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<v Speaker 1>The Field Bazaar, A story of Sherlock Holmes by Sir

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<v Speaker 1>Arthur Conan Doyle, written in eighteen ninety six. Oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>should certainly do it, said Sherlock Holmes. And I started

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<v Speaker 1>at the interruption from My companion had been eating his breakfast,

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<v Speaker 1>with his attention entirely scented upon the paper which was

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<v Speaker 1>propped up by the coffee pot. Now I looked across

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<v Speaker 1>at him, to find his eyes fastened upon me with

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<v Speaker 1>a half amused, half questioning expression which he usually assumed

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<v Speaker 1>when he felt he had made an intellectual point. Do

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<v Speaker 1>what I asked, he smiled, as he took his slipper

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<v Speaker 1>from the mantel piece and drew from it enough shag

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<v Speaker 1>tobacco to fill the old clay pipe with which he

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<v Speaker 1>invariably rounded off his breakfast. The most characteristic question of yours,

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<v Speaker 1>Watson said he You will not, I am sure, be

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<v Speaker 1>offended if I say that any reputation for sharpness which

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<v Speaker 1>I may possess has been entirely gained by the admirable

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<v Speaker 1>foil which you have made for me. Have I not

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<v Speaker 1>heard of debutants who have insisted upon plainness in their chaperones?

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<v Speaker 1>And there is a certain analogy. Our long companionship in

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<v Speaker 1>the Baker Street rooms had left us on those easy

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<v Speaker 1>terms of intimacy, when much may be said without offense.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet I acknowledge that I was nettled by his remark.

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<v Speaker 1>I may be very obtuse, said I that I confess

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<v Speaker 1>that I am unable to see how you have managed

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<v Speaker 1>to know that I was. I was asked to help

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<v Speaker 1>in the Edinburgh University bazaar, but precisely the letter was

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<v Speaker 1>only just come to hand, and I have not spoken

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<v Speaker 1>to you since. In spite of that, said Holmes, leaning

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<v Speaker 1>back in his chair and putting his finger tips together.

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<v Speaker 1>I would even venture to suggest that the object of

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<v Speaker 1>the bazaar is to enlarge the University cricket field. I

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<v Speaker 1>looked at him in such bewilderment that he vibrated with

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<v Speaker 1>silent laughter. The fact is, my dear Watson, that you

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<v Speaker 1>are an excellent sum said he. You are never blase,

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<v Speaker 1>You respond instantly to any external stimulus. Your mental processes

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<v Speaker 1>may be slow, but they are never obscure. And I

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<v Speaker 1>found during breakfast that you were easier reading than the

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<v Speaker 1>leader in the times in front of me. Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>should be glad to know how you arrived at your conclusions,

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<v Speaker 1>said I. I fear that my good nature in giving

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<v Speaker 1>explanations has seriously compromised my reputation, said Olmes. But in

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<v Speaker 1>this case the train of reasoning is based upon such

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<v Speaker 1>obvious facts. The new credit can be claimed for it.

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<v Speaker 1>You entered the room with a thoughtful expression, the expression

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<v Speaker 1>of a man who is debating some point in his mind.

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<v Speaker 1>In your hand you held this solitary letter. Now, last

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<v Speaker 1>night you retired in the best of spirit, so it

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<v Speaker 1>was clear that it was this letter in your hand

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<v Speaker 1>which had caused the change in your aer This is obvious. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's all obvious when it's explained to you. I naturally

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<v Speaker 1>asked myself what the letter could contain which might have

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<v Speaker 1>this effect upon you. As you walked, you held the

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<v Speaker 1>flap side of the envelope toward me, and I saw

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<v Speaker 1>upon it the same shield shaped device which I have

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<v Speaker 1>observed upon your old college cricket cap. It was clear

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<v Speaker 1>then that the request came from Edinburgh University or from

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<v Speaker 1>some club connected with the university. When you reached the table,

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<v Speaker 1>you laid down the letter beside your plate with the

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<v Speaker 1>addressed uppermost, and you walked over to look at the

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<v Speaker 1>framed photograph upon the left of the mantelpiece. It amazed

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<v Speaker 1>me to see the accuracy with which he had observed

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<v Speaker 1>my movement. And what next, I asked. I began by

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<v Speaker 1>glancing at the address, and I could tell, even at

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<v Speaker 1>the distance of six feet, that it was unofficial communication.

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<v Speaker 1>Thus I gathered from the use of the word doctor

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<v Speaker 1>upon the address, to which, as a bachelor of medicine,

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<v Speaker 1>you have no legal claim. I knew that Universe city

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<v Speaker 1>officials are pedantic in their correct use of titles. That

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<v Speaker 1>I was thus enabled to say with certainty that your

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<v Speaker 1>letter was unofficial when on your return to the table,

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<v Speaker 1>you turned over your letter and allowed me to perceive

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<v Speaker 1>that the enclosure was a printed one. The idea of

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<v Speaker 1>a bazaar first occurred to me. I had already weighed

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<v Speaker 1>the possibility of its being a political communication, with this

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<v Speaker 1>seemed improbable in the present stagnant condition of politics. So

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<v Speaker 1>when you returned to the table your face still retained

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<v Speaker 1>its expression. Then it was evident that your examination of

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<v Speaker 1>the photograph had not changed the current of your thoughts.

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<v Speaker 1>In that case, it must itself bear upon the subject

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<v Speaker 1>in question. I turned my attention to the photograph therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>and saw at once that it consisted of yourself as

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<v Speaker 1>a member of the Edinburgh University eleven, with the pavilion

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<v Speaker 1>and cricket field in the background. My small experience of

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<v Speaker 1>cricket clubs has taught me that, next to churches, in

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<v Speaker 1>cavalry and signs, they are the most debt latent things

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<v Speaker 1>upon earth. When upon your return to the table, I

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<v Speaker 1>saw you take out your pencil and draw lines upon

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<v Speaker 1>the envelope, I was convinced that you were endeavoring to

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<v Speaker 1>realize some projected improvement which was to be brought about

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<v Speaker 1>by a bazaar. Your face still showed some indecision, so

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<v Speaker 1>that I was able to break in upon you with

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<v Speaker 1>my advice that you should assist in so good an option.

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<v Speaker 1>I could not help smiling at the extreme simplicity of

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<v Speaker 1>his explanation. Of course, it was as easy as parsible,

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<v Speaker 1>said I. My remark appeared to nettle him. I may add,

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<v Speaker 1>said he that the particular help which you have been

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<v Speaker 1>asked to give was that you should write in their album,

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<v Speaker 1>and that you have already made up your mind that

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<v Speaker 1>the present incident will be the subject of your article.

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<v Speaker 1>But but, but, how I cried it's as easy as parsible,

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<v Speaker 1>said he, and I leave it solution to your own ingenuity.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime he had had raising his paper. You

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<v Speaker 1>will excuse me if I return to this very interesting

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<v Speaker 1>article upon the Trees of Premona and the exact reasons

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<v Speaker 1>for the pre eminence of the manufacture of fire limbs.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one of those small outlying problems to which I

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<v Speaker 1>am sometimes tempted to direct my attention. And of the

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<v Speaker 1>field of Bazaar by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle