"Yes, why?"
"Because those three houses were built by the same architect. That was an easy problem, eh? Of course … but who would have thought of it?"
"No one but you."
"And who, except I, knows that the same architect, by the use of analogous plans, has rendered it possible for a person to execute three distinct acts which, though miraculous in appearance, are, in reality, quite simple and easy?"
"That was a stroke of good luck."
"And it was time, dear boy, as I was becoming very impatient. You know, this is our fourth day."
"Out of ten."
"Oh! after this―"
Sholmes was excited, delighted, and gayer than usual.
"And when I think that these rascals might have attacked me in the street and broken my arm just as they did yours! Isn't that so, Wilson?"
Wilson simply shivered at the ho
