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The Runic Writing Exercises the Professor

           "Whatdoesitallmean?"hekeptrepeatingmechanically.

           UponmyhonourIcouldnothaveenlightenedhim.Besideshedidnotaskme,andhewentontalkingtohimself.

           "Thisiswhatiscalledacryptogram,orcipher,"hesaid,"inwhichlettersarepurposelythrowninconfusion,whichifproperlyarrangedwouldrevealtheirsense.Onlythinkthatunderthisjargontheremaylieconcealedthecluetosomegreatdiscovery!"

           Asforme,Iwasofopinionthattherewasnothingatall,init;though,ofcourse,Itookcarenottosayso.

           ThentheProfessortookthebookandtheparchment,anddiligentlycomparedthemtogether.

           "Thesetwowritingsarenotbythesamehand,"hesaid;"thecipherisoflaterdatethanthebook,anundoubtedproofofwhichIseeinamoment.Thefirstletterisadoublem,aletterwhichisnottobefoundinTurlleson’sbook,andwhichwasonlyaddedtothealphabetinthefourteenthcentury.Thereforetherearetwohundredyearsbetweenthemanuscriptandthedocument."

           Iadmittedthatthiswasastrictlylogicalconclusion.

           "Iamthereforeledtoimagine,"continuedmyuncle,"thatsomepossessorofthisbookwrotethesemysteriousletters.Butwhowasthatpossessor?Ishisnamenowheretobefoundinthemanuscript?"

           Myuncleraisedhisspectacles,tookupastronglens,andcarefullyexaminedtheblankpagesofthebook.

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