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When

I

glance

over

my

notes

and

records

of

the

Sherlock

Holmes

cases

between

the

years

'82

and

'90,

I

am

faced

by

so

many

which

present

strange

and

interesting

features

that

it

is

no

easy

matter

to

know

which

to

choose

and

which

to

leave.

Some,

however,

have

already

gained

publicity

through

the

papers,

and

others

have

not

offered

a

field

for

those

peculiar

qualities

which

my

friend

possessed

in

so

high

a

degree,

and

which

it

is

the

object

of

these

papers

to

illustrate.

Some,

too,

have

baffled

his

analytical

skill,

and

would

be,

as

narratives,

beginnings

without

an

ending,

while

others

have

been

but

partially

cleared

up,

and

have

their

explanations

founded

rather

upon

conjecture

and

surmise

than

on

that

absolute

logical

proof

which

was

so

dear

to

him.

There

is,

however,

one

of

these

last

which

was

so

remarkable

in

its

details

and

so

startling

in

its

results

that

I

am

tempted

to

give

some

account

of

it

in

spite

of

the

fact

that

there

are

points

in

connection

with

it

which

never

have

been,

and

probably

never

will

be,

entirely

cleared

up.

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