human
If I were Alphonse Dupin, he remarked, calmly, grasping my excitement,
gpt
I would deduce that you have discovered something. I would also deduce that you believe it important and that you have no intention of withholding the information from me, whatever it is.
human
Correct,
gpt
I fixed it so that he won't hear of my visit, at least for some time. He won't suspect who it was, in any case.
human
Not like the one used,
gpt
I thought that, I explained.
human
It simply indicates he is a dope fiend and is familiar with the use of a needle. Here! I produced the ink filler which I had used to bring a sample of the contents of the bottle.
gpt
This seems to be what he uses. What is it?
human
It's a coca preparation, he explained.
gpt
If Werner uses this, he's unquestionably a regular drug addict.
human
Well, I paused, triumphantly,
gpt
Not necessarily,
human
He's familiar with hypodermic syringes,
gpt
Which doesn't prove that no one else would use one.
human
Anyhow, he was out until four A.M. last night and some one broke into Phelps's house to--
gpt
You can't establish the fact that he went out there. There are plenty of other places he could have been until four in the morning.
human
But I can assume--
gpt
If you are going to assume anything, Walter, why not assume he was the second man, the man who watched the actual intruder?