It may have been taken from him." "No, no; it is, it is his very own writing!" "Very well.

It may, however, have been written on Monday and only posted to-day." "That is possible." "If so, much may have happened between." "Oh, you must not discourage me, Mr.Holmes.I know that all is well with him.

There is so keen a sympathy between us that I should know if evil came upon him.

On the very day that I saw him last he cut himself in the bedroom, and yet I in the dining-room rushed upstairs instantly with the utmost certainty that something had happened.

Do you think that I would respond to such a trifle and yet be ignorant of his death ?" "I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.