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If you can make it convenient to call here tomorrow at 8 a.m. I will give you the full particulars early enough for the first edition. There is no sense in taking up much time over so simple an affair as the Pegram case. Good afternoon, sir. Mr. Scribbings was too much astonished to return the greeting.
If you can make it convenient to call here to-morrow at 8 a.m. I will give you the full particulars early enough for the first edition. There is no sense in taking up much time over so simple an affair as the Pegram case. Good afternoon, sir." Mr. Scribbings was too much astonished to return the greeting.
'Look inside your hat if you doubt your own name. I then noticed for the first time that the name was plainly to be seen inside the top-hat Scribbings held upside down in his hands. 'You have heard, of course, of the Pegram mystery 'Tush, cried the detective; 'do not, I beg of you, call it a mystery. There is no such thing. Life would become more tolerable if there ever was a mystery.
'Perhaps you are right, remarked the detective, flinging his revolver carelessly beside his pipe, much to the relief of the third party. Then, turning to the journalist, he said, with his customary bland courtesy 'You wanted to see me, I think you said. What can I do for you, Mr Wilber Scribbings? The journalist started. 'How do you know my name? he gasped. Kombs waved his hand impatiently.
"Perhaps you are right," remarked the detective, flinging his revolver carelessly beside his pipe, much to the relief of the third party. Then, turning to the journalist, he said, with his customary bland courtesy "You wanted to see me, I think you said. What can I do for you, Mr. Wilber Scribbings?" The journalist started. "How do you know my name?" he gasped. Kombs waved his hand impatiently.
"Look inside your hat if you doubt your own name?" I then noticed for the first time that the name was plainly to be seen inside the top-hat Scribbings held upside down in his hands. "You have heard, of course, of the Pegram mystery ". "Tush," cried the detective; "do not, I beg of you, call it a mystery. There is no such thing. Life would become more tolerable if there ever was a mystery.
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