'I suppose,' I said, 'there's no time to get a lamp.' He looked up, blinking amiably at the beautiful arched ceiling of his own front hall.

From this was suspended, by chains of exquisite ironwork, this lantern, one of the hundred treasures of his treasure house.

By sheer force he tore the lamp out of his own ceiling, shattering the painted panels, and bringing down two blue vases with his violence.

Then he handed me the iron lantern, and I put it in the car.

Was I not right when I said that Dr.Renard was worth knowing ?" "You were," said Syme seriously, and hung the heavy lantern over the front.