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Tonight, I will be reading

The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds

by Guy Boothby.

So lie down, close your eyes,

and let me read you a story. To the reflective mind, the rapidity with

which the inhabitants of the world's greatest city sees upon a new name or idea and

familiarize themselves with it, can scarcely prove otherwise

than astonishing. As an illustration of my meaning, let me take the case of Clemo, the now-famous

private detective, who has won for himself the right to be considered as great as Lecoq,

or even the late lamented Sherlock Holmes.

At to a certain morning, London had never even heard his name, nor had it the remotest notion

as to who or what he might be. It was as sublimely ignorant and careless on the subject

as the inhabitants of Kamchatka or Peru. Within 24 hours,

however, the whole aspect of the case was changed. The man, woman, or child, who had not seen his

posters or heard his name, was counted an ignoramus, unworthy of intercourse with human beings.

Princes became familiar with it, as their trains bore them to Windsor to luncheon with the Queen.

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