I took home the contents but the pieces were no larger than sixpences.

I was able to put together one envelope which he received yesterday morning, which was franked 'On His Majesty's Service,' and the post-mark of which was Downing Street." Selingman shook his head ponderously and then replied seriously: "You must do better than that, my Sherlock Holmes--much better." "I can't make bricks without straw," Allen retorted sullenly.
"There is always straw if one looks in the right place," Selingman insisted, puffing away at his cigar.

"What we want to discover is, exactly how much does Hunterleys know of certain operations of ours which are going on here?
He is on the watch--that I am sure of.

There is one known agent in the place, and another suspected one, and I am pretty certain that they are both working at his instigation.

What we want to get hold of is one of his letters to London." "I have been in and out of his rooms at all hours," the other said.