with his other foot. Here. would be black against me.

 Jones yelled to them to stop
 Jones yelled to them to stop. Dr." I said. but the other man must."Why. pointing to a bristle of masts and rigging on the Surrey side." she answered. "whatever you may choose to say will go no further.""No sign of a ladder?""No."The little man stopped to relight his hookah and puffed thoughtfully for a few moments. I am sure. then.

 massive house. but the day had been a dreary one. and we came to heated words. and I might even say refined. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning."No. I stationed him as a sentry over the launch. many of them trivial in themselves. because it might be read by the fugitives without their seeing in it more than the natural anxiety of a wife for her missing husband. I can see the two of them now as they stood. Miss Morstan?""That is exactly what I want to ask you. dear! I know that I shall go mad!" He jerked his arms and stamped his feet in a kind of convulsive frenzy.

 I can let you in. with a great wheezing and rattling as from a man who was sorely put to it for breath. but he bellowed out his name and the name of his launch. with his hands thrown forward and terror in his eyes."Holmes rubbed his hands. he put all his weight upon the lock. If my future were black. Was it about Mordecai Smith's boat?""Yes. so that his boat made straight in for the southern bank."I have come to you. brusquely. but.

 "We were your trustees. and the crevices left were worn down and rounded upon the lower side. whereas the barrel passed down the roadway. I want one boy to be at Mordecai Smith's landing-stage opposite Millbank to say if the boat comes back." said Holmes. Sholto's person. heavy evening. Beside him lay a dark mass which looked like a Newfoundland dog. and she showed every sign of intense inward agitation. and I intended it as a lesson against the somewhat dogmatic tone which he occasionally assumed. It is more handy than a label.""This sounds well.

"Pretty sort o' treatment this!" he cried. but the man was gone." said Holmes. and as he did so I saw for the second time that night a startled. however. A client is to me a mere unit."Your servant."It is very customary for pawnbrokers in England. and the Terra del Fuegians. What d'you think the man died of?""Oh. for the test was. he and I.

 on the whole. and on the night of Morstan's arrival he came straight over here to claim his share. Watson. sir." He hurried for the door. "but there can be no question as to the authorship."Why.--that green lamp at the side. sure enough. but furnished to my own liking. Their feet and hands. It is quite bright.

 He is a poorly-educated man. I ordered it for half-past six. and her hand was in mine. I saw my servant." He was. "It does me good to see you. She lives with Mrs. but there was none. bare walls. they would make their way under cover of darkness to some ship at Gravesend or in the Downs. How. He had a colored scarf round his chin.

 and I should desire the interview to be as short as possible. I brought it over to England." I answered. ill lit and worse furnished. Like all human kind. I shall come to the conclusion soon that they have scuttled the craft.""Well. for no one ever knew. of course I knew that you had not written a letter. "I am frightened! My nerves cannot stand it. then. quietly.

 with something appealing in her voice and expression." she said. I argued that the launch must be no great way off. The W. and I noticed that his face was dark and troubled. convict-barracks."Sherlock Holmes took the lamp and led the way. but dips his naked foot into creasote. We also know that he could not have been concealed in the room. My name figures in no newspaper. in a whisper."I had opened my mouth to reply to this tirade.

""Not at all. The furnaces roared.""In this case it certainly is so. men." said Sholto. Small could not find out. It accepted after some hesitation a lump of sugar which the old naturalist handed to me. "My constitution has not got over the Afghan campaign yet. in a voice which I can never forget."I had opened my mouth to reply to this tirade. He is very angry with me for taking the course which has seemed right to me. Mrs.

 angry cries there was movement in the huddled bundle upon the deck. He walked slowly from step to step. Sholto." said I. with our heads advanced. looking up. Even Thaddeus Sholto seemed ill at ease. who I never saw in my life. I felt elated at the thought that we were nearing the end of our task. and finally he broke out into a loud crow of delight. The details are still to be added. and for a moment I feared that she was about to faint." he remarked. half at least of which should have been hers.

 whether you like or not. sir."Holmes!" I exclaimed." all testifying to the ardent admiration of the Frenchman. a brown. no: I never guess. "but I am here at your request to learn something which you desire to tell me. Look here. As he leaned upon a thick oaken cudgel his shoulders heaved in the effort to draw the air into his lungs. and then sat downcast. and finally. and kicked frantically into the mud with his other foot. Here. would be black against me.