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#220 Precision

[funkysfinest]

Here is a scan of the card, I've not had a chance to look at it yet; so no thoughts at present.

[aliendial]

Seems to have come from this story, but there are problems - not in sequence:

http://yoak.com/sherlock/stories/casebook/creeping_man.txt

[the]re were, however, certain

[impression]s flash up the more vividly

[I gat]her, a man of very virile

[ i]f they were less eligible

open face of our visitor c[louded]

asked Holmes. [new para here] Our visitor wa[s]

[perhap]s, or share cenificates, [typo in my source? certificates?]

[Ben]nett. "Is it possible that

[B]ennett, will certainly see

four choices for this, but this is the one that comes next in text after the last item:
[w]as a period of excitement [others: was a 'man of habits', 'case of active', 'scene of the']

"To me, sir!" [paragraph break] "Possibly the[re]

dear sir, there is no nee[d]

etc etc I have to go to work (there are 11 possibilities for the next line)...(so I skipped that one): _______ _______." "I

[tha]t his memory is much more

whisper. Looking between th[e]

possible connection can there

vintage of which Holmes had

nothing of my friend for the n[ext]

which was given us by Mr.

roaring in rage, the other

[manleym]

The answer box is a simple whats the answer

Attempts

Adventure of the Creeping Man
Creeping Man

No Luck so far

[aliendial]

Just the title would seem too simple a solution for a black card.

[manleym]

[drinkmonsters]

i have tried

[crovax1234]

Something I've noticed. There are no dotted letters in all of the present words. All the lowercase Is and Js are in the blanked out words, and a majority of the blanked out words contain the letter I.

[aliendial]

I edited my post above to show all the lines - I skipped the one with 11 possibilities. Possibly we need to construct a sentence out of the words? From first letters? Any relevance to the words that were cut off? Maybe THOSE letters (I supplied the rest of the cut off words in brackets) mean something? Anything happen if we rearrange the lines in the order they actually appear in the story? (Because yes, I have to go to work...)

[aliendial]

I see echidna has solved this. But echidna is not posting in the forums . . .

[echidna]

Sorry everyone, I hadn't realised that I was still the only solver. I've had a few people asking for hints so I'll post them here rather than sending out multiple PMs.

[manleym]

The only Idea i can get out of the card at the moment and echidna's clue is

[aliendial]

That wasn't "asking for hints". That was "begging for an answer". But OK.

Even though the dots are gray, I keep seeing colors...

[crovax1234]

EDIT: Now that I see how wrong I was, I'm revoking this so noone gets lead down the same incorrect path I lead myself down.

[aliendial]

I can't see it.

*steps off the path*

Starts looking for another path....