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That
can
be
done
in
a
very
few
words
,
Mr
.
Holmes
.
The
letter
for
it
was
a
letter
from
a
foreign
potentate
was
received
six
days
ago
.
It
was
of
such
importance
that
I
have
never
left
it
in
my
safe
,
but
have
taken
it
across
each
evening
to
my
house
in
Whitehall
Terrace
,
and
kept
it
in
my
bedroom
in
a
locked
despatch
-
box
.
It
was
there
last
night
.
Of
that
I
am
certain
.
I
actually
opened
the
box
while
I
was
dressing
for
dinner
and
saw
the
document
inside
.
This
morning
it
was
gone
.
The
despatch
-
box
had
stood
beside
the
glass
upon
my
dressing
-
table
all
night
.
I
am
a
light
sleeper
,
and
so
is
my
wife
.
We
are
both
prepared
to
swear
that
no
one
could
have
entered
the
room
during
the
night
.
And
yet
I
repeat
that
the
paper
is
gone
.
What
time
did
you
dine
?
Half
-
past
seven
.
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How
long
was
it
before
you
went
to
bed
?
My
wife
had
gone
to
the
theatre
.
I
waited
up
for
her
.
It
was
half
-
past
eleven
before
we
went
to
our
room
.
Then
for
four
hours
the
despatch
-
box
had
lain
unguarded
?
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No
one
is
ever
permitted
to
enter
that
room
save
the
house
-
maid
in
the
morning
,
and
my
valet
,
or
my
wife
s
maid
,
during
the
rest
of
the
day
.
They
are
both
trusty
servants
who
have
been
with
us
for
some
time
.
Besides
,
neither
of
them
could
possibly
have
known
that
there
was
anything
more
valuable
than
the
ordinary
departmental
papers
in
my
despatch
-
box
.
Who
did
know
of
the
existence
of
that
letter
?
No
one
in
the
house
.