Could you lay your hand upon those pills ?" "I have them," said Lestrade, producing a small white box; "I took them and the purse and the telegram, intending to have them put in a place of safety at the Police Station.

It was the merest chance my taking these pills, for I am bound to say that I do not attach any importance to them." "Give them here," said Holmes.

"Now, Doctor," turning to me, "are those ordinary pills ?" They certainly were not.

They were of a pearly grey colour, small, round, and almost transparent against the light.

"From their lightness and transparency, I should imagine that they are soluble in water," I remarked.
"Precisely so," answered Holmes.