"Surely my deductions are simplicity itself," said he.
"It would be difficult to name any articles which afford a finer
field for inference than a pair of glasses, especially so
remarkable a pair as these. That they belong to a woman I
infer from their delicacy, and also, of course, from the last
words of the dying man. As to her being a person of refinement
and well dressed, they are, as you perceive, handsomely mounted
in solid gold, and it is inconceivable that anyone who wore such
glasses could be slatternly in other respects. You will find
that the clips are too wide for your nose, showing that the
lady's nose was very broad at the base. This sort of nose is
usually a short and coarse one, but there are a sufficient number
of exceptions to prevent me from being dogmatic or from insisting
upon this point in my description. My own face is a narrow one,
and yet I find that I cannot get my eyes into the centre, or
near the centre, of these glasses. Therefore the lady's eyes
are set very near to the sides of the nose. You will perceive,
Watson, that the glasses are concave and of unusual strength.
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