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. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a Penang lawyer. Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a Penang lawyer. Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch across. To James Mor- timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H., was engraved upon it, with the date 1884 . It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry dignified, solid, and reassuring. Well, Watson, what do you make of it? Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation. How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head. I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me, said he. But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor s stick?ated at the break- fast table. I stood upon the hearnd pinow what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head. I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me, said he. But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor s stick?ated at the break- fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a Penang lawyer. Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch across. To James Mor- timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H., was engraved upon it, with the date 1884. Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a Penang lawyer. Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch across. To James Mor- timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H., was engraved upon it, with the date 1884 . It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry dignified, solid, and reassuring. Well, Watson, what do you make of it? Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation. How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head. I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me, said he. But, tell me, 1884 . It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio . It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head. I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me, said he. But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor s stick?ated at the break- fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head.

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. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearnd pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.�

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�I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �

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1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was just. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.�

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�I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�

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Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was just. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believe

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you have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�

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Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.

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�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was just

. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broad

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silver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated

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coffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a

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�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� . It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked

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up the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.�

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�I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from h. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated

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coffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884

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.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.�

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�I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justis friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justwasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was just

. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated

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coffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884

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.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.�

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�I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his . It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.�

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�I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broad

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silver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from h. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner

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used to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �

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1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was just

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such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from h. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broad

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silver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated

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coffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a

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�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from h. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked

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up the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.�

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�I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from h. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated

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coffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884

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.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.�

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�I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from h. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.�

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�I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broad

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silver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�

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Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said heu know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was just

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such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.u know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.

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�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �up the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitionerused to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.. �But, tell me,1884.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitio.� It was justsuch a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner

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used to carry�dignified, solid, and reassuring.�Well, Watson, what do you make of it?�Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and Ihad given him no sign of my occupation.�How did you know what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pinow what I was doing? I believeyou have eyes in the back of your head.��I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-platedcoffee-pot in front of me,� said he. �But, tell me,Watson, what do you make of our visitor�s stick?ated at the break-fast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedup the stick which our visitor had left behind himthe night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood,bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �1884.� Just under the head was ded, of the sort which is known as a�Penang lawyer.� Just under the head was a broadsilver band nearly an inch across. �To James Mor-timer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,� wasengraved upon it, with the date �