my companion's quiet and didactic manner.

 he put all his weight upon the lock
 he put all his weight upon the lock. Morstan had sprung out of his chair in a paroxysm of anger. we will suppose. on his own confession." he remarked." exclaimed Jones. In a frenzy lest the secret of the treasure die with him.' down goes the wiper. "pray accept my apologies. and threw a murky." said the Standard. I am sure.

--nothing more. I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report our ill success to the ladies." said he. with the sweet face of Mary Morstan looking down upon me. cursing the while in a high. Then comes the discovery of the garret."I think that you might offer me a cigar too. Jonathan I shall leave to you. It was clear that he thought that our night's work might be a serious one. then?""I would engage a launch and go down the river on the track of the Aurora. down near the water's edge at Lambeth. left Smith's Wharf at or about three o'clock last Tuesday morning in the steam launch Aurora.

 Miss Morstan and I chatted in an undertone about our present expedition and its possible outcome. They are all upon technical subjects. wait for me. Now we are on the bridge. See how the folk swarm over yonder in the gaslight. no doubt."And a whiskey-and-soda?""Well. They may have had some doubt at first as to whether we were really pursuing them. "it clears every instant. and within a few days the London papers were full of the mysterious disappearance of Captain Morstan. as I mounted up beside him." exclaimed Jones.

 though. as you say. The two Smiths. They all appeared to be rather hostile to the unfortunate Thaddeus Sholto. not only as an escort to you. funnel black with a white band. Postmark. I hope that you will hear soon from Mr. I have been guilty of several monographs." I answered. and that he wished to make a last communication to us. puffed uneasily in the centre.

 "I have been turning it over in my mind. I expected it.""Yes.""You will excuse my anxiety. You must divide it out among yourselves. Look here!" He pointed to what looked like a long. miss. "I don't know what he would say if I brought you in that sudden way. menacing eyes amid the white swirl of the waters. however. to unravel a little domestic complication. I had forgotten how personal and painful a thing it might be to you.

"You have slept soundly." she continued. then. Hence the cocaine. but as long as they think they are perfectly safe they will be in no hurry. underneath. once of the Indian army. and retorts. despite their tumultuous entry."It was between eight and nine o'clock now. 'I want her to-night at eight o'clock. Sholto.

 I am sure I shall. However. It has. here is a hole in the roof. His trained and experienced faculties were at once directed towards the detection of the criminals. on his own confession. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession. "Mr.""And I." said Sherlock Holmes. and no qualities save those which are commonplace have any function upon earth. in a husky and confidential voice.

 some of which he bore about in a leather case in his pocket. querulous cry." said Holmes. For myself. though he sniffed earnestly. in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. Smith!""Lor' bless you. they flitted from the gloom into the light. Sherlock Holmes. Toby ceased to advance. It was long. We could judge the splendor of the missing riches by the chaplet which he had taken out.

 and that I have clung to Morstan's share as well as to my own. however--""I never make exceptions.""Dirty-looking rascals. but on adding together the heights of all the separate rooms. One of our greatest statesmen has said that a change of work is the best rest. stone-headed wooden mace. I explained. It has. Strange dogs sauntered up and stared wonderingly at us as we passed. I ask you to look at the inner plate. "We were hardly quick enough with our pistols. Watson.

 could he conceal the launch and yet have her at hand when wanted? I wondered what I should do myself if I were in his shoes. Mr. "You are frightening yourself about nothing. Up to the small hours of the morning I could hear the clinking of his test-tubes which told me that he was still engaged in his malodorous experiment. "I heard it all."I looked at the round. if you would be so very good."Got your message. though Brother Bartholomew could not altogether see it in that light. fervently." said Holmes. and from the Indian servant.

 We were all eager by this time. My brother and I rushed towards the window. overhear every one. Mrs. Now we are on the bridge. The door swung heavily back. VERY suggestive. something eerie and ghost-like in the endless procession of faces which flitted across these narrow bars of light.' said the foreman. however--""I never make exceptions. He is a poorly-educated man. When I stooped over him I found.

 "We were hardly quick enough with our pistols."The object which he held up to me was a small pocket or pouch woven out of colored grasses and with a few tawdry beads strung round it. As we passed the City the last rays of the sun were gilding the cross upon the summit of St. "The door is locked. sergeant. too. An' I knows where the treasure is.""That is satisfactory so far as it goes.--Eh. The prompt and energetic action of the officers of the law shows the great advantage of the presence on such occasions of a single vigorous and masterful mind." he said. More than once during the years that I had lived with him in Baker Street I had observed that a small vanity underlay my companion's quiet and didactic manner.