There have been two murders, a vitriol-throwing, a suicide, and several robberies brought about for the sake of this forty-grain weight of crystallised charcoal.
Who would think that so pretty a toy would be a purveyor to the gallows and the prison?
I'll lock it up in my strong box now and drop a line to the Countess to say that we have it." "Do you think that this man Horner is innocent ?" "I cannot tell." "Well, then, do you imagine that this other one, Henry Baker, had anything to do with the matter ?" "It is, I think, much more likely that Henry Baker is an absolutely innocent man, who had no idea that the bird which he was carrying was of considerably more value than if it were made of solid gold.

That, however, I shall determine by a very simple test if we have an answer to our advertisement." "And you can do nothing until then ?" "Nothing." "In that case I shall continue my professional round.

But I shall come back in the evening at the hour you have mentioned, for I should like to see the solution of so tangled a business." "Very glad to see you.

I dine at seven.

There is a woodcock, I believe.