That she has special business in England we may well believe, otherwise she would have crossed on the French line direct from New York to Havre.

So you see, my dear boy, these are all matters of observation, and quite patent to anyone who cares to use his eyes." "Yes, it all seems very simple now that you have explained it," growled Smith.
"I should be a much more mysterious person than I am," remarked the detective complacently, "if I did not explain so much.

This explanation habit is becoming a vice with me, and I fear I must abandon it." "I hope for my sake you won't," said Smith more good-naturedly, "for if left to myself I never could find out how you arrive at your wonderful conclusions.

Do you expect the Austrian diamond mystery to prove difficult ?" "Difficult?
Oh, dear no! To tell the truth, I have solved it already, but in order to give the American a run for his money--and surely he ought not to object to that, because he is a millionaire who has made his fortune by giving other people runs for their money, being a railway man--I am now on my way to Vienna.

If I solved the problem off-hand for him in London, he would have no more appreciation of my talent than you had a moment ago when I explained why I knew this French girl came from Chicago." "You mustn't mind that, Cadbury," said Smith contritely.