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"S. V."

           Whenitarrivedbeforetheletterwhichitshouldchoosetoformthewordrequired,itstopped;butifitstoppeditwasbecauseitheardthenoiseimperceptibletoallothersofatoothpickthattheAmericansnappedinhispocket.ThatnoisewasthesignalforMunitototaketheletterandarrangeitinsuitableorder."

           "Andthatwasallthesecret?"criedDickSand.

           "Thatwasthewholesecret,"repliedMrs.Weldon."Itisverysimple,likeallthatisdoneinthematterofprestidigitation.IncaseoftheAmerican’sabsence,MunitowouldbenolongerMunito.Iam,then,astonished,hismasternotbeingthereif,indeed,thetraveler,SamuelVernon,haseverbeenitsmasterthatDingocouldhaverecognizedthosetwoletters."

           "Infact,"repliedCaptainHull,"itisveryastonishing.But,takenotice,thereareonlytwolettersinquestionhere,twoparticularletters,andnotawordchosenbychance.Afterall,thatdogwhichrangatthedoorofaconventtotakepossessionoftheplateintendedforthepoorpassers-by,thatotherwhichcommissionedatthesametimewithoneofitskind,toturnthespitfortwodayseach,andwhichrefusedtofillthatofficewhenitsturnhadnotcome,thosetwodogs,Isay,advancedfartherthanDingointothatdomainofintelligencereservedforman.Besides,weareinthepresenceofaninscrutablefact.Ofallthelettersofthatalphabet,Dingohasonlychosenthesetwo:SandV.Theothersitdoesnotevenseemtoknow

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