That I did not know.

By the way, I had hoped that Tonga had lost all his darts; yet he managed to shoot one at us in the boat." "He had lost them all, sir, except the one which was in his blow-pipe at the time." "Ah, of course," said Holmes.

"I had not thought of that." "Is there any other point which you would like to ask about ?" asked the convict, affably.
"I think not, thank you," my companion answered.
"Well, Holmes," said Athelney Jones, "You are a man to be humored, and we all know that you are a connoisseur of crime, but duty is duty, and I have gone rather far in doing what you and your friend asked me.

I shall feel more at ease when we have our story-teller here safe under lock and key.

The cab still waits, and there are two inspectors down-stairs.