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After the constable had left, Cuff leaned back in his chair. "As to the murder, I fear we know little more than is known to the public. The severity of the injury and the fact that no weapon was found eliminate the possibility of suicide. The dead man's watch, purse, and other valuables were missing-"
"But surely robbery was not the motive for the killing," I interrupted.
"That is correct, Mrs. Emerson. A wandering vagabond,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], of the sort that prowls our streets by night, came upon the body and stripped it of the said valuables. We have the fellow in custody, in fact; he is well known to us, but we don't believe he killed Mr. Oldacre."
"So far you have told me nothing but what is public knowledge," I said. "And not even all of that. What of the strange message clutched in the stiffened fingers of the corpse?"
"How well you put it,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Inspector Cuff admiringly. "Yes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the message. I have a copy of it here."
His desk was exceeded in messiness only by that of my estimable husband; and, like Emerson, Cuff was able to put his hand instantly on the paper he wanted. Drawing it from under a heap of other such documents, he handed it to me.
"They are genuine hieroglyphs," I said. "But there is no such text in Egyptian literature. The messayilai：
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