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Beginning with Hume's fantastic dream, he reviewed the hitherto unknown elements in the case Capella's fierce passion and queer behaviour, culminating in a sudden journey to Italy, Margaret's silent agony, the existence of an Argentine cousin, the evidence of "Rabbit Jack," the punning motto on the Ko-Katana, Jiro's perturbation and desire to prevent his wife's unconscious disclosures.
"It is you," he cried, "you, the thinker, who question me. I never gave a thought to you, or I would not now be slowly sinking into death. I might have guessed that a higher intelligence was at work than that which saw the Ko-Katana with its motto, and yet failed to read its story. You ask my motives. Can a man explain heredity?
Winter assimilated the foregoing information with a profound thankfulness that we in England do these things differently. "Why are you so interested in Mr. Okasaki?" he inquired. "I will answer your question by another. Why was he so interested in the Ko-Katana?" "That is hardly what I told you, Mr. Brett. He professed to be interested in the crime itself.
Your researches are valuable." "That is all. Would you like to see the Ko-Katana that killed Sir Alan?" "Yes. Where is it?" "In the Black Museum at Scotland Yard. I will take you there." "Thank you. By the way, concerning this man, Okasaki. Supposing we should want any further information from him on this curious topic, can you find him?
To force open the drawer I picked up the Japanese sword, and knew it as belonging to my house by the device on the handle of the Ko-Katana. The thing inspired me. I obtained the papers, and was going out when I met Alan. He had seen what I was doing.
Okasaki, a Jap uses this as a pen-knife, and also as a queer sort of visiting-card. If he slays an enemy he sticks the Ko-Katana between the other fellow's ribs, or into his ear, and leaves it there." "A P.P.C. card, in fact!" "You always have some joke against the P.C.'s," growled the detective. "I never " "You have just made a most excellent one yourself. Please continue, Winter.
No one would have known what happened to them. But look you, Fate is too powerful. The karait stored his poison for me only. I killed only one of the race, and him I stabbed with a Ko-Katana of my own house." Holden left the room to send a messenger post-haste for the village doctor. "About Capella?" persisted Brett. "Ah, Capella. He sought his own death.
"It is all here," he said, turning over the leaves. "A Japanese Samurai, or gentleman, in former days carried two swords, one long blade for use against his enemies, and a shorter one for committing suicide if he was beaten or disgraced. The sword Mr. Hume gave his cousin was a short one, and the knife which accompanied it is called the Ko-Katana, or little sword. As well as I could understand Mr.
He is a tall, strongly-built native of Japan. He sent you to Ipswich to watch the trial of Mr. David Hume-Frazer for the murder of his cousin. He got you to write the post-card to Scotland Yard on the type-writer which you disposed of the day after my visit here. You recognised the motto of his house in the design which I showed you, and which was borne on the blade of the Ko-Katana.
It is a plovelb, and says, 'A new field gives a small clop, or 'Human life is but fifty years. Where did you see it?" "On the blade of the Ko-Katana that killed Sir Alan Hume-Frazer," answered Brett. And now he experienced a fresh difficulty. The Japanese face is exceedingly expressive.
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