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  1. Caught in the gas-light of Covent Garden, the hunted man lowers his eyes as a flush climbs his pale cheeks and he gives up his false name, James Ryder.

    The Real Name

    A flush sprang to the white cheeks of the stranger. “Well then,” said he, “my real name is James Ryder.”

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  2. Holmes's steady hand raises the blazing blue stone above the open strong-box, a single cold star in the amber firelit room.

    The Blue Carbuncle Held Up

    Our visitor staggered to his feet and clutched the mantelpiece with his right hand. Holmes unlocked his strong-box and held up the blue carbuncle, which shone out like a star, with a cold, brilliant, many-pointed radiance. Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.

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  3. Chapter 3

    Holmes unmasks Ryder and lets him go

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