None of them, as you can see,
shows fibres resembling this one in question, so that we may
conclude that it is of uncommon quality.
"Here I have the fibres, also, of four pieces of paper that have
already figured in the case. These four correspond, as well as the
indentures of the torn edges. As for the fibres, lest you should
question the accuracy of the method, I may say that I know of a
case where a man in Germany was arrested, charged with stealing a
government bond. He was not searched until later. There was no
evidence, save that after the arrest a large number of spitballs
were found around the courtyard under his cell window. This method
of comparing the fibres of the regular government paper was used,
and by it the man was convicted of stealing the bond. I think it
is unnecessary to add that in the present case I can see
definitely that not only the four pieces of paper that bore
warnings to us were the same kind, but that this whole sheet, with
its anonymous warning to you, is also the same."
Inez Mendoza looked at Kennedy as though he possessed some weird
power. Her face, which had already been startled into an
expression of fear at his mention of Lockwood, now was pale.
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