48906 I was up betimes in the morning, but Holmes was afoot earlier still, for I saw him as I dressed coming up the drive.
48907 'Yes, we should have a full day to-day,' he remarked, and he rubbed his hands with the joy of action.
48908 'The nets are all in place, and the drag is about to begin.
48909 We'll know before the day is out whether we have caught our big, lean-jawed pike, or whether he has got through the meshes.'
48910 'Have you been on the moor already?'
48911 'I have sent a report from Grimpen to Princetown as to the death of Selden.
48912 I think I can promise that none of you will be troubled in the matter.
48913 And I have also communicated with my faithful Cartwright, who would certainly have pined away at the door of my hut as a dog does at his master's grave if I had not set his mind at rest about my safety.'
48914 'What is the next move?'
48915 'To see Sir Henry.
48916 Ah, here he is!'
48917 'Good morning, Holmes,' said the baronet.
48918 'You look like a general who is planning a battle with his chief of the staff.'