'My ancestors were country squires' -- 'This inhospitable town' -- 'You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive' -- 'He is the Napoleon of crime' -- 'You should publish an account of the case' -- 'I've had to do with fifty murderers' -- 'The many causes célèbres and sensational trials in which I have figured' -- 'I should never marry--' -- 'I travelled for two years in Tibet' -- 'I then passed through Persia--' -- 'I hear of Sherlock everywhere' -- 'Occasional indiscretions of his own' -- 'A small farm upon the downs' -- 'There's an east wind coming' -- 'The greatest mystery for last'.