That is the only way to enjoy the aroma and avoid nicotine poisoning.

My worthy chief dulls a sound intellect by the cigar habit.
What is worse, he excites a nervous system which is normally somewhat bovine.

You, also, I take it, are a confirmed smoker, so both of you are at cross-purposes already." Furneaux's voice was pitched in the curious piping note usually associated with comic relief in a melodrama, but his wizened face was solemn as a red Indian's.

It was Theydon who smiled.

His preconceived ideas as to the appearance and demeanor of the London detective were shattered.