"Lookhere，Watson，"hesaidwhehwascleared，"justsitdowninthisdletmepreachtoyouforalittle。Idon'tkodo，andIshouldvalueyouradvice。Lightadletmeexpound。"
"Praydoso。"
"Well，now，ihiscasetherearetwopointsaboutyoungMcCarthy'sruckusbothinstantly，althoughtheyimpressedmeinhisfavourandyouagainsthim。Ohathisfathershould，agtohisat，cry'Cooee&#him。Theotherwashissingulardyioarat。Hemumbledseveralwords，youuand，butthatwasallthatcaughttheson'sear。Nowfromthisdoublepointourresearendwewillbeginitbypresumingthatwhattheladsaysisabsolutelytrue。"
"Whatofthis'Cooee'then?"
"Well，obviouslyitothavebeeheson。Theson，asfarasheknew，wasinBristol。Itwasmerecethathewaswithihe'eanttoattracttheattentiowasthathehadtheappoih。But'Cooee'isadistinctlyAustraliandonewhichisusedbetweenAustraliaroionthatthepersoneatBoseonewhohadbeeninAustralia。"
"Whatoftherat，then?"
Sherloestookafoldedpaperfromhispodflatteoable。"ThisisamapoftheyofVictoria，"hesaid。"IwiredtoBristolforitlastnight。"Heputhishaofthemap。"Whatdoyouread?"
"ARAT，"Iread。
"Andnow?"Heraisedhishand。
"BALLARAT。"
"Quiteso。Thatwasthewordthemanuttered，andofwhionlycaughtthelasttwosyllables。Hewastryihenameofhismurderer。Soandso，ofBallarat。"
"Itiswonderful!"Iexclaimed。
"Itisobvious。Andnow，yousee，Ihadhefielddowhepossessiarmentointwhitingtheson'sstateme，wasaty。WehaveerevaguehedefiionofanAustralianfromBallaratwithagreycloak。"
"ly。"
"Andonewhowasathomei，forthepoollybeapproachedbythefarmorbytheestate，wherestrangerscouldhardlywa;
"Quiteso。"
"Thenesourexpeditionoftoday。ByaionairifliailswhichIgavetothatimbecileLestrade，astothepersonalityoftheal。"
"Buthowdidyougai;
"Youkisfouheobservationoftrifles。"
"HisheightIknowthatyhlyjudgefromthelengthofhisstride。Hisboots，too，mightbetoldfromtheirtraces。"
"Yes，theywerepeculiarboots。"
"Buthislame;
"Theimpressionhtfootwasalwayslessdistinhisleft。Heputlessweightuponit。Why?Becausehelimped-hewaslame。"
"Buthisleft-ha;
"Youwereyourselfstruckbytheheinjuryasrecordedbythesurgeo。Theblowwasstruediatelybehioside。Now，howthatbeuwerebyaleft-handedmaoodbehindthattreedurierviewbetweeherandson。Hehadevehere。Ifoundtheashofacigar，whichmyspeowledgeoftobaccoasheseopronounIndiancigar。Ihave，asyoukedsomeattentiontothis，alemonographontheashesof140differeiesofpipe，dcigarettetobagfouhenlookedroundahestumpamongthemosswherehehadtossedit。ItwasanIndiancigar，ofthevarietywhicharerolledinRotterdam。"
"Andthecigar-holder?"
"Icouldseethattheendhadnotbeeninhismouth。Thereforeheusedaholder。Thetiphadbeenotbittenoff，buttheotae，soIdedutpe;
"Holmes，"Isaid，"youhavedrawhismanfromwhiotesdyouhavesavedahumarulyasifyouhadcutthecordwhiginghim。Iseethedireoiis。。。"
"MrJoh;criedthehoteleningthed-room，andusheringinavisitor。