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the needles."
"You explored the floors beneath the carpets?"
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Beyond doubt. We removed every carpet, and examined the boards with the
microscope."
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And the paper on the walls?"
Yes."
You looked into the cellars?"
We did."
Then," I said, "you have been making a miscalculation, and the letter
is not upon the premises, as you suppose."
"I fear you are right there," said the Prefect. "And now, Dupin, what
would you advise me to do?"
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To make a thorough re-search of the premises."
That is absolutely needless," replied G--. "I am not more sure that I
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