From:        Richard Lawson, sterman@sprynet.com

: Nouma grimaced; he was losing ground here.  She was becoming 
: angrier, now that all of her suspicions had been confirmed.
: Nevertheless, he tried to see it through.  "To paraphrase 
: the esteemed Mr. Holmes, when you eliminate the highly 
: probable, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the
: truth.

Huh?  Sorry, I don't get this at all.  Why would you eliminate the
highly probable?

Wow, I can't believe you haven't come across this saying before,
Sebastian.  It *is* a quote from Sherlock Holmes (aka Arthur Conan
Doyle).

I think what's throwing him is that the quote's wrong. The real quote 
reads something like: "Once you eliminate the *impossible*, then whatever 
remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Makes more sense that 
way, ne?

More detailed C&C on all four parts when the group meets this weekend, OK?




Travis Butler
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