Mrs.Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you." "What is it, then--a fire ?" "No; a client.

It seems that a young lady has arrived in a considerable state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me.

She is waiting now in the sitting-room.

Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is something very pressing which they have to communicate.

Should it prove to be an interesting case, you would, I am sure, wish to follow it from the outset.