"If my friend would undertake it there is no man who is better worth having at your side when you are in a tight place.

No one can say so more confidently than I." The proposition took me completely by surprise, but before I had time to answer, Baskerville seized me by the hand and wrung it heartily.
"Well, now, that is real kind of you, Dr.Watson," said he.

"You see how it is with me, and you know just as much about the matter as I do.

If you will come down to Baskerville Hall and see me through I'll never forget it." The promise of adventure had always a fascination for me, and I was complimented by the words of Holmes and by the eagerness with which the baronet hailed me as a companion.
"I will come, with pleasure," said I."I do not know how I could employ my time better." "And you will report very carefully to me," said Holmes.

"When a crisis comes, as it will do, I will direct how you shall act.