"If you can do nothing better than laugh at me, I can go elsewhere." "No, no," cried Holmes, shoving him back into the chair from which he had half risen.

"I really wouldn't miss your case for the world.

It is most refreshingly unusual.

But there is, if you will excuse my saying so, something just a little funny about it.
Pray what steps did you take when you found the card upon the door ?" "I was staggered, sir.

I did not know what to do.