This is a transposition cipher, English text and the number of letters, 70, leads us to try rectangles of 10 × 7 and 7 × 10. Vowels Vowels W V G A E E G E N L 4 W V G A E E G 3 T F T O H T E I E F 3 E N L T F T O 2 R B T S E I N E N G 3 H T E I E F R 3 O N W R M G X I X N 2 B T S E I N E 3 G O I T N R O M R O 4 N G O N W R M 1 E S P A L H N E A C 4 G X I X N G O 2 U D N N H D E R M E 3 I T N R O M R 2 O E S P A L H 3 N E A C U D N 3 N H D E R M E 2 The first form looks the more likely from the vowel count. We proceed to number the columns and lines and try rearrangement of columns so as to obtain possible letter combinations from every line. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 W V G A E E G E N L 2 T F T O H T E I E F 3 R B T S E I N E N G 4 O N W R M G X I X N 5 G O I T N R O M R O 6 E S P A L H N E A C 7 U D N N H D E R M E Among other combinations we have these: 3 5 1 4 2 8 10 6 9 7 1 G E W A V E L E N G 2 T H T O F I F T E E 3 T E R S B E G I N N 4 W M O R N I N G X X 5 I N G T O M O R R O 6 P L E A S E C H A N 7 N H U N D R E D M E A very casual inspection of the lines shows that they should be rearranged in order 6, 1, 2, 7, 3, 5, 4, as follows: 3 5 1 4 2 8 10 6 9 7 6 P L E A S E C H A N 1 G E W A V E L E N G 2 T H T O F I F T E E 7 N H U N D R E D M E 3 T E R S B E G I N N 5 I N G T O M O R R O 4 W M O R N I N G X X Although of no particular importance, it may be stated that the column key in this case was GRAND and the line key was CENTRAL, both used as in enciphering Case 2-a.