""Dear girl," continued Bob advancing with an imbecile grin upon his countenance, which he imagined no doubt to be a seductive smile, "fly with me! Be mine! Share with me the wild free life of a barrister! Say that you return the love which consumes my heart - oh, say it!" Here Bob put his hand over a hole in his waistcoat and struck a dramatic attitude.

Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.

A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.

There is nothing like first-hand evidence.

The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.

What one man can invent, another can discover.

It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.