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I had given him the original English or some kind of a translation.
I answered this satisfactorily, and for more than an hour he toiled away, breathing hard at times and swaying from side to side, whenever he thought he was about to find a clew.
Presently he called to me again.
"I forgot to ask," said he, "whether this was to be read backwards or sideways."
"Straight ahead," I answered.
