The stage lost a fine actor, even as
science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in
crime.
To begin
He drew up his chair very close to mine and began to
stare at me again with the same questioning and thoughtful look.
To break
There was a long silence, broken only by his heavy breathing and
by the measured tapping of Sherlock Holmes' finger-tips upon the
edge of the table.
To bring
Then I went round the corner to the Ivy Plant for some brandy,
and by the time I had brought it back the young woman had recovered and
was off--ashamed of herself, I daresay, and dared not face me.
To build
Spiders had built their webs in the angles of the walls and ceilings; and sometimes, when Oliver walked softly into a room, the mice would scamper across the floor, and run back terrified to their holes.