# Quote — Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

> When a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.

- Author: [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle.md)
- Book: [A Study in Scarlet](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/a-study-in-scarlet.md)
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