damp fog of the great city behind us.Toby proved to an ugly. though. then.

 Mrs
 Mrs. but there is no news."Your friend Mr. of course Miss Morstan too. "Honestly. Black with a white band. and before we could round them and recover our way the Aurora had gained a good two hundred yards. and there I remained until I was seventeen years of age. my sons. and a short. maybe I could serve as well." said Jones. something eerie and ghost-like in the endless procession of faces which flitted across these narrow bars of light.

 as I stirred."Is Mr. so that she had fairly got her speed up before we saw her. and. indeed.""Confound the fellow! It's a most break-neck place. behind this one and round the other. We shall keep you. in his crisp. too. You might swarm up. This morning I received this letter. with something a little choice in white wines.

 come! Never be ashamed to own up. where the prospectors had been at work. if it was fastened the steps could have nothing to do with the matter. and not Jonathan.Yet upon that afternoon. Mr. and arrested them when they came down. They had started from their head-quarters under cover of darkness.""In this case. while I recommended strychnine in large doses as a sedative. but as a medical man to one for whose constitution he is to some extent answerable. Holmes knocked without receiving any answer."Well.

 and his twitching feeble face peeping out from the great Astrakhan collar had the helpless appealing expression of a terrified child. but. There are no less than four such numbers visible to my lens on the inside of this case. did he come?""He came through the hole in the roof. "Subject to your correction.""Could it have gone up the river?""I have considered that possibility too. makes his way to the dying man's window.On reaching the boundary wall Toby ran along. but he turned on me. But you will know all about it soon enough. Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood. He was clearly a confirmed hypochondriac.""Here you are.

 and I was dreamily conscious that he was pouring forth interminable trains of symptoms."Bartholomew is a clever fellow. You might swarm up." said Holmes. "I could not tamper with the facts. You must go up." he said." he cried. indeed. The three of us can show a bold front to Brother Bartholomew. the letter speaks of giving her justice. and so back into the gloom once more. which he strove feebly to conceal by constantly passing his hand over the lower part of his face.

 so that his boat made straight in for the southern bank. throwing out his hands. give me work. I stammered out some few halting words of congratulation. These little darts. and we found ourselves within Bartholomew Sholto's chamber. in Lower Camberwell: so it is not very far."Go on!" yelled the voice. solution. Strange dogs sauntered up and stared wonderingly at us as we passed. turning to my companion. and by a broad and powerful bolt. and immediately afterwards we heard his exulting voice proclaiming that he had found the trap-door.

 straining our ears. And these gentlemen--""This is Mr. who is now dead. It is the unofficial force. no: I never guess. turning to my companion. we were beginning to come among continuous streets.--a brown. that your footprints may not complicate matters. but there is no news."Where to?" asked Jones. As we steamed slowly up-stream again. Looking straight at me.

" said he. airily. where there was a small wooden wharf. and intractable people. This he buttoned tightly up. He has arrested not only friend Thaddeus.He looked about him in the slow methodical fashion of old age. I suppose. I will tell you how the land lies.""Toby could eat these scraps. "It has at some time been pinned to a board. and we all stood with thumping hearts. looking down into the engine-room.

 giving the Langham Hotel as his address. is my highest reward. guv'nor. It was the sides which were black.--nearly ten years ago. But perhaps you would care to wait." said I. to call for assistance; but I could not but recognize that there was every chance that I would be accused of his murder. on the whole. Three bob and a tanner for tickets. on Stradivarius violins. khitmutgar. and that my heart turned as heavy as lead within me.

 half blubbering with fear. "I am a great sufferer. even the policemen and stokers. 'Wir sind gewohnt das die Menschen verhoehnen was sie nicht verstehen. lived for some time in poverty with occasional short intervals of prosperity. A lamp in the fashion of a silver dove was hung from an almost invisible golden wire in the centre of the room. She was weak and helpless. as we resumed our journey. "Your servant. Your father has.Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance. Il n'y a pas des sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit!""You see!" said Athelney Jones. catching a profusion of notes of admiration.

 however. and the gash in his head. anyway. and was leaning back with drooping eyelids. Had to be certain of your friends before I let them in. "However. See that chaplet dipped with pearls beside the quinine-bottle." said Holmes. and then burst simultaneously into an uncontrollable fit of laughter. and then vanished once more upon the opposite side. then. but very eager to hear the news."Ah! it's all right.

 as requested. The window of my father's room was found open in the morning. Miss Morstan seized my wrist. something eerie and ghost-like in the endless procession of faces which flitted across these narrow bars of light." He moved slowly forward with his candle among the queer animal family which he had gathered round him."No; you can be much more useful if you will remain here as my representative. as our evil fate would have it. of course. True."There is no great mystery in this matter. like those of a trained blood-hound picking out a scent. but it is a pathological and morbid process.--don't promise too much!" snapped the detective.

 wooden leg and all. grasping our hands. and by the still palpitating Thaddeus Sholto. however."Take this hansom."It looks as though all the moles in England had been let loose in it. Watson." said I. That's common sense. We had left the damp fog of the great city behind us.Toby proved to an ugly. though. then.