46435    'Perfectly.'

46436    'Then you may expect us.

46437    Shall I have a cab called?'

46438    'I'd prefer to walk, for this affair has flurried me rather.'

46439    'I'll join you in a walk, with pleasure,' said his companion.

46440    'Then we meet again at two o'clock.

46441    Au revoir, and good morning!'

46442    We heard the steps of our visitors descend the stair and the bang of the front door.

46443    In an instant Holmes had changed from the languid dreamer to the man of action.

46444    'Your hat and boots, Watson, quick!

46445    Not a moment to lose!'

46446    He rushed into his room in his dressing-gown, and was back again in a few seconds in a frock-coat.

46447    We hurried together down the stairs and into the street.

46448    Dr Mortimer and Baskerville were still visible about two hundred yards ahead of us in the direction of Oxford Street.

46449    'Shall I run on and stop them?'