But--" "Had he his rod ?" "He had not.

But--" "He'd hardly have gone fishing without his rod, however bad his temper was.

I wonder now where on earth he did go." "It's what I'm trying to tell you," said Doyle, "if you'd let me speak." "If you know where he went," said Meldon, "say so at once.

What's the use of leaving me to waste time and energy trying to discover by inductive reasoning a thing that you know perfectly well all the time ?" "It's what I'm trying to do is to tell you." "Stop trying then," said Meldon, "and do it." "He took a lep on the car," said Doyle, "the same as it might be a man that was in a mighty hurry to be off, and says he to the driver, 'Is there a place here called Ballymoy House ?' 'There is, of course,' said Patsy Flaherty, for it was him that was driving the car." "Ballymoy House!" said Meldon.

"Nonsense.