Watson crept quietly into the room, placed his hat on its old peg and decided to use the duration of his friend's nap to carry on with his account of the Openshaw case. He seated himself at the table, bit the end of his pen, and re-read what he had last written. 'Pray give us the essential facts from the commencement, and I can afterwards question you as to those details which seem to me to be most important.' Watson shuddered. Thank goodness Holmes did not really talk like that; it would be quite insufferable. He'd really said something like, 'Please go on, Mr Openshaw. I will ask you to
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