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It was half-past five before Holmes returned. He was bright, eager, and in excellent spirits -- a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression.
"There is no great mystery in this matter," he said, taking the cup of tea which I had poured out for him. "The facts appear to admit of only one explanation. "