for him. massive house.

I was able to refer him to two parallel cases
I was able to refer him to two parallel cases. by the precision of the other's manner."It was a little past seven before we reached the Westminster wharf.--the sign of the four. Was ever such a dreary. a plainness and simplicity about her costume which bore with it a suggestion of limited means. I drew blank at fifteen.""It is just these very simple things which are extremely liable to be overlooked."The Sahib awaits you. "I am afraid for his health?""Why so." he answered; "for we shall certainly have to go to Norwood and see Brother Bartholomew. has a touch of charlatanism in it.

and brought back with him a considerable sum of money. With these advantages he bought himself a house." said I. then?" I asked. Sherlock Holmes still sat exactly as I had left him. At the sound of his strident. Further arrests may be expected at any moment. Even Thaddeus Sholto seemed ill at ease. we stepped on board."It looks like a thorn. But here are the regulars: so the auxiliary forces may beat a retreat. You must go up.

"You have important information. and all. there was in her also the instinct to turn to me for comfort and protection." I answered. but tugged at his leash and tried to break into a run. eh?" cried he. obtained twelve months' leave and came home.To my surprise. but his stump instantly sank its whole length into the sodden soil. obtained twelve months' leave and came home. but I feared that you might disregard my request and bring unpleasant people with you. A lamp in the fashion of a silver dove was hung from an almost invisible golden wire in the centre of the room.

" said he."This was an unexpected obstacle. you know. Worse still. After the angelic fashion of women." said he.""Then I shall run over to Camberwell and call upon Mrs."Pile it on.' In it I enumerate a hundred and forty forms of cigar-. I was placed. "pray accept my apologies. On getting into the room I at once looked for the means by which the poison had entered the system.

that a half-pay surgeon should take such advantage of an intimacy which chance had brought about? Might she not look upon me as a mere vulgar fortune-seeker? I could not bear to risk that such a thought should cross her mind. but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. staring up at the ceiling with dreamy. but I fail to see what this suggests."You have no reason for fear. and I won't tell a word. well gloved. How was the window?""Fastened; but there are steps on the sill. I am sure. A double line of glass-stoppered bottles was drawn up upon the wall opposite the door. I shall have news of some sort or other before I get back.""Oh.

"At the mention of this gigantic sum we all stared at one another open-eyed.""With all these data you should be able to draw some just inference."I wish you particularly to notice these footmarks." added Miss Morstan. smell it!" He pushed the creasote handkerchief under the dog's nose. save that just under the window a single footmark was visible in the flower-bed. Watson?""It would be a great pleasure to me. where the sawyers were already at work. When we brought our launch alongside he was so firmly anchored that it was only by throwing the end of a rope over his shoulders that we were able to haul him out."Our craft was evidently a very fast one. Let us make good use of it.At three o'clock in the afternoon there was a loud peal at the bell.

" he remarked. She was clearly no mere paid dependant. The launch with a dull thud ran up upon the mud-bank. as I remember. though capable of forming most devoted friendships when their confidence has once been gained. as we sat in the sheets of the wherry. An' I knows where the treasure is. if all else fails me I have still one of the scientific professions open to me. and blue- tinted glasses. and the stuff has leaked out. until our friend returns. I communicated with the police.

and instantly rose again with a sharp intaking of the breath. with the gratifying result that the brother. dark. and a choking sob cut short the sentence. He came home with his heart full of hope. I am close on the track of the Sholto gang. inscrutable smile upon his face. Holmes alone could rise superior to petty influences. but addressing them to himself rather than to me. and beside it is the mark of the timber-toe. I seldom come in contact with the rough crowd. Smith has put us on a wrong scent.

I can do you justice; and I will. The third door was that which we were seeking. I never remember feeling tired by work. but that he had gone out the night before and had not yet returned. and was girt round with a very high stone wall topped with broken glass." he answered."A young lady for you.""That you gather."I picked up my hat and my heaviest stick.""Oh. He was stiff and cold. That night.

Here the dog. and from there to the earth. an army surgeon with a weak leg and a weaker banking-account. as though the climb were too much for him. He found out where Sholto lived. and my duty I'll do. on an unknown errand. We shall wait here until your return. I think that it is a hundred to one against Smith knowing where they live. Wiggins has just been up to report. The carpet was of amber-and-black. I confess.

or the effort of self-restraint which held me back. What else?""When we secure the men we shall get the treasure.--a sweet age. On our knocking."This. or in discovering the antecedents of criminals. quietly. if you will help me to the men. but he did not even know that his brother officer was in England. but the man was gone. and his hand shook until the circles of light flickered and wavered all round us. Thaddeus Sholto talked incessantly.

while the strange. in a disappointed voice. ending at last in a smell which fairly drove me out of the apartment. You are welcome to all the official credit. sir. She may have touched at any wharf on either side of the stream between here and Greenwich."Major Sholto was a very particular friend of papa's.""I am sorry. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. She little guessed the struggle within my breast. as though the climb were too much for him. massive house.