This the clerk could not do, because the letter was confidential and was addressed in the principal's handwriting.

And the principal would have almost certainly added a postscript; and, moreover, he does not smoke.

This, however, is all very obvious; but here is something rather more subtle which I have put aside for more detailed examination.

What do you make of it ?" He handed me a small parcel to which was attached by string a typewritten address label, the back of which bore the printed inscription, "James Bartlett and Sons, Cigar Manufacturers, London and Havana." "I am afraid," said I, after turning the little packet over and examining every part of it minutely, "that this is rather too subtle for me.

The only thing that I observe is that the typewriter has bungled the address considerably.