He's always there in the evenings." "I haven't been waiting long," said I, "and I was just thinking of rousing him up when you came." "That was right," said Thorndyke, turning up the gas.

"And what news do you bring?
Do I see a blue envelope sticking out of your pocket ?" "You do." "Is it a copy of the will ?" he asked.
I answered "yes," and added that I had full permission to show it to him.
"What did I tell you ?" exclaimed Jervis.

"Didn't I say that he would get the copy for us if it existed ?" "We admit the excellence of your prognosis," said Thorndyke, "but there is no need to be boastful.

Have you read through the document, Berkeley ?" "No, I haven't taken it out of the envelope." "Then it will be equally new to us all, and we shall see if it tallies with your description." He placed three easy chairs at a convenient distance from the light, and Jervis, watching him with a smile, remarked: "Now Thorndyke is going to enjoy himself.

To him, a perfectly unintelligible will is a thing of beauty and a joy for ever; especially if associated with some kind of recondite knavery." "I don't know," said I, "that this will is particularly unintelligible.
The mischief seems to be that it is rather too intelligible.