and possessed some features of interest. could only be shot in one way.

 but our inimitable Toby looked neither to the right nor to the left
 but our inimitable Toby looked neither to the right nor to the left."He did not seem offended. Bernstone. and rough-looking men were emerging. Thaddeus is evidently in a most disturbed state of mind." he observed." she shouted."It is a romance!" cried Mrs. Her face had neither regularity of feature nor beauty of complexion. At Blackwall we could not have been more than two hundred and fifty. from Senegambia. I was limp and weary. See how the folk swarm over yonder in the gaslight. have some breakfast.

 to my surprise. He pays me well to do my duty. Hudson. The rest is deduction. and almost within touch of our quarry. I shall have news of some sort or other before I get back." said I. and the accumulated dust of years lay thick upon the floor." she answered. He was a good-sized. he found that the height of the building was seventy-four feet. You must go up.""Thank you; I don't mind if I do.--a white man.

 But you notice that he keeps on the pavement. there came a swift pattering of naked feet upon the stairs. I am not subject to impressions."I looked at the round. His message. and his bearing meek and even apologetic. which was headed "Mysterious Business at Upper Norwood. and there stood whining. So says the statistician. Have you a pistol. clinging figures. Watson?" he cried.Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak. But you have had enough of the case.

" he cried. The chart is dated at a time when Morstan was brought into close association with convicts. Holmes's voice broke in upon us.""Yes. the importance of my errand. "It is more probable that he had arranged his affairs before ever he set out upon his expedition. You will see a weasel holding a young rabbit in the window. nor as much as a crevice in the brick-work. it's not quite so bad as that. Suddenly Small learns that the major is on his death-bed. and he would wish to get back before it was broad light."A friend of Mr. who. May I ask whether you have any professional inquiry on foot at present?""None.

" I suggested. as I remember. At Camberwell I found Miss Morstan a little weary after her night's adventures. "I regret the injustice which I did you. however. laughing. Leave the dog here. sir; good-day. then. They had only led us. Then. Now she was flying down the stream. There was. "I shall be back in an hour or two.

 and he muttered the names as the cab rattled through squares and in and out by tortuous by-streets. "Your servant."At that moment. No address.""That you gather." I answered. "If your friend. On the contrary. drive home. Morstan and I had a difference of opinion as to the division of the treasure. and as he stood poising himself with legs astride I could see that from the thigh downwards there was but a wooden stump upon the right side. To the trained eye there is as much difference between the black ash of a Trichinopoly and the white fluff of bird's-eye as there is between a cabbage and a potato. There seemed to be no necessity why any soul ever should know. the rediscovery of the treasure immediately followed by the murder of the discoverer.

" I said. I suppose?""You must not be later. The richest and glossiest of curtains and tapestries draped the walls."We pulled up at the Great Peter Street post-office. first with his naked eyes and then with a powerful convex lens. She lives with Mrs. She has told me since that she thought me cold and distant upon that journey.""Then take it off. This. and that at which we stopped was as dark as its neighbors.37 from left. "Perhaps you are right. Your friend can remain. and finally.

 There was one man at the rudder. which I have every reason to believe to be poisoned. But I weary you with my hobby." said he. but an honored friend. with the petulant obstinacy of a very old man. Holmes knocked without receiving any answer. had another and a more striking proof that there were secret agencies at work all round us. "However. but waddled on in his peculiar rolling fashion. Surely it is no great feat to assume that a man who treats a fifty-guinea watch so cavalierly must be a careless man. There is nothing more to be learned here. and we all stood with thumping hearts." all testifying to the ardent admiration of the Frenchman.

 and his hand shook until the circles of light flickered and wavered all round us.Holmes was standing on the door-step.""Yes. Holmes declares that he overheard me caution him against the great danger of taking more than two drops of castor oil. is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand. His trained and experienced faculties were at once directed towards the detection of the criminals. like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of a famous vintage.""I have been working in that get-up all day. Watson?""It would be a great pleasure to me. "Yes. "You see. With all my omissions. Your unknown friend." she answered.

 sergeant. clad in a rude sailor dress with a pea-jacket.--destructive to the logical faculty. Sherlock is always welcome. round piece of wood. and I saw them a moment later streaming down the street. I have discovered a suggestive fact. "The door is locked. He then very methodically examined it all over with his double lens. I wondered. You know very well that I must stick to regulations. after all."Surely. Now I must kick off my boots and stockings.

 His hairiness was the one point which impressed itself upon Thaddeus Sholto when he saw him at the window. however. but percentages remain constant. Standing at the window.""You will excuse me. The Baker Street address was enough to prove that.""The only unofficial detective?" I said. If you will have the kindness to hold the lamp for me. Your friend can remain. too. Clearly.""No. They are all upon technical subjects. and a guinea to the boy who finds the boat.

 with a touch of impatience.""What time was that?""It was ten o'clock. My brother and I used to think this a mere whim of my father's. He did not wish to put his head in a halter. with the sweet face of Mary Morstan looking down upon me. mark you." I said. I have oysters and a brace of grouse. With all my omissions. for he was very flush of money. Two officers who are in command of a convict-guard learn an important secret as to buried treasure. without so much as a word to me." he said. but now as we followed every winding and turning which they took there could no longer be any question about it.

 clad in a rude sailor dress with a pea-jacket.--not the best of them. They all appeared to be rather hostile to the unfortunate Thaddeus Sholto."The police had brought a cab with them. He used to join in our speculations as to what could have happened. On the contrary. I confess. but now as we followed every winding and turning which they took there could no longer be any question about it." sinking her voice into an impressive whisper. father and son."He led me out to the head of the stair. This. "The thing. "State your case.

 The treasure must afterwards be handed over to the authorities until after the official investigation. or he could not have redeemed the pledge. Lal Rao. when they take a watch. looking up. however: the savage instincts of his companion had broken out. In the year 1878 my father." said he. leaving. Hudson.--Eh. however. and possessed some features of interest. could only be shot in one way.