It was lit at the time, and if it was lit this corner would be the brightest instead of the darkest portion of the wall." "And what does it mean now that you _have_ found it ?" asked Gregson in a depreciatory voice.
"Mean?
Why, it means that the writer was going to put the female name Rachel, but was disturbed before he or she had time to finish.

You mark my words, when this case comes to be cleared up you will find that a woman named Rachel has something to do with it.

It's all very well for you to laugh, Mr.Sherlock Holmes.

You may be very smart and clever, but the old hound is the best, when all is said and done." "I really beg your pardon!" said my companion, who had ruffled the little man's temper by bursting into an explosion of laughter.

"You certainly have the credit of being the first of us to find this out, and, as you say, it bears every mark of having been written by the other participant in last night's mystery.