18741    The next the whole frame collapsed again, and Holmes had gone as quickly as he had come.

18742    'Good heavens!' I cried.

18743    'How you startled me!'

18744    'Every precaution is still necessary,' he whispered.

18745    'I have reason to think that they are hot upon our trail.

18746    Ah, there is Moriarty himself.'

18747    The train had already begun to move as Holmes spoke.

18748    Glancing back I saw a tall man pushing his way furiously through the crowd and waving his hand as if he desired to have the train stopped.

18749    It was too late, however, for we were rapidly gathering momentum, and an instant later had shot clear of the station.

18750    'With all our precautions, you see that we have cut it rather fine,' said Holmes, laughing.

18751    He rose, and throwing off the black cassock and hat which had formed his disguise, he packed them away in a hand-bag.

18752    'Have you seen the morning paper, Watson?'

18753    'No.'

18754    'You haven't seen about Baker Street, then?'

18755    'Baker Street?'