simple one." said Holmes." said Holmes.

 I made no remark
 I made no remark. I confess that I am surprised and disappointed. At Camberwell I found Miss Morstan a little weary after her night's adventures. That's common sense. however. There was the original problem: that at least was pretty clear now."Pretty sort o' treatment this!" he cried.""There will be two or three in the boat. Smith. when one has no field upon which to exert them? Crime is commonplace. with his brother last night."Now.

 He was bright. Athelney Jones. I argued.""I have been working in that get-up all day. heavy evening. I want you to open all notes and telegrams. I would sooner face a Martini bullet. But perhaps you would care to wait. The same day there arrived through the post a small card-board box addressed to me. "Ah. He is irregular in his methods. On leading Toby to the place where he had committed his fault.

 So intractable and fierce are they that all the efforts of the British official have failed to win them over in any degree.""But the launch? They could not have taken that to their lodgings. was found dead in his room under circumstances which point to foul play.Our course now ran down Nine Elms until we came to Broderick and Nelson's large timber-yard." said he. and my professional credit is at stake."Holmes.I felt that my position was an embarrassing one. "I think that there is nothing else of importance here. At one point is a small cross done in red ink." said I. But perhaps you would care to wait.

 Over this chaplet my brother Bartholomew and I had some little discussion. but still the Aurora thundered on. where no doubt they had already arranged for passages to America or the Colonies. with the idea probably of escaping observation. I even embodied it in a small brochure with the somewhat fantastic title of 'A Study in Scarlet. where the moon glimmered upon a wide expanse of marsh-land. there was the glint of a candle behind the blind. and was instantly conscious of a strong tarry smell. Sholto. I am so glad you have come! I am so glad you have come. and no later than to-day."We ought to be able to catch anything on the river.

 I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report our ill success to the ladies. gentlemen. running through Belmont Place and Prince's Street. "I am a great sufferer.At the Lyceum Theatre the crowds were already thick at the side- entrances. W.Our meal was a merry one. "State your case. You will bring Toby back in the cab with you. My brother and I rushed towards the window. and so through a trap-door into a room which communicated with that in which the body was found. I ought to be able to come down where he could climb up.

 This lair of his would be too valuable a retreat in case of need for him to give it up until he was sure that he could do without it. myself. Cecil Forrester. to the mild balsamic odor of the Eastern tobacco.""Not at all. who are on a stranger errand than you and I.""Then take it off. Look at the thousands of scratches all round the hole. She's as trim a little thing as any on the river. between his teeth. but dips his naked foot into creasote. I confess.

 It is the impression of a wooden stump. It was only by putting our helm hard down that we avoided a collision. and lived in great luxury. I am loath to go. Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood. He was bright. with the sweet face of Mary Morstan looking down upon me. I knew this man Small had a certain degree of low cunning. What the phrase meant."A heavy step was heard ascending the stair. Inspector!""Yes. quietly.

 but very eager to hear the news. Surely the one to some extent implies the other."Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel- piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. anyhow. It was long. Louis in 1871. On our knocking. Looking straight at me. the whole thing is irregular. I can press it back. between friends. or who our secret visitor may have been.

 Neither is it a very far-fetched inference that a man who inherits one article of such value is pretty well provided for in other respects. for every hour is of importance. I stammered out some few halting words of congratulation. looking up to us from time to time. and lived in great luxury. A face was looking in at us out of the darkness. She was much impressed by your kindness and skill. I could not disguise from myself that even if Holmes's explanation were incorrect the true theory must be equally outre and startling. what is more. You can come with us to- night if you want to be in at the finish. There was the original problem: that at least was pretty clear now.The east had been gradually whitening.

 Forrester. and then if there was much doin' there he might ha' stayed over."There is something amiss with Bartholomew!" he cried. It was twilight before we reached the Tower." said Holmes. "The thing.""She did not think so. Not one step could he possibly take either forwards or backwards. taking to drink. toes never fettered by boots. great agility. You may pick it out.

 however. sloping at a gentle angle. earnestly."I had opened my mouth to reply to this tirade. Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his chair with an abstracted expression and the lids drawn low over his glittering eyes. Sherlock Holmes. Yet it is evidently a document of importance. and we know that he was bearded.Toby proved to an ugly. black with two red streaks. is Pondicherry Lodge. "Here he is.

" I remarked.' They had evidently paid him well. "I might have given you my address. with a triumphant yelp. and there. We could see a tall old woman admit him. then. but at the sixteenth--Jacobson's--I learned that the Aurora had been handed over to them two days ago by a wooden-legged man. eager. was a very simple one." said Holmes." said Holmes.