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Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

           “Whatdoyouthinkofthat?” 

           “Itseemstobeaverydelicatetest,”Iremarked. 

           “Beautiful!beautiful!TheoldGuiacumtestwasveryclumsyanduncertain.Soisthemicroscopicexaminationforbloodcorpuscles.Thelatterisvaluelessifthestainsareafewhoursold. Now,thisappearstoactaswellwhetherthebloodisoldornew. Hadthistestbeeninvented,therearehundredsofmennowwalkingtheearthwhowouldlongagohavepaidthepenaltyoftheircrimes.” 

           “Indeed!”Imurmured. 

           “Criminalcasesarecontinuallyhinginguponthatonepoint. Amanissuspectedofacrimemonthsperhapsafterithasbeencommitted. Hislinenorclothesareexamined,andbrownishstainsdiscovereduponthem. Aretheybloodstains,ormudstains,orruststains,orfruitstains,orwhatarethey?Thatisaquestionwhichhaspuzzledmanyanexpert,andwhy? Becausetherewasnoreliabletest. NowwehavetheSherlockHolmes’test,andtherewillnolongerbeanydifficulty.” 

           Hiseyesfairlyglitteredashespoke,andheputhishandoverhisheartandbowedasiftosomeapplaudingcrowdconjuredupbyhisimagination. 

           “Youaretobecongratulated,”Iremarked,considerablysurprisedathisenthusiasm. 

           “TherewasthecaseofVonBischoffatFrankfortlastyear. Hewouldcertainlyhavebeenhunghadthistestbeeninexistence. ThentherewasMasonofBradford,andthenotoriousMuller,andLefevreofMontpellier,andSamsonofNewOrleans. Icouldnameascoreofcasesinwhichitwouldhavebeendecisive.” 

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