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He
balanced
the
watch
in
his
hand
,
gazed
hard
at
the
dial
,
opened
the
back
,
and
examined
the
works
,
first
with
his
naked
eyes
and
then
with
a
powerful
convex
lens
.
I
could
hardly
keep
from
smiling
at
his
crestfallen
face
when
he
finally
snapped
the
case
to
and
handed
it
back
.
“
There
are
hardly
any
data
,
”
he
remarked
.
“
The
watch
has
been
recently
cleaned
,
which
robs
me
of
my
most
suggestive
facts
.
”
“
You
are
right
,
”
I
answered
.
“
It
was
cleaned
before
being
sent
to
me
.
”
In
my
heart
I
accused
my
companion
of
putting
forward
a
most
lame
and
impotent
excuse
to
cover
his
failure
.
What
data
could
he
expect
from
an
uncleaned
watch
?
“
Though
unsatisfactory
,
my
research
has
not
been
entirely
barren
,
”
he
observed
,
staring
up
at
the
ceiling
with
dreamy
,
lack
-
lustre
eyes
.
“
Subject
to
your
correction
,
I
should
judge
that
the
watch
belonged
to
your
elder
brother
,
who
inherited
it
from
your
father
.
”
“
That
you
gather
,
no
doubt
,
from
the
H
.
W
.
upon
the
back
?
”
“
Quite
so
.
The
W
.
suggests
your
own
name
.
The
date
of
the
watch
is
nearly
fifty
years
back
,
and
the
initials
are
as
old
as
the
watch
:
so
it
was
made
for
the
last
generation
.
Jewelry
usually
descends
to
the
eldest
son
,
and
he
is
most
likely
to
have
the
same
name
as
the
father
.
Your
father
has
,
if
I
remember
right
,
been
dead
many
years
.
It
has
,
therefore
,
been
in
the
hands
of
your
eldest
brother
.
”
“
Right
,
so
far
,
”
said
I
.
“
Anything
else
?
”
“
He
was
a
man
of
untidy
habits
,
—
very
untidy
and
careless
.
He
was
left
with
good
prospects
,
but
he
threw
away
his
chances
,
lived
for
some
time
in
poverty
with
occasional
short
intervals
of
prosperity
,
and
finally
,
taking
to
drink
,
he
died
.
That
is
all
I
can
gather
.
”
I
sprang
from
my
chair
and
limped
impatiently
about
the
room
with
considerable
bitterness
in
my
heart
.
