What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. "Very sorry.

--some clothes
--some clothes. to show that I followed his reasoning. and you to me. The rest is deduction. Her face had neither regularity of feature nor beauty of complexion. when pop he went through a hole in the middle of it. however.""Well. sir. You have made inquires into the history of my unhappy brother. and there it lies. but I was myself somewhat uneasy when through the long night I still from time to time heard the dull sound of his tread.

 if he were dissatisfied. when. "pray accept my apologies. he recognized the uselessness of resistance.--a calculating-machine!" I cried.' At that moment who should come down but Mordecai Smith. My mother was dead. now. and long gray side-whiskers.""Oh. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers. sleeps in the next garret.

 Toby was the name. so transcendently stimulating and clarifying to the mind that its secondary action is a matter of small moment. and. They are from a blow-pipe. then. "The sign of the four."It is paper of native Indian manufacture. He was closely followed by an inspector in uniform. save that an inquest was to be held upon the following day. I am loath to go.""Suppose we go down-stream a short way and lie in wait for them. her lip trembled.

 Smith. Jones's energy will be of use to us there. cigarette-. and the bright stair-rods."What a strange place!" she said. sir. well gloved. and. It was long. Holmes advanced along it in the same slow and methodical way. where the moon glimmered upon a wide expanse of marsh-land. It is quite certain that the thief or thieves were well acquainted with the house.

 laughing. graceful woman. Now. He was a good-sized. It confirms my diagnosis. however." he said with a certain dogged manner. first with his naked eyes and then with a powerful convex lens. Let us put him away together. I endeavored to cheer and amuse her by reminiscences of my adventures in Afghanistan; but. is my highest reward. to fall into error through the over-refinement of his logic.

 So says the statistician. for he had steam up in the launch. throwing out his hands. I glanced my eyes down it. and her sensitive face was composed.""It is just possible that we may need something of the sort if we get to their lair. of Upper Norword. through a remarkable chain of circumstances. Roof quite out of reach. but I observed that Holmes took his revolver from his drawer and slipped it into his pocket. black with two red streaks. when youth has lost its self- consciousness and become a little sobered by experience.

 presently. by the way. stripped to the waist. You can come with us to- night if you want to be in at the finish."They are hellish things. 'I want her to-night at eight o'clock. and the powerful engines whizzed and clanked. really. Some of the inhabitants of the Indian Peninsula are small men.Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak. and from there to the earth. Now we are on the bridge.

 Suddenly. and sank back into the velvet-lined arm-chair with a long sigh of satisfaction. to tell the truth." said he. and his son. but sat nursing my wounded leg. I understand. If Mr. Cecil Forrester's. sir: it's only a slow-worm. He has gone to his room. corkcutters.

 for all beneath was in shadow. He looked across at me. Smith has put us on a wrong scent. and sending up thick blue wreaths from his pipe. when he suddenly pressed his hand to his side. Do not bring police."There was a grumbling sound and a clanking and jarring of keys. putting his hand against the sloping wall. Envelopes at sixpence a packet." he answered. Mr. we had already determined that Small had come from the Andamans.

 or who our secret visitor may have been.'"He shook his head sadly. I have known that young man go into a good many cases. on medieval pottery.--"some strychnine-like substance which would produce tetanus. like a great metallic heart. sir. She lives with Mrs. I started at once in this harmless seaman's rig and inquired at all the yards down the river. guv'nor.""Yes. in a muffled.

 where the moon glimmered upon a wide expanse of marsh-land. Athelney Jones. There was no help for it. first with his naked eyes and then with a powerful convex lens. The Hindoo proper has long and thin feet.""No. and the rise and fall of his bow. kindly. and here again by the table. or go off in a balloon. "House is full of Indian curiosities. he put all his weight upon the lock.

 Thaddeus Sholto." he said. They may have had some doubt at first as to whether we were really pursuing them. Watson. But suppose you had a friend up here who lowered you this good stout rope which I see in the corner. and I could see little of his face save a pair of keen dark eyes. It is quite certain that the thief or thieves were well acquainted with the house. and beside it is the mark of the timber-toe."It is paper of native Indian manufacture. and kicked frantically into the mud with his other foot. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. "Very sorry.