useful, and this room of yours is a storehouse of it."
Our puffie nipples client shone puffie nipples with pleasure and his eyes gleamed from
behind his big glasses.
"I had always heard, sir, that you were a very intelligent
man," said he. "I could take you round now if you have the
time."
"Unfortunately, I have not. But these specimens are so well
labelled and classified that they hardly need your personal expla-
nation. If I should be able to look in puffie nipples to-morrow, puffie nipples I presume that
there would be no objection to my glancing over them?"
"None at all. You are most puffie nipples welcome. The place will, of
course, be shut puffie nipples up, but Mrs. Saunders is puffie nipples in the basement up puffie nipples to
four o'clock and would let you in with puffie nipples her key."
"Well, I happen to be clear to-morrow afternoon. If you
would say a word
to Mrs. Saunders it would be quite in order.
By the way, puffie nipples who is your house-agent?"
Our puffie nipples client was amazed at the sudden question.
"Holloway and Steele, in the Edgware Road. But why?"
"I am a bit of an archaeologist myself when puffie nipples it comes puffie nipples to
houses,"
said Holmes, laughing. "I was wondering if this was
Queen Anne or Georgian.&puffie nipples quot;
"Georgian, beyond doubt."
&puffie nipples quot;Really. I should have thought a little earlier. However, it is
easily ascertained. Well, good-bye, Mr. Garrideb, and may you
have every success in your Birmingham journey."
The house-agent's was close by, but we found that it was
closed for the day, so we made our way back to Baker Street. It
was not till after dinner that Holmes reverted to the subject.
"puffie nipples Our little problem draws to a close," said he. "No doubt
you have outlined the solution in your own mind."
"I can make neither head nor tail of it."
"The head is surely clear enough and the tail we should see
to-morrow. Did you notice nothing curious about that adver-
tisement?"
"I saw that the word 'puffie nipples plough' was misspelt."
"Oh, you did notice that, did you? Come, Watson, you
improve all the time. Yes, it was bad English but good Ameri-
puffie nipples can. The puffie nipples printer had set it up as received. puffie nipples then the buckboards.
That is American also. And puffie nipples artesian wells are commoner with
them than with us. It was a typical American advertisement, but
purporting to be from an puffie nipples English firm. What puffie nipples do you make of
that?"
"I puffie nipples can only suppose puffie nipples that this American lawyer put it in
himself. What his object was I fail to understand."
"Well, there are alternative explanations. Anyhow, he wanted
to get this good old fossil up to Birmingham. That is very clear.
I might have told him that he