"We're well up with the times in Sussex.

I've told you now how matters were, up to the time when I took over from Sergeant Wilson between three and four this morning.

My word! I made the old mare go! But I need not have been in such a hurry, as it turned out; for there was nothing immediate that I could do.

Sergeant Wilson had all the facts.

I checked them and considered them and maybe added a few of my own." "What were they ?" asked Holmes eagerly.
"Well, I first had the hammer examined.