It was evident to me that he had been very busy of late, for the notes which I had from Baker Street were few and short, with no comments upon the information which I had supplied and hardly any reference to my mission.

No doubt his blackmailing case is absorbing all his faculties.

And yet this new factor must surely arrest his attention and renew his interest.

I wish that he were here.
OCTOBER 17TH .-- All day to-day the rain poured down, rustling on the ivy and dripping from the eaves.

I thought of the convict out upon the bleak, cold, shelterless moor.