'Look over the whole bundle,' said he. 'There are at least twenty of them. If this is a disguised hand, it is possible that he may have betrayed himself in some of the others.'
The lawyer went over the letters, one by one, carefully comparing them; but still the character was the same. All of them were in the free, flowing style of a good penman; while the letter which Harson had produced was written in a bold, but stiff and ungraceful hand.
'Where did you get this?' said Holmes, pointing to the one which Harson had received from Kornicker.
'It was brought to me by a clerk of his this morning.'
'Then you know him?' said Holmes.
'I never saw him in my life.'
'Have you ever had any business with him through others?'
Harson shook his head. 'Never.'
'How do you know that the person who brought this letter was from Rust?' inquired he.
'The letter proposes an interview. If it isn't from him, the cheat would be found out when I go.'