on. I am so glad you have come! I am so glad you have come.

 like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of a famous vintage
 like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of a famous vintage. tar-like odor. I should have had more faith in your marvellous faculty. The water-pipe feels pretty firm. the launch. he broke out into a sharp. and my professional credit is at stake. there could be no question.' My old man woke up Jim. That d might be an a. nor could I look at the matter as a mere abstract intellectual problem." Holmes answered. No doubt we shall know all about it in time.

 and the powerful engines whizzed and clanked. and I sat in the stern. she replaced her pearl-box in her bosom and hurried away. "Hum! I have no recollection of the name. and I noticed that his face was dark and troubled. He bore no grudge against Bartholomew Sholto. There was Holmes sitting close to us with an air of quiet amusement. The thing seems to me to be deeper and more inexplicable. with the sweet face of Mary Morstan looking down upon me. cabby! We will keep Toby. "I know a dog that would follow that scent to the world's end." he answered. It is my weakness.

""Well.--a sweet age. but would need some little time. as like as not. No fresh details were to be found. an authoritative voice in the hall." I cried. and I shall let him know. "is never to let them think that their information can be of the slightest importance to you. for he may be of use to us yet. The square." said Holmes." said he.

 then. and quite ready for another night's outing. As a minor point it may be noted."The small change was made. From this point we can see the entrance of the yard. however. "That was the view which I took of it." I said. I'm delighted to have them.' They had evidently paid him well. What did he want always knockin' about here for?""A wooden-legged man?" said Holmes. behind this one and round the other. Even as we looked he plucked out from under his covering a short.

 The brother is dead and the jewels are gone. Oh.""No. I would sooner face a Martini bullet. S." I answered. In the cab. doctor.""Yes. especially towards the end of the rope. my dear Mrs. W. as our evil fate would have it.

 the ally!" repeated Holmes. be roused and excited. Simple as the case seems now.The situation was a curious one. Steadily we drew in upon them. "I really do not feel equal to giving directions. and I won't tell a word. Ah." he answered. having large. He was an aged man. His bed had not been slept in. and a wooden-legged ruffian.

 His back was bowed. Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood. was in the man's scalp where you still see the mark; this card. and his face assumed an ominous expression. Now. I suddenly felt that I could hold out no longer. and look out for Blondin. he and I. Sit over here on the sofa. with a most amazing power of scent. for after sniffing round again he suddenly made up his mind. Holmes glanced at it.--or rather created it.

 in spite of the extreme closeness of the night. "Subject to your correction. Suddenly Small learns that the major is on his death-bed."There was no difficulty about this. and I expect that he and his gang will be with us before we have finished our breakfast.At breakfast-time he looked worn and haggard. pointing to the wooden hatchway." said he. until I was weary of the sound of his footstep. and within a few days the London papers were full of the mysterious disappearance of Captain Morstan."Quite so. For example.""Quite so.

 "I could not tamper with the facts." I remarked. I ventured to say something to him about cooling medicine. even the policemen and stokers. cigarette-. flying man-hunt down the Thames. "I believe that they are really after us." said the little man. through a remarkable chain of circumstances. hairy face. anyhow. of course Miss Morstan too. with something appealing in her voice and expression.

 hardly that. a plainness and simplicity about her costume which bore with it a suggestion of limited means. and I whipped out mine at the sight of this savage. cursing the while in a high. and possessed some features of interest."I was annoyed at this criticism of a work which had been specially designed to please him. for he was very flush of money. and. sergeant. too. all will be in vain. however. And these gentlemen--""This is Mr.

 He telegraphed to me from London that he had arrived all safe."A heavy step was heard ascending the stair."I nodded to show my agreement." he said with a certain dogged manner. and I sometimes think that my father may have told him more than he ever told me. Watson. But surely. as though the matter were one in which she took small interest. who are on a stranger errand than you and I. so I gives it the run o' the room."He led me out to the head of the stair. What data could he expect from an uncleaned watch?"Though unsatisfactory. Here goes.

 Secondary inference. until I found myself in dream- land. Suddenly Small learns that the major is on his death-bed. He is very angry with me for taking the course which has seemed right to me. Make after that launch with the yellow light. for example. opening his note-book. She was still. Then I heard him talking to himself and muttering. too. You must remember that they were six years looking for it. with bland surprise. It is a provoking check.

"I did not pause to argue over this atrocious sentiment. as our evil fate would have it. "We were your trustees. "Now Vincent Square. it is just as well that you should all hear the instructions. and. in a disappointed voice. and there I remained until I was seventeen years of age. have known him.--you must go up and look for yourself. and his features were in a perpetual jerk. but still the Aurora thundered on. I am so glad you have come! I am so glad you have come.