We'll know before the day is out whether we have caught our big, lean-jawed pike, or whether he has got through the meshes." "Have you been on the moor already ?" "I have sent a report from Grimpen to Princetown as to the death of Selden.

I think I can promise that none of you will be troubled in the matter.

And I have also communicated with my faithful Cartwright, who would certainly have pined away at the door of my hut, as a dog does at his master's grave, if I had not set his mind at rest about my safety." "What is the next move ?" "To see Sir Henry.

Ah, here he is!" "Good morning, Holmes," said the baronet.

"You look like a general who is planning a battle with his chief of the staff." "That is the exact situation.