"What about Birlstone ?" he asked.
"We've time yet," said the inspector, glancing at his watch.

"I've a cab at the door, and it won't take us twenty minutes to Victoria.

But about this picture: I thought you told me once, Mr.Holmes, that you had never met Professor Moriarty." "No, I never have." "Then how do you know about his rooms ?" "Ah, that's another matter.

I have been three times in his rooms, twice waiting for him under different pretexts and leaving before he came.
Once--well, I can hardly tell about the once to an official detective.
It was on the last occasion that I took the liberty of running over his papers--with the most unexpected results." "You found something compromising ?" "Absolutely nothing.

That was what amazed me.