Norman Shelley

Every time, the place has been just the same.

The wastepaper box is still empty every time.

It seems to me he only goes there to meet me.

But Mr. Pycroft's powers of observation rise to even greater levels.

Let's hear again, sir, what else you noticed at your last interview.

Oh, yes.

Well, when he added that bit about the music hall, you know, he kept laughing, and I couldn't help noticing that his second tooth on the left-hand side was a gold one.

Uh, I don't quite follow.

Well, the point is, Dr. Watson, when his brother, Arthur Pinner, had come to my room in London, I'd noticed exactly the same thing about him.

Quite extraordinary.

Phil, I don't quite see him.

Wait a moment.

Let Mr. Pycock tell us what else he has noticed about the brother, Pinner.

Well, I told you what Arthur Pinner looked like.

Middle-sized, black beard, hooked nose, and so on.

Yes, yes.

Well, apart from the beard and maybe the hair being a bit shorter, Harry Pinner might have been his twin.

Perhaps he is.

They're brothers.

Well, that's what I thought, but you see, it was the two of them.