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The Musgrave Ritual

           

           "Thiswasexcellentnews,Watson,foritshowedmethatIwasontherightroad.Ilookedupatthesun.Itwaslowintheheavens,andIcalculatedthatinlessthananhouritwouldliejustabovethetopmostbranchesoftheoldoak.OneconditionmentionedintheRitualwouldthenbefulfilled.Andtheshadowoftheelmmustmeanthefartherendoftheshadow,otherwisethetrunkwouldhavebeenchosenastheguide.Ihad,then,tofindwherethefarendoftheshadowwouldfallwhenthesunwasjustclearoftheoak."

           "Thatmusthavebeendifficult,Holmes,whentheelmwasnolongerthere."

           "Well,atleastIknewthatifBruntoncoulddoit,Icouldalso.Besides,therewasnorealdifficulty.IwentwithMusgravetohisstudyandwhittledmyselfthispeg,towhichItiedthislongstringwithaknotateachyard.ThenItooktwolengthsofafishing-rod,whichcametojustsixfeet,andIwentbackwithmyclienttowheretheelmhadbeen.Thesunwasjustgrazingthetopoftheoak.Ifastenedtherodonend,markedoutthedirectionoftheshadow,andmeasuredit.Itwasninefeetinlength.

           "Ofcoursethecalculationnowwasasimpleone.Ifarodofsixfeetthrewashadowofnine,atreeofsixty-fourfeetwouldthrowoneofninety-six,andthelineoftheonewouldofcoursebethelineoftheother.Imeasuredoutthedistance,whichbroughtmealmosttothewallofthehouse,andIthrustapegintothespot.

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