18827    If I read his character right he will devote his whole energies to revenging himself upon me.

18828    He said as much in our short interview, and I fancy that he meant it.

18829    I should certainly recommend you to return to your practice.'

18830    It was hardly an appeal to be successful with one who was an old campaigner as well as an old friend.

18831    We sat in the Strasburg salle-à-manger arguing the question for half an hour, but the same night we had resumed our journey and were well on our way to Geneva.

18832    For a charming week we wandered up the Valley of the Rhône, and then, branching off at Leuk, we made our way over the Gemmi Pass, still deep in snow, and so, by way of Interlaken, to Meiringen.

18833    It was a lovely trip, the dainty green of the spring below, the virgin white of the winter above; but it was clear to me that never for one instant did Holmes forget the shadow which lay across him.

18834    In the homely Alpine villages or in the lonely mountain passes, I could still tell, by his quick glancing eyes and his sharp scrutiny of every face that passed us, that he was well convinced that, walk where we would, we could not walk ourselves clear of the danger which was dogging our footsteps.

18835    Once, I remember, as we passed over the Gemmi, and walked along the border of the melancholy Daubensee, a large rock which had been dislodged from the ridge upon our right clattered down and roared into the lake behind us.

18836    In an instant Holmes had raced up on to the ridge, and, standing upon a lofty pinnacle, craned his neck in every direction.

18837    It was in vain that our guide assured him that a fall of stones was a common chance in the spring-time at that spot.

18838    He said nothing, but he smiled at me with the air of a man who sees the fulfilment of that which he had expected.

18839    And yet for all his watchfulness he was never depressed.

18840    On the contrary, I can never recollect having seen him in such exuberant spirits.

18841    Again and again he recurred to the fact that if he could be assured that society was freed from Professor Moriarty, he would cheerfully bring his own career to a conclusion.