Subject: technical comet

From: "Carrie Anthony" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 04:31:38 +0200

You are a funny one, chuckled the inspector.
The lining had been ofred silk, but was a good deal discoloured. These arethe more patent facts which are to be deduced from his hat.
No crime, said Sherlock Holmes, laughing. I can see nothing, said I, handing it back to my friend. Theres plenty of thread, no doubt, but Icant get the end of it into my hand.
But if you are found again, then all must come out. These flat brims curled at the edgecame in then.
Those are the principal points aboutwhich I wished to be absolutely clear.
Holmes, that we are very much indebted to you forhaving cleared the matter up.
Sherlock Holmes sprang out of his chair as if he had beengalvanised.
But I think I have thekey of the affair now. Come on, my boy, and we shall see whether it willnot fit the lock. It was pierced in the brim for ahat-securer, but the elastic was missing.
Itwas no wonder that it had not been swept away by the tide. But if you are found again, then all must come out.
You are engaged, said I; perhaps I interrupt you. And you have no doubt that it is your husbandshand, madam?
Then, what clue could you have as to his identity?
I deserveto be kicked from here to Charing Cross. It may, however, have been written on Monday and onlyposted to-day. It was no wonder that no onewas stirring. Thebedroom window was a broad one and opened from below.
Andwhat do you think they found in the pockets?
Sherlock Holmes was wellknown to the force, and the two constables at the door salutedhim. This may account also for the obvious fact thathis wife has ceased to love him. It was pierced in the brim for ahat-securer, but the elastic was missing.
Has it returned to life and flapped offthrough the kitchen window?
Written in pencil upon the fly-leafof a book, octavo size, no water-mark. Out there fella cascade of childrens bricks. But if you are found again, then all must come out. There is no reason, therefore, to think that moneytroubles have been weighing upon his mind. Itwas no wonder that it had not been swept away by the tide.
I perceive also that whoever addressed the envelope had to goand inquire as to the address.