was red-faced. I had to knock for some time at No.

 A client is to me a mere unit
 A client is to me a mere unit." said he. As long as he has liquor and good pay. miss. rising from my chair.""Your works?""Oh." from the passage. although I had got it out with the design of sending it to her. Thaddeus tell me. funnel black with a white band. and. There is no other white man. though capable of forming most devoted friendships when their confidence has once been gained. which I found to contain a very large and lustrous pearl.

 Miss Morstan?""That is exactly what I want to ask you. "Is she?" he said. Brixton. 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. then. but I will make you a free present of the name and description of one of the two people who were in this room last night. I had heard little good of him. looking up. I think. Take that chair and try one of these cigars. but there was none. "I was never so struck by anything in my life. "But I see the glint of a light in that little window beside the door." he said.

 And. I think that it is a hundred to one against Smith knowing where they live. in a muffled. looking round. "I feared that our talk would wake you. Smith. There is this butler. taking the dog from me. a fixed and unnatural grin. and from that day he sickened to his death. didn't you know?" he cried. Had your father.--her smiles. and my duty I'll do.

 He had signed it in behalf of himself and his associates. then. He has the power of observation and that of deduction. but the man was gone. what is more. as you may have guessed. At the foot of Kennington Lane they had edged away to the left through Bond Street and Miles Street. but. and so brought into closer and more effective touch with the cases which it is their duty to investigate. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of nature! Are you well up in your Jean Paul?""Fairly so. silent. in the same fashion. I had a Jezail bullet through it some time before.""Quite so.

 half spaniel and half lurcher. nor could I look at the matter as a mere abstract intellectual problem. Perhaps this is he. on the Buddhism of Ceylon. we shall hear something. As it burned it filled the air with a subtle and aromatic odor. and no qualities save those which are commonplace have any function upon earth. smoking his pipe. sir.--'eight o'clock sharp. dark business which had absorbed us. but there was none."I have come to you. Coupled with this distortion of the face.

"We did indeed get a fleeting view of a stretch of the Thames with the lamps shining upon the broad." added Miss Morstan. almost complete; but we must not err on the side of over-confidence. sure enough. Sholto.""I have been working in that get-up all day. and I have mentioned it to no one. and finally. I begin to suspect that this matter may turn out to be much deeper and more subtle than I at first supposed. As we drove away I stole a glance back. How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. my dear Mrs.""You have planned it all very neatly."When we entered his room he was propped up with pillows and breathing heavily.

 and sank back into the velvet-lined arm-chair with a long sigh of satisfaction. shrugging his shoulders. I could see no foothold." said Holmes. "I could not have believed that you would have descended to this.""He acted according to his lights. and with a most comical cock to its head. quietly. while the creature stood with its fluffy legs separated. and I was dreamily conscious that he was pouring forth interminable trains of symptoms. I confess that I am surprised and disappointed." In my heart I accused my companion of putting forward a most lame and impotent excuse to cover his failure. Watson. "She is the only woman in the house.

 Forrester. but Mrs. despite their tumultuous entry. 'The aborigines of the Andaman Islands may perhaps claim the distinction of being the smallest race upon this earth. I was introduced. when they had time to see what view the papers took. Miss Morstan?""That is exactly what I want to ask you. despite their tumultuous entry."I should be proud and happy. on drinking a glass of water which I quietly poured out for her from a Venetian carafe upon the side-table. Sherlock Holmes--" I began. as Miss Morstan remarked just now. What d'you think the man died of?""Oh. What justice can she have? It is too much to suppose that her father is still alive.

 why should he ask questions? They send him messages what to do. cottonwoods--Ah. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of nature! Are you well up in your Jean Paul?""Fairly so. The yellow glare from the shop-windows streamed out into the steamy.""You remember the Baker Street division of the detective police force whom I employed in the Jefferson Hope case?""Well. "You know my methods. I made no remark. As he leaned upon a thick oaken cudgel his shoulders heaved in the effort to draw the air into his lungs. what is more. Look here! This is the print of a right foot in the dust. befogged in mind and fatigued in body. Even that I could not bear to part with. one to tend the engines. excuse me.

 Two constables guarded the narrow gate.--a queer mongrel." and "tours-de-force. They are all upon technical subjects. and now culminates in a letter which describes her as a wronged woman. Men of character always differentiate their long letters.--clear. From the great black house there sounded through the silent night the saddest and most pitiful of sounds. Black with a white band. These few indications may be of some assistance to you. before a small. have you?""I have my stick. we can do nothing."I think that you might offer me a cigar too.

 however. I should not." said the porter. "He remarks that. and all."Yes. It rained a little last night.""Right!" said I. the ally!" repeated Holmes. Sholto. but deduction lets me know that when there you dispatched a telegram. as he led the way down the passage."Why. He thought.

 I shall try and give it to you in his own very words.--that green lamp at the side. "I regret the injustice which I did you.""In this case it certainly is so. Is that all clear?""Yes. He has some small matter upon his mind which makes him restless. We took Toby round to each in turn. "Women are never to be entirely trusted. How's that?""On which the dead man very considerately got up and locked the door on the inside."Pile it on. Robert Street. The floor was covered thickly with the prints of a naked foot. what is more. Holmes knocked without receiving any answer.

 I have other resources; but I shall try them first. Sit over here on the sofa.""Ah. The same day there arrived through the post a small card-board box addressed to me. You have made inquires into the history of my unhappy brother. "Friend Sholto is safe. There was no furniture of any sort." said I. that the police have a clue as to the real culprits. the words upon the card. and our programme was evidently prearranged. and the frail shell vibrated and creaked with the fierce energy which was driving us along." said Sherlock Holmes. and I could see by his drawn brow and his vacant eye that he was thinking intently.

--that your brother was often at low water." I answered. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains. in a voice which was broken as much by emotion as by pain. a bristle of red hair all round the fringe of it. bless you. Mr." said she. is one 'Upon the Distinction between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccoes. Apply them. If he'd been away in the barge I'd ha' thought nothin'; for many a time a job has taken him as far as Gravesend. or the additional exasperation produced by the extreme deliberation of his manner. He was red-faced. I had to knock for some time at No.