Why not tell them of the Cornish horror⁠—strangest case I have handled.

Why not tell them of the Cornish horror⁠—strangest case I have handled.

I have no idea what backward sweep of memory had brought the matter fresh to his mind, or what freak had caused him to desire that I should recount it; but I hasten, before another cancelling telegram may arrive, to hunt out the notes which give me the exact details of the case and to lay the narrative before my readers.

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