Dr. Mortimer looked at Holmes with an air of professional interest,
and Sir Henry Baskerville turned a pair of puzzled dark eyes upon me.

"I don't know much about the tariff and things of that kind," said
he, "but it seems to me we've got a bit off the trail so far as
that note is concerned."

"On the contrary, I think we are particularly hot upon the trail,
Sir Henry. Watson here knows more about my methods than you do,
but I fear that even he has not quite grasped the significance
of this sentence."

"No, I confess that I see no connection."

"And yet, my dear Watson, there is so very close a connection that
the one is extracted out of the other. 'You,' 'your,' 'your,'
'life,' 'reason,' 'value,' 'keep away,' 'from the.' Don't you
see now whence these words have been taken?"

"By thunder, you're right! Well, if that isn't smart!" cried
Sir Henry.

"If any possible doubt remained it is settled by the fact that
'keep away' and 'from the' are cut out in one piece."

"Well, now--so it is!"

"Really, Mr. Holmes, this exceeds anything which I could have
imagined," said Dr. Mortimer, gazing at my friend in amazement.
"I could understand anyone saying that the words were from a