Page:The Strand Magazine (Volume 63).djvu/102

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"'IT TOOK SOME VIOLENCE TO DO THAT,' SAID HOLMES, GAZING AT THE CHIP ON THE LEDGE. WITH HIS CANE HE STRUCK THE LEDGE SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT LEAVING A MARK. 'YES, IT WAS A HARD KNOCK.'"
(See page 103.)