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"Which was forty feet from the ground."
"Yes. And now we will consider the very peculiar character of the weapon
with which the crime was committed."
He had placed his hand upon the knob of a drawer, when we were
interrupted by a knock at the door. I sprang up, and, opening it,
admitted no less a person than the porter of Brackenhurst Chambers. The
man looked somewhat surprised on recognizing our visitors, but advanced
to Thorndyke, drawing a folded paper from his pocket.
"I've found the article you were looking for, sir," said he, "and a rare
hunt I had for it. It had stuck in the leaves of one of them shrubs."
Thorndyke opened the packet, and, having glanced inside, laid it on the
table.
"Thank you," said he, pushing a sovereign across to the gratified
official. "The inspector has your name, I think?"
"He have, sir," replied the porter; and, pocketing his fee, he departed,
beaming.
"To return to the dagger," said Thorndyke, opening the drawer. "It was a
very peculiar one, as I have said, and as you will see from this model,
which is an exact duplicate." Here he exhibited Polton's production to
the astonished detective.
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