The procureur blushed. ‘Would you have me believe,’ I continued, ‘that you, a practical man, did not notice that the two are written in quite different pencils?
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “The procureur blushed. ‘Would you have me believe,’ I continued, ‘that you, a practical man, did not notice that the two…”
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Kropotkin challenges the procureur's credibility by pointing out the obvious differences in writing instruments used.
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