The Complete Sherlock Holmes

of my remarks, that Professor Coram’s consumption
of food had increased—as one would expect
when he is supplying a second person. We then
ascended to the room again, when, by upsetting
the cigarette-box, I obtained a very excellent view
of the floor, and was able to see quite clearly, from
the traces upon the cigarette ash, that the prisoner
had, in our absence, come out from her retreat.
Well, Hopkins, here we are at Charing Cross, and
I congratulate you on having brought your case to
a successful conclusion. You are going to headquarters,
no doubt. I think, Watson, you and I will
drive together to the Russian Embassy.”