Thank you very much, said he, I fear that I underrated the difficulty of the task. This list will be of very material assistance to me. It took some time, said I. And now, said he, I want you to make a list of the furniture shops, for they all sell c...
I went back to the hotel with the big book under my arm, and with very conflicting feelings in my breast. On the one hand, I was definitely engaged and had a hundred pounds in my pocket; on the other, the look of the offices, the absence of name on t...
Dont be disheartened, Mr. Pycroft, said my new acquaintance, seeing the length of my face. Rome was not built in a day, and we have lots of money at our backs, though we dont cut much dash yet in offices. Pray sit down, and let me have your letter. I...
It was a quarter of an hour before my time, but I thought that would make no difference. 126B was a passage between two large shops, which led to a winding stone stair, from which there were many flats, let as offices to companies or professional men...
Really, I hardly know how to express my gratitude, Mr. Pinner, said I. Not at all, my boy. You have only got your deserts. There are one or two small things mere formalities which I must arrange with you. You have a bit of paper beside you there. Kin...
Not go to Mawsons? No, sir. By that day you will be the business manager of the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited, with a hundred and thirty-four branches in the towns and villages of France, not counting one in Brussels and one in San Remo. T...
Well. said he, the fact is that I have heard some really extraordinary stories about your financial ability. You remember Parker, who used to be Coxons manager. He can never say enough about it. Of course I was pleased to hear this. I had always been...
The worst of the story is. said he. that I show myself up as such a confounded fool. Of course it may work out all right, and I dont see that I could have done otherwise; but if I have lost my crib and get nothing in exchange I shall feel what a soft...
Your neighbour is a doctor. said he, nodding at the brass plate. Yes, he bought a practice as I did. An old-established one? Just the same as mine. Both have been ever since the houses were built. Ah! then you got hold of the best of the two. I think...
Ha! nothing could be better, said Holmes, leaning back in his chair and looking keenly at me from under his half-closed lids. I perceive that you have been unwell lately. Summer colds are always a little trying. I was confined to the house by a sever...
