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| - | The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter | + | =====The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter===== |
| + | ===Sir Arthur Conan Doyle=== | ||
| We were fairly accustomed to receive weird telegrams at Baker | We were fairly accustomed to receive weird telegrams at Baker | ||
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| addressed to him, and ran thus: | addressed to him, and ran thus: | ||
| - | " | + | ~~~" |
| - | missing, indispensable to-morrow.---OVERTON." | + | ~~~three-quarter missing, indispensable to-morrow.---OVERTON." |
| “Strand postmark, and dispatched ten thirty-six, | “Strand postmark, and dispatched ten thirty-six, | ||
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| passed across to me with a smile. | passed across to me with a smile. | ||
| - | ~~~~~~~~Sir [it ran],---I can assure you that you are wasting your time in | + | ~~~~~~~~Sir [it ran],---I can assure you that you are wasting your time in\\ |
| - | ~~~~~~~~dogging my movements. I have, as you discovered last night, a | + | ~~~~~~~~dogging my movements. I have, as you discovered last night, a\\ |
| - | ~~~~~~~~window at the back of my brougham, and if you desire a | + | ~~~~~~~~window at the back of my brougham, and if you desire a\\ |
| - | ~~~~~~~~twenty-mile ride which will lead you to the spot from which you | + | ~~~~~~~~twenty-mile ride which will lead you to the spot from which you\\ |
| - | ~~~~~~~~started, | + | ~~~~~~~~started, |
| - | ~~~~~~~~that no spying upon me can in any way help Mr. Godfrey Staunton, | + | ~~~~~~~~that no spying upon me can in any way help Mr. Godfrey Staunton,\\ |
| - | ~~~~~~~~and I am convinced that the best service you can do to that | + | ~~~~~~~~and I am convinced that the best service you can do to that\\ |
| - | ~~~~~~~~gentleman is to return at once to London and to report to your | + | ~~~~~~~~gentleman is to return at once to London and to report to your\\ |
| - | ~~~~~~~~employer that you are unable to trace him. Your time in Cambridge | + | ~~~~~~~~employer that you are unable to trace him. Your time in Cambridge\\ |
| - | ~~~~~~~~will certainly be wasted.---Yours faithfully, | + | ~~~~~~~~will certainly be wasted.---Yours faithfully,\\ |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" | ||
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