It is as much a part of my second self as using my eyes or ears with unconscious accuracy.

Some man--a big, powerful man--designedly threw me down, and did so very scientifically, first pressing his knee against the tendons of my left leg, and then using his elbow.

Not one in a thousand Londoners would know the trick." "You are a first-rate witness.

Pray go on," said Brett.
"Being a sailor, however, I did manage to twist round slightly as I fell, and I'm blessed if I didn't think it was Davie here who did it." The barrister's keen face lighted curiously.

The others, closely watching him, afterwards agreed that he reminded them of a greyhound straining after a luckless hare.
"That seems to interest you, Mr.Brett," said Frazer.