`The Purloined Letter`

The arrival of G , to Dupin 's place can be compared to the arrival of a defeated soldier from the front . Both had not seen each other for several years . G was full of anxieties , for his inability to solve the case for the past more than a month . He had exercised all his administrative skills , followed the methods of investigations that were imparted in the police training school and also in the practical school of experience , and yet he is nowhere near to crack the case . To use highhanded methods of the

police is not feasible due to the sensitive nature of the case and the personalities involved in the case -one is a Minister in the Government , and the other is Queen . He finds himself between the devil and the deep sea . As per the wishes of Dupin , they decide to discuss the issue in the dark . G makes fun of the understanding of Dupin in a light-hearted manner by saying , That is another of your odd notions " said the Prefect , who had a fashion of calling every thing "odd " that was beyond his comprehension , and thus lived amid an absolute legion of "oddities (The Purloined ) Dupin provides him with a pipe (a signal to make him free from his anxieties to the extent possible ) and a comfortable chair to sit

The ego problem and the piercing thought that he is unable to solve the case thus far create the upheavals in the mind of G which he is desperately trying to hide . When Dupin asks whether the issue is serious , he replies "Oh no nothing of that nature . The fact is , the business is very simple indeed , and I make no doubt that we can manage it sufficiently well ourselves but then I thought Dupin would like...