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The interval between letter and death is the gap between steam and sail. Measure a victim's remaining days.
Holmes cracks the pattern: the warning travels by mail steamer, the killers follow by sailing ship. The difference in passage is the victim's whole allowance of time.
Drawn from The Five Orange Pips (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1891) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Pips' Calendar, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.