Did you think I was proposing to keep you under lock and key indefinitely ?" "Well, no.

But I thought the Kennington case would have to wait its turn.

And I had no idea that you were in possession of enough facts to enable you to get any farther with it." "But you knew all the very striking facts of the case, and you saw the further evidence that we extracted from the empty house." "Do you mean those things that we picked out from the rubbish under the grate ?" "Yes.

You saw those curious little pieces of reed and the pair of spectacles.

They are lying in the top drawer of that cabinet at this moment, and I should recommend you to have another look at them.