"Don't let him get out of your sight." "Very good, sir," said the man; and, saluting, he passed on up the stairs and whistled softly at that black depressing door.
The clock above the Millwall Docks was striking eleven as the colonel and I caught a bus that should carry us back to a brighter, happier London.

Hughes spoke but seldom on that ride; and, repeating his advice that I humor Inspector Bray on the morrow, he left me in the Strand.
So, my lady, here I sit in my study, waiting for that most important day that is shortly to dawn.

A full evening, you must admit.

A woman with the perfume of lilacs about her has threatened that unless I lie I shall encounter consequences most unpleasant.

A handsome young lieutenant has begged me to tell that same lie for the honor of his family, and thus condemn him to certain arrest and imprisonment.