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In the first sentence of the last paragraph of the passage, Sherlock Holmes uses figurative language to explain his answer. What does Sherlock Holmes literally mean by telling Dr. Watson, "If they are guilty we should be giving up all chance of bringing it home to them"?

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He said that as a figurative language , but the truth was that he wanted to say the guys were guilty and they would never ever give up trying to show and prove that.

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