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The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
Barnicot’sroomsweretheexactduplicatesoftheonewhichwasdestroyedinMorseHudson’sshop?”
“Theyweretakenfromthesamemould.”
“SuchafactmusttellagainstthetheorythatthemanwhobreaksthemisinfluencedbyanygeneralhatredofNapoleon.ConsideringhowmanyhundredsofstatuesofthegreatEmperormustexistinLondon,itistoomuchtosupposesuchacoincidenceasthatapromiscuousiconoclastshouldchancetobeginuponthreespecimensofthesamebust.”
“Well,Ithoughtasyoudo,”saidLestrade.“Ontheotherhand,thisMorseHudsonisthepurveyorofbustsinthatpartofLondon,andthesethreeweretheonlyoneswhichhadbeeninhisshopforyears.So,although,asyousay,therearemanyhundredsofstatuesinLondon,itisveryprobablethatthesethreeweretheonlyonesinthatdistrict.Therefore,alocalfanaticwouldbeginwiththem.Whatdoyouthink,Dr.Watson?”
“Therearenolimitstothepossibilitiesofmonomania,”Ianswered.“ThereistheconditionwhichthemodernFrenchpsychologistshavecalledtheidéefixe,whichmaybetriflingincharacter,andaccompaniedbycompletesanityineveryotherway.AmanwhohadreaddeeplyaboutNapoleon,orwhohadpossiblyreceivedsomehereditaryfamilyinjurythroughthegreatwar,mightconceivablyformsuchanidéefixeandunderitsinfluencebecapableofanyfantasticoutrage.”
“Thatwon’tdo,mydearWatson,”saidHolmes,shakinghishead,“fornoamountofidéefixewouldenableyourinterestingmonomaniactofindoutwherethesebustsweresituated.
