"You are not quite in possession of the facts yet," said Holmes. "This splinter of wood, which I have every reason to believe to be poisoned, was in the man's scalp where you still see the mark; this card, inscribed as you see it, was on the table; and beside it lay this rather curious stone-headed instrument. How does all that fit into your theory?"
»En toch zijt gij nog niet op de hoogte der feiten," zei Holmes, »deze houtsplinter, die, naar ik alle reden heb te gelooven, vergiftigd is, stak achter het oor van den man, zooals gij daar nog zien kunt, deze kaart zooals gij haar thans ziet, lag op de tafel en daarnaast lag dit vreemdsoortig instrument met steenen knop.