I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.

Let us hear the suspicions. I will look after the proofs.

My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.

I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?

We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer in the taproom and had heard the whole conversation. Who was I? What did I want? What did I mean by asking questions? He had a fine flow of language, and his adjectives were very vigorous.

I say, Watson,’ he whispered, ‘would you be afraid to sleep in the same room as a lunatic, a man with softening of the brain, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip?’ ‘Not in the least,’ I answered in astonishment. ‘Ah, that’s lucky,’ he said, and not another word would he utter that night.