? ? ? ? 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 halfsheet 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."
? ? ? ? "You have not observed anyone follow or watch you?"
? ? ? ? "I seem to have walked right into the thick of a dime novel," said our visitor. "Why in thunder should anyone follow or watch me?"
? ? ? ? "We are coming to that. You have nothing else to report to us before we go into this matter?"
? ? ? ? "Well, it depends upon what you think worth reporting."
? ? ? ? "I think anything out of the ordinary routine of life well worth reporting.
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