Can you possibly have forgotten that Sir Gilbert Hawkesby was the judge who tried Mrs.Lorimer for the murder of her husband ?" "Oh!" said the Major, "I had forgotten.

I never took the same interest in that case that you did, J.J." "Well, he was.

He was the very judge who summed up so strongly against the poor woman.

I suppose now it will hardly be necessary for me to explain how his arrival at Doyle's hotel is likely to affect our plans ?" "Do you want me to invite him out in the _Spindrift_?
If so, I hope to goodness he won't be sick.

I had enough of that yesterday." "I sometimes think, Major, that you pretend to be stupid simply to annoy me.