48811 And now, if we are too late for dinner, I think that we are both ready for our suppers.'
48812 CHAPTER 13 : Fixing the Nets
48813 Sir Henry was more pleased than surprised to see Sherlock Holmes, for he had for some days been expecting that recent events would bring him down from London.
48814 He did raise his eyebrows, however, when he found that my friend had neither any luggage nor any explanations for its absence.
48815 Between us we soon supplied his wants, and then over a belated supper we explained to the Baronet as much of our experience as it seemed desirable that he should know.
48816 But first I had the unpleasant duty of breaking the news of Selden's death to Barrymore and his wife.
48817 To him it may have been an unmitigated relief, but she wept bitterly in her apron.
48818 To all the world he was the man of violence, half animal and half demon, but to her he always remained the little wilful boy of her own girlhood, the child who had clung to her hand.
48819 Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.
48820 'I've been moping in the house all day since Watson went off in the morning,' said the baronet.
48821 'I guess I should have some credit, for I have kept my promise.
48822 If I hadn't sworn not to go about alone I might have had a more lively evening, for I had a message from Stapleton asking me over there.'
48823 'I have no doubt that you would have had a more lively evening,' said Holmes, drily.
48824 'By the way, I don't suppose you appreciate that we have been mourning over you as having broken your neck?'