I thought at first that you were merely considering the safety of my vile body.

When shall I start on my job ?" "To-morrow morning.

I shall give you my notes on the Blackmore case and the copies of the will and the depositions, from which you had better draw up a digest of the evidence with remarks as to the conclusions that it suggests.

Then there are our gleanings from New Inn to be looked over and considered; and with regard to this case, we have the fragments of a pair of spectacles which had better be put together into a rather more intelligible form in case we have to produce them in evidence.

That will keep you occupied for a day or two, together with some work appertaining to other cases.