather
into
the
region
of
guesswork
,
"
said
Dr.
Mortimer
.
"
Say
,
rather
,
into
the
region
where
we
balance
probabilities
and
choose
the
most
likely
.
It
is
the
scientific
use
of
the
imagination
,
but
we
have
always
some
material
basis
on
which
to
start
our
speculation
.
Now
,
you
would
call
it
a
guess
,
no
doubt
,
but
I
am
almost
certain
that
this
address
has
been
written
in
a
hotel
.
"
"
How
in
the
world
can
you
say
that
?
"
"
If
you
examine
it
carefully
you
will
see
that
both
the
pen
and
the
ink
have
given
the
writer
trouble
.
The
pen
has
spluttered
twice
in
a
single
word
,
and
has
run
dry
three
times
in
a
short
address
,
showing
that
there
was
very
little
ink
in
the
bottle
.
Now
,
a
private
pen
or
ink-bottle
is
seldom
allowed
to
be
in
such
a
state
,
and
the
combination
of
the
two
must
be
quite
rare
.
But
you
know
the
hotel
ink
and
the
hotel
pen
,
where
it
is
rare
to
get
anything
else
.
Yes
,
I
have
very
little
hesitation
in
saying
that
could
we
examine
the
waste-paper
baskets
of
the
hotels
around
Charing
Cross
until
we
found
the
remains
of
the
mutilated
Times
leader
we
could
lay
our
hands
straight
upon
the
person
who
sent
this
singular
message
.
Halloa
!
Halloa
!
What
's
this
?
"
He
was
carefully
examining
the
foolscap
,
upon
which
the
words
were
pasted
,
holding
it
only
an
inch
or
two
from
his
eyes
.
"
Well
?
"
"
Nothing
,
"
said
he
,
throwing
it
down
.
"
It
is
a
blank
half-sheet
of
paper
,
without
even
a
water-mark
upon
it
.
I
think
we
have
drawn
as
much
as
we
can
from
this
curious
letter
;
and
now
,
Sir
Henry
,
has
anything
else
of
interest
happened
to
you
since
you
have
been
in
London
?
"
"
Why
,
no
,
Mr.
Holmes
.
I
think
not
.
"
