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Thorneycroft," he added, turning to the secretary, "you accused Luigi Vermicelli, the Earl's valet, of having stolen the cuff-buttons, and you there, Olaf, accused your stable-partner, Carol Linescu, of the theft. I shall give your statements due consideration, and lay for the accused parties accordingly.
Oh, my! he can run like das vind, Ay bet you!" "Well, that's good. What's this wonderful horse's name?" said Holmes, as he took out a notebook and pencil. "His name bane Ajax II, und Ay take care of him myself. My assistant, Carol Linescu, bane no good, und Ay vouldn't trust him. He bane asleep up in the hayloft now. My name bane Olaf Yensen."
Und Ay suspect strongly that my partner out at das stables, Carol Linescu, sviped das Earl's cuff-buttons. Ay saw das rascal hiding someding in das hay up in the loft last evening, und Ay bet you, by Golly, that if you yump on him, you vill find that he is das tief. So!" And the fat little coachman looked around with a cherubic smile on his face. "All right, Yensie, maybe we will. You're excused.
Next." The man who had just been accused of the robbery was now presented by the secretary. He formed a marked contrast to his partner, being tall, dark and slender, with a hangdog expression on his face. "What's your name, and what have you got to say about the disappearance of the diamonds?" pursued the relentless inquisitor. "Carol Linescu. I used to run a livery stable in Bucharest, Roumania.
Then my partner added: "Of course, I couldn't exactly swear to it yet that Eustace is the guilty gink we are after, but I'm going to disguise myself as a race-track follower and go out and talk 'horses' to the two coachmen, Yensen and Linescu, and we'll probably learn some more. I've found a good many other clues on the other shoes, which I will not divulge into your capacious ears until later.
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