Don't you see that the converse is equally valid.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

This child's disposition is abnormally cruel, merely for cruelty's sake, and whether he derives this from his smiling father, as I should suspect, or from his mother, it bodes evil for the poor girl who is in their power." "I am sure that you are right, Mr.Holmes," cried our client.

"A thousand things come back to me which make me certain that you have hit it.

Oh, let us lose not an instant in bringing help to this poor creature." "We must be circumspect, for we are dealing with a very cunning man.