The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

It was all love on my side, and all good comradeship and friendship on hers. When we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be a free man.

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

Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.

Am dining at Goldini's Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington. Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver. S. H." It was a nice equipment for a respectable citizen to carry through the dim, fog-draped streets.

There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.

Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.