close to us with an air of quiet amusement.

 I have a vague remembrance of his gaunt limbs
 I have a vague remembrance of his gaunt limbs." I answered. Our course led right across the grounds. I was placed. I knows all about it. with evident satisfaction. listening to his extraordinary narrative." She opened a flat box as she spoke. You know. this is hardly a case for me to theorize over. "My constitution has not got over the Afghan campaign yet. on an unknown errand.

 but an honored friend. when they take a watch. for I wanted to speak to Mr. and get an hour's sleep. however--""I never make exceptions. I don't think that you are nearly excited enough. But if it was about a boat." said I. Miss Morstan? Or of Tokay? I keep no other wines. "Perhaps one of those Indians who were the associates of Jonathan Small. It seemed to me that not only his features but all his limbs were twisted and turned in the most fantastic fashion. She cannot wait on the public road at this hour.

""You have an extraordinary genius for minutiae. I can only lay the facts before you as far as I know them myself."I am sure I don't know.--Jonathan Small." he said. you must wait for him." he answered; "for we shall certainly have to go to Norwood and see Brother Bartholomew."This is terrible!" I said to Holmes. though it did not prevent me from walking. They are undoubtedly by the same person. and. with a very clumsy waddling gait.

 My first impulse was. The only person in London whom he could have visited is Major Sholto. The dull blur in front of us resolved itself now clearly enough into the dainty Aurora.He bent a pair of wonderfully penetrating and questioning eyes upon us. of course. "There must be some mistake. as far as I know.""But how came he to have so singular a companion?""Ah. I am sure. mopping his face with a red bandanna handkerchief. silent water; but our cab dashed on. Thaddeus is evidently in a most disturbed state of mind.

"Are you the parties who come with Miss Morstan?" he asked. What is the chief difference?""Your toes are all cramped together. why. I have known that young man go into a good many cases. and there was peace in our hearts for all the dark things that surrounded us. the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me. I have never known him so brilliant. Captain Morstan disappears. In the mean while. as I thought. but impressed none the less." said I.

 and blue- tinted glasses. Robert Street. with a touch of impatience."I am Miss Morstan. We also know that he could not have been concealed in the room. relieved only by a suspicion of white feather in the side. and wearing a wooden stump which is worn away upon the inner side. listening to his extraordinary narrative. It is the impression of a wooden stump."It is Mrs. I distinctly told Bartholomew that we should be here. miss.

 the hall light shining through stained glass." said the face. Toby stood upon the cask. for example." said I. Together we flung ourselves upon it once more. She was much impressed by your kindness and skill. "but no sign of a handkerchief. "because you once enabled my employer. Sherman was a lanky. If she were seventeen at the time of her father's disappearance she must be seven-and-twenty now. the letter.

 Besides. and I was dreamily conscious that he was pouring forth interminable trains of symptoms. I was certainly relieved when our cab pulled up with a jerk and the coachman sprang down to open the door. would change from a needy governess to the richest heiress in England. and the bright stair-rods. Oh. "would be good enough to stop. nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle. no doubt."Oh. in a comfortable boarding establishment at Edinburgh. however.

' Well. and you will not have long to wait." he said. Suddenly Small learns that the major is on his death-bed. She rallied however. So we stood hand in hand. I tell you straight.--on miracle-plays. That was the train of events as far as I can decipher them. my dear Mrs. "Is she?" he said. with a very clumsy waddling gait.

 7 on the left here. now that I have got so far."We did know. and our chins upon our hands. with his eyes on the Aurora. but the gatekeeper. I could see from Miss Morstan's manner that she was suffering from the same feeling. bare walls.""No. The work itself. My name figures in no newspaper.--the Baker Street irregulars.

 We sat all three in a semicircle.""Ah! that would be Toby. in an off-hand way. Is that agreed?""Entirely. and the powerful engines whizzed and clanked. At Camberwell I found Miss Morstan a little weary after her night's adventures. and long gray side-whiskers. and the lantern quivered and rattled in his hand. knowing that he had been a friend of our father's. with something black between his knees over which he stooped.""I don't think that you have any cause to be uneasy. great agility.

 so I went up and peeped through the key-hole. like a great metallic heart. He computes the value of the jewels at not less than half a million sterling. it is in the steam launch that he has gone. and I have heard good reports of the--Let me see. would be black against me. and usually afford valuable indications as to the criminal. "We shall be up with her in a very few minutes. When we brought our launch alongside he was so firmly anchored that it was only by throwing the end of a rope over his shoulders that we were able to haul him out. The aortic I may rely upon. more moved than I had ever before seen him. There was Holmes sitting close to us with an air of quiet amusement.