"I am glad to report some promising developments in the case over the last few days. I feel confident that we are on the verge of a successful conclusion to the mystery that has baffled us for so long."
"That is excellent news. Can you now point to the culprit?"
"One step at a time, I'm afraid: if we pounce too soon, all will be lost. Indeed, we must exert the utmost care to spin a web around our prey from which there will be no escape."
"I am intrigued to know how you have disentangled this conundrum."
"Well, what is remarkable is how the entire case has turned on one apparently insignificant event."
"That is astonishing! May I inquire–?
"You remember the bag of sugared almonds? How it inexplicably went missing?"
"–The sugared almonds, you say?"
"Exactly. I kept thinking it made no sense for them to be taken. And then it dawned on me – everything suddenly became as clear as crystal."
"Ah – I must apologise. I don't know what came over me."
"I beg your pardon – apologise for what?"
"The sugared almonds. A weakness of mine."
"You took the sugared almonds?"
"I thought that was what you had deduced?"
"No, no, not at all..."
"Oh... Well, please continue..."
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