Huxtable.
"Now, Watson," said he, "we have picked up two clues this morning.
One is the bicycle with the Palmer tyre, and we see what that
has led to. The other is the bicycle with the patched Dunlop.
Before we start to investigate that, let us try to realize what
we DO know so as to make the most of it, and to separate the
essential from the accidental."
"First of all I wish to impress upon you that the boy certainly
left of his own free will. He got down from his window and he
went off, either alone or with someone. That is sure."
I assented.
"Well, now, let us turn to this unfortunate German master.
The boy was fully dressed when he fled. Therefore, he foresaw
what he would do. But the German went without his socks.
He certainly acted on very short notice."
"Undoubtedly."
"Why did he go? Because, from his bedroom window, he saw the
flight of the boy. Because he wished to overtake him and bring
him back. He seized his bicycle, pursued the lad, and in
pursuing him met his death."
"So it would seem."
"Now I come to the critical part of my argument. The natural
action of a man in pursuing a little boy would be to run after him.
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