The Mysterious Affair

we can see how fully he realized its importance. That letter excepted, there was absolutely nothing to connect him with the crime.”

“There’s only one thing I can’t make out, why didn’t he destroy it at once when he got hold of it?”

“Because he did not dare take the biggest risk of all—that of keeping it on his own person.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Look at it from his point of view. I have discovered that there were only five


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we can see how fully he realized its importance. That letter excepted, there was absolutely nothing to connect him with the crime.”

“There’s only one thing I can’t make out, why didn’t he destroy it at once when he got hold of it?”

“Because he did not dare take the biggest risk of all—that of keeping it on his own person.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Look at it from his point of view. I have discovered that there were only five


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