text: I have been turning it over in my mind , but I can 't see how it has anything to do with the matter ? " He was silent for a minute or two as we walked along , but finally he said : " I do not mind telling you , though , as you know , it is not my habit to explain until the end is reached .
  
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  I have been thinking a lot about it without being able to find its relation to the matter .