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Tema del mese (mag/26): il mistero

“My word!” Vance smiled. “The farther we go, the more remote infallibility becomes.”
The doctor grinned broadly. “You know Goethe, yes? Eigentlich weiss man nur wenn man wenig weiss; mit dem Wissen wächst der Zweifel.”
“That’s hardly helpful, though.” Vance sighed. “I want to know more, not less.”

“Any further developments?” he asked, lifting his head to Vance with a shrewd, calculating look.
“Oh, any number,” Vance returned non-committally. “We’re bringin’ in the sheaves, as it were. But we’re not rejoicin’ just yet..."

Markham folded the note and pursed his lips. He looked at Vance for a long time; then he remarked: “That seems to simplify matters.”
“Oh, my dear fellow!” Vance protested. “That note merely complicates the situation abominably.”