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loosened
paper
hecontinued:ItakeitthatMrMonkhousewasnotafresh-air
enthusiast."
HewasnotIreplied.Hedidn'tmuchcareforopenwindowsespe-
cially at night. But how did you arrive at that fact?
Iwaslookingatthewallpaper.Thisisnotadamphousebutyetthe
paperonthewallsofthisroomislooseningandpeelingoffinalldirec-
tions.Andifyounoticethedistributionofthistendencyyougettheim-
pressionthatthemoisturewhichloosenedthepaperproceededfromthe
neighbourhoodofthebed.Thewallwhichismostaffectedistheone
againstwhichthebedstood;andthepartofthatwallthathassuffered
mostisthatwhichwasnearesttotheoccupantofthebedandespecially
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tohishead.Thatlargepiecehangingdownisjustwherethemain
stream of his breath would have impinged.
YesIseetheconnectionnowyoumentionit;andyetIamsurprised
thathisbreathaloneshouldhavemadetheairoftheroomsodamp.All
throughthewinterseasonwhenthewindowwouldbeshutmost
closelythegaswasburning;andatnightwhenthegaswasouthe
commonlyhadhiscandle-lampalight.Ishouldhavethoughtthatthe
gas and the candle together would have kept the air fairly dry.
ThatsaidThorndyke t�h�e� �w�i�f�e� �o�f�H�e�c�t�o�r�c�a�m�e[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] or maybe it was merely confusion,isacommondelusion.Asamatteroffact
theywouldhavequitetheoppositeeffect.Youhaveonlytoholdanin-
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