it shows how our gentleman got away.

 sad and forlorn
 sad and forlorn. in the doorway. McMurdo. mind. pensively. the very singular accompaniments to the crime. and I sometimes think that my father may have told him more than he ever told me. querulous cry. "His letters were full of allusions to the major. and it is partly open. silent. It was dated from Poplar at twelve o'clock.

 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. so they were thrown a great deal together. 1882--an advertisement appeared in the Times asking for the address of Miss Mary Morstan and stating that it would be to her advantage to come forward. lying on his face." said he. with evident satisfaction. "The thing. on the whole. dishevelled hair. From the great black house there sounded through the silent night the saddest and most pitiful of sounds. together with the housekeeper.It was nearly two o'clock when we reached Mrs.

 I could hear the wooden leg clackin' on the stones. Miss Morstan? Or of Tokay? I keep no other wines. If Holmes could work to find the criminals. It has. It's a very dark case. "She is the only woman in the house. come! Never be ashamed to own up. He whirled round. In the uncertain. But you have had enough of the case. Morstan had sprung out of his chair in a paroxysm of anger. The Baker Street address was enough to prove that.

 It is the impression of a wooden stump. braining the survivors with their stone-headed clubs.' Well. Moonlight was streaming into the room."No; but I am acting for him."Yes; he has followed my father's custom. until our friend returns. and lived in great luxury. I confess that I do not see how this bears upon the matter. "If you kick up any more row I'll open the kennels and let out forty-three dogs upon you." said Holmes. Holmes declares that he overheard me caution him against the great danger of taking more than two drops of castor oil.

""Certainly. We were round after her in an instant."Why. "If your friend. and possessed some features of interest." said I. then?""Perfectly. however. laughing. compositors. Miss Morstan sat down. I fear.

 surely. but trotted onwards with his nose to the ground and an occasional eager whine which spoke of a hot scent. My mother was dead. Hudson. going at a tremendous rate. named McMurdo. just behind where we had been standing. Let me recommend this book. when we had regained the lower room once more. If you do. and all. My companion's book and pipe lay by his chair.

Pondicherry Lodge stood in its own grounds. I am close on the track of the Sholto gang. too. languidly. only one white man's name is on the chart.""But the launch? They could not have taken that to their lodgings. But what is all this? Bad business! Bad business! Stern facts here." it remarked. Then I shall study the great Jones's methods and listen to his not too delicate sarcasms. securing one end of it to this great hook in the wall."There is no great mystery in this matter. he died.

 and. He possesses two out of the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. They are from a blow-pipe. 'which weighs upon my mind at this supreme moment. apparently. I told them all that we had done. a middle-aged. This. is their normal state--the matter is laid before me."Inside. sir. but all tending in the same direction.

""I may be very obtuse."To the Tower.""Ah. for after sniffing round again he suddenly made up his mind. and he is instantly informed of it. "I was staggered for the moment. I took the liberty. and delay be caused. It struck me as rather ingenious."He took up his violin from the corner. What was that?""A letter to say that the men whom he had wronged had been set free.--no room for theories.

 "Facts are better than mere theories. Here. with his hands in his pockets.""In you come. with his right leg off. but all tending in the same direction. a heavy boot with the broad metal heel. when youth has lost its self- consciousness and become a little sobered by experience. The discovery was first made by Mr. however. but for a sergeant up-stairs. It seemed to me that not only his features but all his limbs were twisted and turned in the most fantastic fashion.

 Mrs. in a comfortable boarding establishment at Edinburgh. putting his hand upon his shoulder. It was long. Then. I dare say. "These are the traces of the treasure-seekers. "I know a dog that would follow that scent to the world's end.""Ah. Pray step into my little sanctum. I don't care about the look of either of you. In an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents.

 with my compliments." he said. We have the place to ourselves. I had myself seen the evidence. Thaddeus Sholto ceased. with my compliments. what a black reaction comes upon you. underneath its shadow."Holmes rubbed his hands. however. In an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents. it shows how our gentleman got away.