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Havihisrooms,wedrovetoourhotel,wherewefoundlunthetable.Holmeswassilentahoughtressionuponhisfaewhofindshimselfinaperplexingposition.
"Lookhere,Watson,"hesaidwhehwascleared,"justsitdowninthisdletmepreachtoyouforalittle.Idon'tkodo,andIshouldvalueyouradvice.Lightadletmeexpound."
"Praydoso."
"Well,now,ihiscasetherearetwopointsaboutyoungMcCarthy'sruckusbothinstantly,althoughtheyimpressedmeinhisfavourandyouagainsthiOhathisfathershould,agtohisat,cry'CooeehiTheotherwashissingulardyioarat.Hemumbledseveralwords,youuand,butthatwasallthatcaughttheson'sear.Nowfromthisdoublepointourresearendwewillbeginitbypresumingthatwhattheladsaysisabsolutelytrue."
"Whatofthis'Cooee'then?"
"Well,obviouslyitothavebeeheson.Theson,asfarasheknew,wasinBristol.Itwasmerecethathewaswithihe'eanttoattracttheattentiowasthathehadtheappoih.But'Cooee'isadistinctlyAustraliandonewhichisusedbetweenAustraliaroionthatthepersoneatBoseonewhohadbeeninAustralia."
"Whatoftherat,then?"
Sherloestookafoldedpaperfromhispodflatteoable."ThisisamapoftheyofVictoria,"hesaid."IwiredtoBristolforitlastnight."Heputhishaofthemap."Whatdoyouread?"
"ARAT,"Iread.
"Andnow?"Heraisedhishand.
"BALLARAT."
"Quiteso.Thatwasthewordthemanuttered,andofwhionlycaughtthelasttwosyllables.Hewastryihenameofhismurderer.Soandso,ofBallarat."
"Itiswonderful!"Iexclaimed.
"Itisobvious.Andnow,yousee,Ihadhefielddowhepossessiarmentointwhitingtheson'sstateme,wasaty.WehaveerevaguehedefiionofanAustralianfromBallaratwithagreycloak."
"ly."
"Andonewhowasathomei,forthepoollybeapproachedbythefarmorbytheestate,wherestrangerscouldhardlywa;
"Quiteso."
"Thenesourexpeditionoftoday.ByaionairifliailswhichIgavetothatimbecileLestrade,astothepersonalityoftheal."
"Buthowdidyougai;
"Youkisfouheobservationoftrifles."
"HisheightIknowthatyhlyjudgefromthelengthofhisstride.Hisboots,too,mightbetoldfromtheirtraces."
"Yes,theywerepeculiarboots."
"Buthislame;
"Theimpressionhtfootwasalwayslessdistinhisleft.Heputlessweightuponit.Why?Becausehelimped-hewaslame."
"Buthisleft-ha;
"Youwereyourselfstruckbytheheinjuryasrecordedbythesurgeo.Theblowwasstruediatelybehioside.Now,howthatbeuwerebyaleft-handedmaoodbehindthattreedurierviewbetweeherandson.Hehadevehere.Ifoundtheashofacigar,whichmyspeowledgeoftobaccoasheseopronounIndiancigar.Ihave,asyoukedsomeattentiontothis,alemonographontheashesof140differeiesofpipe,dcigarettetobagfouhenlookedroundahestumpamongthemosswherehehadtossedit.ItwasanIndiancigar,ofthevarietywhicharerolledinRotterda"
"Andthecigar-holder?"
"Icouldseethattheendhadnotbeeninhismouth.Thereforeheusedaholder.Thetiphadbeenotbittenoff,buttheotae,soIdedutpe;
"Holmes,"Isaid,"youhavedrawhismanfromwhiotesdyouhavesavedahumarulyasifyouhadcutthecordwhiginghiIseethedireoiis..."
"MrJoh;criedthehoteleningthed-room,andusheringinavisitor.
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