It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes. ✨ Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) Red-Headed League
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