Holmes smiled with satisfaction as we overhauled a river steamer and left her behind us.
"We ought to be able to catch anything on the river," he said.
"Well, hardly that.

But there are not many launches to beat us." "We shall have to catch the Aurora, and she has a name for being a clipper.

I will tell you how the land lies, Watson.

You recollect how annoyed I was at being balked by so small a thing ?" "Yes." "Well, I gave my mind a thorough rest by plunging into a chemical analysis.

One of our greatest statesmen has said that a change of work is the best rest.