You remember … that some little time ago when I read you the passage in one of Poe’s sketches in which a close reasoner follows the unspoken thoughts of his companion, you were inclined to treat the matter as a mere tour-de-force of the author.
Strand Magazine quotes
View All Authors View SourcesWhat a blind beetle I have been!
— Arthur Conan Doyle (1893)
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk