The Gold-Bug

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I made no doubt that here was the 'devil's seat' alluded to in the MS.†

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The shrub here often attains the height of fifteen or twenty feet, and forms an almost impenetrable coppice, burthening the air with its fragrance.†

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But I was sorely put out by the absence of all else—of the body to my imagined instrument—of the text for my context.†

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We, finally, lightened the box by removing two thirds of its contents, when we were enabled, with some trouble, to raise it from the hole.†

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In the mean time I endeavored, but all in vain, to sound him in regard to the object of the expedition.†

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Hereupon Legrand arose, with a grave and stately air, and brought me the beetle from a glass case in which it was enclosed.†

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"I am anxious to oblige you in any way," I replied; "but do you mean to say that this infernal beetle has any connection with your expedition into the hills?"†

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Circumstances, and a certain bias of mind, have led me to take interest in such riddles, and it may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma of the kind which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve.†

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After some inquiries respecting his health, I asked him, not knowing what better to say, if he had yet obtained the scarabaeus from Lieutenant G ——.†

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And nevertheless it was done.†

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"It left me also in the dark," replied Legrand, "for a few days; during which I made diligent inquiry, in the neighborhood of Sullivan's Island, for any building which went by the name of the 'Bishop's Hotel;' for, of course, I dropped the obsolete word 'hostel.'†

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Looking beyond these words, for a short distance, we again see the combination;48, and employ it by way of termination to what immediately precedes.†

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I became perfectly certain of this; for I recollected turning up first one side and then the other, in search of the cleanest spot.†

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This reflection suggested some meaning—some relevancy—in the death's-head.†

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For some minutes he continued to scrutinize the drawing minutely where he sat.†

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We estimated the entire contents of the chest, that night, at a million and a half of dollars; and upon the subsequent disposal of the trinkets and jewels (a few being retained for our own use), it was found that we had greatly undervalued the treasure.†

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And what cause have you, Jupiter, for such a supposition?†

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In the present case—indeed in all cases of secret writing—the first question regards the language of the cipher; for the principles of solution, so far, especially, as the more simple ciphers are concerned, depend upon, and are varied by, the genius of the particular idiom.†