I did not at all expect to be so accurate." "But it was not mere guess-work ?" "No, no: I never guess.

It is a shocking habit,--destructive to the logical faculty.

What seems strange to you is only so because you do not follow my train of thought or observe the small facts upon which large inferences may depend.

For example, I began by stating that your brother was careless.

When you observe the lower part of that watch-case you notice that it is not only dinted in two places, but it is cut and marked all over from the habit of keeping other hard objects, such as coins or keys, in the same pocket.