Do you remember the case, Gregson ?" "No, sir." "Read it up--you really should.

There is nothing new under the sun.

It has all been done before." As he spoke, his nimble fingers were flying here, there, and everywhere, feeling, pressing, unbuttoning, examining, while his eyes wore the same far-away expression which I have already remarked upon.

So swiftly was the examination made, that one would hardly have guessed the minuteness with which it was conducted.

Finally, he sniffed the dead man's lips, and then glanced at the soles of his patent leather boots.
"He has not been moved at all ?" he asked.
"No more than was necessary for the purposes of our examination." "You can take him to the mortuary now," he said.