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"Isn't it gorgeous!" said Hol over his coffee-cup "What do you think of it?"

"I think that we have had a close shave ourselves of being arrested for the crime"

"So do I I wouldn't answer for our safety now, if he should happen to have another of his attacks of energy"

At thisat the bell, and I could hear Mrs Hudson, our landlady, raising her voice in a wail of expostulation and dis, "I believe that they are really after us"

"No, it's not quite so bad as that It is the unofficial force,--the Baker Street irregulars"

As he spoke, there ca of naked feet upon the stairs, a clatter of high voices, and in rushed a dozen dirty and ragged little street-Arabs There was so them, despite their tumultuous entry, for they instantly drew up in line and stood facing us with expectant faces One of their number, taller and older than the others, stood forith an air of lounging superiority which was very funny in such a disreputable little scarecrow

"Got your ht 'em on sharp Three bob and a tanner for tickets"

"Here you are," said Hol soins, and you to me I cannot have the house invaded in this way However, it is just as well that you should all hear the instructions I want to find the whereabouts of a steam launch called the Aurora, owner Mordecai Smith, black with two red streaks, funnel black with a white band She is down the river soe opposite Millbank to say if the boat co yourselves, and do both banks thoroughly Let me know the uv'nor," said Wiggins

"The old scale of pay, and a guinea to the boy who finds the boat Here's a day in advance Now off you go!" He handed the each, and away they buzzed down the stairs, and I saw the down the street

"If the launch is above water they will find her," said Holo everywhere, see everything, overhear every one I expect to hear before evening that they have spotted her In thebut await results We cannot pick up the broken trail until we find either the Aurora or Mr Mordecai Smith"