"My friend here wants to take diggings, and as you were complaining that you could get no one to go halves with you, I thought that I had better bring you together." Sherlock Holmes seemed delighted at the idea of sharing his rooms with me.

"I have my eye on a suite in Baker Street," he said, "which would suit us down to the ground.

You don't mind the smell of strong tobacco, I hope ?" "I always smoke 'ship's' myself," I answered.
"That's good enough.

I generally have chemicals about, and occasionally do experiments.

Would that annoy you ?" "By no means." "Let me see--what are my other shortcomings.