He has probably captured the world; it only remains to him to capture this field and all the fools in it.

And since you really want to know what was my objection to the arrival of that train, I will tell you.

My objection was that Sunday or his Secretary has just this moment got out of it." Syme uttered an involuntary cry, and they all turned their eyes towards the far-off station.

It was quite true that a considerable bulk of people seemed to be moving in their direction.

But they were too distant to be distinguished in any way.
"It was a habit of the late Marquis de St.Eustache," said the new policeman, producing a leather case, "always to carry a pair of opera glasses.