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The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
Doesthatstrikeyouaslikely?”
“Whynot?Therewaswineineachglass.”
“Exactly,buttherewasbeeswingonlyinoneglass.Youmusthavenoticedthatfact.Whatdoesthatsuggesttoyourmind?”
“Thelastglassfilledwouldbemostlikelytocontainbeeswing.”
“Notatall.Thebottlewasfullofit,anditisinconceivablethatthefirsttwoglasseswereclearandthethirdheavilychargedwithit.Therearetwopossibleexplanations,andonlytwo.Oneisthatafterthesecondglasswasfilledthebottlewasviolentlyagitated,andsothethirdglassreceivedthebeeswing.Thatdoesnotappearprobable.No,no,IamsurethatIamright.”
“What,then,doyousuppose?”
“Thatonlytwoglasseswereused,andthatthedregsofbothwerepouredintoathirdglass,soastogivethefalseimpressionthatthreepeoplehadbeenhere.Inthatwayallthebeeswingwouldbeinthelastglass,woulditnot?Yes,Iamconvincedthatthisisso.ButifIhavehituponthetrueexplanationofthisonesmallphenomenon,theninaninstantthecaserisesfromthecommonplacetotheexceedinglyremarkable,foritcanonlymeanthatLadyBrackenstallandhermaidhavedeliberatelyliedtous,thatnotonewordoftheirstoryistobebelieved,thattheyhavesomeverystrongreasonforcoveringtherealcriminal,andthatwemustconstructourcaseforourselveswithoutanyhelpfromthem.Thatisthemissionwhichnowliesbeforeus,andhere,Watson,istheSydenhamtrain.
