[NPPF] Canto Four: Nail Scissors
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keithsz at concentric.net
Mon Aug 11 00:35:38 CDT 2003
"So far as I can follow you, then, Mr. Holmes," said Sir Henry Baskerville,
"someone cut out this message with a scissors --"
"Nail-scissors," said Holmes. "You can see that it was a very short-bladed
scissors, since the cutter had to take two snips over 'keep away.' "
"That is so. Someone, then, cut out the message with a pair of short-bladed
scissors, pasted it with paste --"
"Gum," said Holmes.
"With gum on to the paper. But I want to know why the word 'moor' should
have been written?"
"Because he could not find it in print. The other words were all simple and
might be found in any issue, but 'moor' would be less common."
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