A Study in Scarlet (Serial Edition Cover) — page 64: what you’re looking at

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56 A STUDY IN SCARLET. was neither wound nor marks of strangulation? But, on the other hand, whose blood was that which lay so thickly upon the floor? There were no signs of a strug- gle, nor had the victim any weapon with which he might have wounded an antagonist. As long as all these ques- tions were unsolved, I felt that sleep would be no easy matter, either for Holmes or myself. Huis quiet, self- confident manner convinced me that he had already formed a theory which explained all the facts, though what it was I could not for an instant conjecture. He was very late in returning—so late that 1 knew that the concert could not have detained him all the time. Dinner was on the table before he appeared. “Tt was magnificent,” he said, as he took his seat. “Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the power of speech was arrived at. Perhaps that is why we are so subtly influenced by it. There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.” “That’s rather a broad idea,” I remarked. “One’s idea must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature,” he answered. ‘‘What’s the matter ? Yow’re not looking quite yourself. This Brixton Road affair has upset you.” “To tell the truth, it has,” I said. “I ought to be more case-hardened after my Afghan experiences. I saw my own comrades hacked to pieces at Maiwand without losing my nerve.” “TI can understand. There is a mystery about this Goim C) IOOKS (E(0)