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The Hound of the Baskervilles

CHAPTER 4
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'You,' 'your,' 'your,' 'life,' 'reason,' 'value,' 'keep away,' 'from the.' Don't you see now whence these words have been taken ?" "By thunder, you're right! Well, if that isn't smart!" cried Sir Henry.
"If any possible doubt remained it is settled by the fact that 'keep away' and 'from the' are cut out in one piece." "Well, now--so it is!" "Really, Mr.Holmes, this exceeds anything which I could have imagined," said Dr.Mortimer, gazing at my friend in amazement.

"I could understand anyone saying that the words were from a newspaper; but that you should name which, and add that it came from the leading article, is really one of the most remarkable things which I have ever known.

How did you do it ?" "I presume, Doctor, that you could tell the skull of a negro from that of an Esquimau ?" "Most certainly." "But how ?" "Because that is my special hobby.

The differences are obvious.

The supra-orbital crest, the facial angle, the maxillary curve, the--" "But this is my special hobby, and the differences are equally obvious.
There is as much difference to my eyes between the leaded bourgeois type of a Times article and the slovenly print of an evening half-penny paper as there could be between your negro and your Esquimau.


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