"I see the lights of a house ahead of us." "That is Merripit House and the end of our journey.

I must request you to walk on tiptoe and not to talk above a whisper." We moved cautiously along the track as if we were bound for the house, but Holmes halted us when we were about two hundred yards from it.
"This will do," said he.

"These rocks upon the right make an admirable screen." "We are to wait here ?" "Yes, we shall make our little ambush here.

Get into this hollow, Lestrade.

You have been inside the house, have you not, Watson?
Can you tell the position of the rooms?
What are those latticed windows at this end ?" "I think they are the kitchen windows." "And the one beyond, which shines so brightly ?" "That is certainly the dining-room." "The blinds are up.