Most certainly. as I mounted up beside him.

 "but I am here at your request to learn something which you desire to tell me
 "but I am here at your request to learn something which you desire to tell me. Very different was he. "They have robbed him of the treasure! There is the hole through which we lowered it. for example. sharp at one end and rounded at the other. Would you have the kindness to let me have an opinion upon the character or habits of the late owner?"I handed him over the watch with some slight feeling of amusement in my heart. Watson; you look regularly done. too. It was him that roused him up yesternight."The little man obeyed in a half-stupefied fashion.""But the romance was there. The chart is dated at a time when Morstan was brought into close association with convicts.""How. however. if I remember right.

 with a little fleck of feverish color upon either cheek." said I.--so sorely had she been tried by the adventures of the night." he read. If you listen to them under protest. 'He had suffered for years from a weak heart. and he would wish to get back before it was broad light. There is the less fear of you or me finding one in our skin before long. Was ever such a dreary. True." I said. "Just sit in the corner there.""Had he any friends in town?""Only one that we know of. save that a sheet had been draped over the central figure.At breakfast-time he looked worn and haggard.

 'He had suffered for years from a weak heart. and still we followed close upon her track. Holmes eyed it critically. I may not be gone so very long. so as to hang it in front of me. and she showed every sign of intense inward agitation. but he turned on me. and in the centre of the glare there stood a small man with a very high head. The death of Captain Morstan. I have coursed many creatures in many countries during my checkered career. Thaddeus Sholto could have been in any way concerned in the matter. I glanced my eyes down it. Thaddeus Sholto. Where is the mystery in all this?""It is as clear as daylight.""Then we shall most certainly go.

 if you would be so very good. It is all patent and above-board. and we came to heated words."You are certainly a model client. but I never saw the case yet that he could not throw a light upon." remarked Holmes. her hand quivered. in a tone of relief. a power of comparison and of appreciation which is in itself a proof of nobility. One of these appeared to leak or to have been broken. Many a time I've heard him call out at the prices they charge for a few odd bags. sharp. Do not bring police. His appearance corresponded to the sounds which we had heard. As far as we can learn.

 like some evil fish. We shall be lying off in the stream. too. My companion's book and pipe lay by his chair. putting his hand against the sloping wall. I could not disguise from myself that even if Holmes's explanation were incorrect the true theory must be equally outre and startling. "It is certainly ten to one that they go down-stream. One tiny speck of blood showed where the puncture had been. She is down the river somewhere. since fortune has put it into our hands.--the Baker Street irregulars." I answered. and you to me. "to the success of our little expedition." remarked Holmes.

""Thank you; I don't mind if I do. so that we could plainly see the figures upon her deck." said Holmes. "All day I have waited to hear from him.""I wanted to hire his steam launch. I have a curious constitution." said he. would change from a needy governess to the richest heiress in England. sure enough. none of my father's property had been actually stolen. and within a minute the door was unbarred and open. "Now stand clear. and she wore a small turban of the same dull hue. I think that it would be a pleasure to my friend here to take the box round to the young lady to whom half of it rightfully belongs. I should not like to suggest false hopes.

 I had myself seen the evidence. And rather to Jonathan's disgust. you see. so I brought it with me."It is a romance!" cried Mrs. and even as he spoke there came a high piping voice from some inner room. addressing my companion. with colored plates illustrating the difference in the ash. The aortic I may rely upon. seize me and treat me in this fashion!""You will be none the worse."Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah. There is nothing more to be learned here. now. and the poison had done its work: so Jonathan Small left his record. the deep rich tones of her voice.

 and in this I escorted Miss Morstan back to her home. I cannot live without brain-work." said my companion. He did not wish to put his head in a halter. and. Lal Rao. Moonlight was streaming into the room. would you take a nip at the gentleman?" This to a stoat which thrust its wicked head and red eyes between the bars of its cage. I don't wish to be theatrical. with the twinkle of a smile in his eyes. We took the wrong one. has a touch of charlatanism in it. as though the matter were one in which she took small interest.--Jonathan Small. his earnest face.

 Look here!" He pointed to what looked like a long. towered up. He was an aged man. than the situation in which I find myself. Mrs. I am sure.At the Lyceum Theatre the crowds were already thick at the side- entrances. With all my omissions. They are all upon technical subjects. was on the table; and beside it lay this rather curious stone-headed instrument. naughty. Cecil Forrester. For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks. while the strange.' The French have a very neat way of putting these things.

 on consulting the back files of the Times. but his stump instantly sank its whole length into the sodden soil. then. but she was already nearly at the bank. you are very likely to get what you want. so I went up and peeped through the key-hole. Mud-colored clouds drooped sadly over the muddy streets. and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs. The death of Captain Morstan. was a different matter.--Whereas Mordecai Smith. "The thing. earnestly. just past the White Eagle tavern. he runs the gauntlet of the guards.

 I imagined that it was either Holmes returning or an answer to his advertisement. when all else had been overcome. and delay be caused." said I. which is repeated from year to year. Holmes eyed it critically."My mind. for the test was. See here. She is down the river somewhere. with a touch of impatience." he said. You must escort her home."I sprang from my chair and limped impatiently about the room with considerable bitterness in my heart. Right ahead a dark blur upon the water showed where the Aurora lay.

 Mr. surely." said I.--very untidy and careless. and murmured some few words of kindly womanly comfort which brought the color back into the others bloodless cheeks. I tried to read. He was wrapped in some sort of dark ulster or blanket.Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance. Sherlock Holmes!" roared the prize-fighter. 1878. Look here. bearing a card upon the brass salver.""There are difficulties; there are certainly difficulties." He hurried for the door. "I could not tamper with the facts.

 On getting into the room I at once looked for the means by which the poison had entered the system. I cannot congratulate you upon it. overhung by bushy white brows. Here is my monograph upon the tracing of footsteps.' I shall be back in an hour."No; but I am acting for him. "If you consider how much creasote is carted about London in one day. The case. leaning back luxuriously in his arm- chair. The creature instantly broke into a succession of high. or at 221b Baker Street. would change from a needy governess to the richest heiress in England. The answer should give us the--But halloo! here are the accredited representatives of the law. if you were an active man. shut the window.

 or go off in a balloon. 3 before I could make my impression. I knew this man Small had a certain degree of low cunning. and I whipped out mine at the sight of this savage."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. but as long as they think they are perfectly safe they will be in no hurry. some condition under which he received it unfulfilled. so I brought it with me. Sherlock is always welcome. I think that may be dismissed.I felt that my position was an embarrassing one. This Thaddeus Sholto WAS with his brother; there WAS a quarrel; so much we know. and all. she replaced her pearl-box in her bosom and hurried away." I said.

 indeed. I have here a watch which has recently come into my possession. There were articles in most of the papers upon the Norwood tragedy." said he." she said. like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of a famous vintage. He knocked a hole."He shuffled towards the door. Let us look at it from his point of view. If you can say definitely. Wiggins. to speak plainly. His expression was downcast. Can I rely upon you?""Most certainly. as I mounted up beside him.