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"Yes, sir. I am afraid that I am a little late, but I am not
quite my own master, you know. I am sorry that Miss Sutherland
has troubled you about this little matter, for I think it is far
better not to wash linen of the sort in public. It was quite
against my wishes that she came, but she is a very excitable,
impulsive girl, as you may have noticed, and she is not easily
controlled when she has made up her mind on a point. Of course,
I did not mind you so much, as you are not connected with the
official police, but it is not pleasant to have a family
misfortune like this noised abroad. Besides, it is a useless
expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel?"
"On the contrary," said Holmes quietly; "I have every reason to
believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel."
Mr. Windibank gave a violent start and dropped his gloves. "I am
delighted to hear it," he said.
"It is a curious thing," remarked Holmes, "that a typewriter has
really quite as much individuality as a man's handwriting.
Unless they are quite new, no two of them write exactly alike.
Some letters get more worn than others, and some wear only on
one side. Now, you remark in this note of yours, Mr. Windibank,
that in every case there is some little slurring over of the
'e,' and a slight defect in the tail of the 'r.' There are
fourteen other characteristics, but those are the more obvious."
WPM
0
accuracy
100%
errors
0
time
00:00

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About this test

The text has 1,400 characters and 264 words.

Beyond the basic course characters, the text has extra punctuation and less common letters (q, v, x). It's one of the texts we use to check your level for the certificate.

At 36 WPM it takes about 8 minutes to type; at 60 WPM, about 4.5 minutes.