Sherlock Holmes
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Today's column seems rather uninspired, I'm afraid.
And when it occurs in a paper noted for its excellence in typesetting, one realizes that this is no mistake.
This is undoubtedly a code message.
I accept your challenge, my dear Le Villard.
If you recall, the Baconian bilateral cipher depends upon the use of two sizes of type.
If we group the letters in units of five, the arrangements of small and capital letters within the group should give us the message.
Now, let's see.
Two capitals followed by three small gives us the letter HP.
Then two capitals, one small, two more.
That gives us E-H-E.
No mere printing accident could so readily fall into one of the great traditional ciphers.
Now, let's see.
This message reads H-E-L.