Friday--that is, yesterday. Then I brought it round
to Mr. Harry Pinner.

"'Thank you very much,' said he; 'I fear that I
underrated the difficulty of the task. This list will
be of very material assistance to me.'

"'It took some time,' said I.

"'And now,' said he, 'I want you to make a list of the
furniture shops, for they all sell crockery.'

"'Very good.'

"'And you can come up to-morrow evening, at seven, and
let me know how you are getting on. Don't overwork
yourself. A couple of hours at Day's Music Hall in
the evening would do you no harm after your labors.'
He laughed as he spoke, and I saw with a thrill that
his second tooth upon the left-hand side had been very
badly stuffed with gold."


Sherlock Holmes rubbed his hands with delight, and I
stared with astonishment at our client.

"You may well look surprised, Dr. Watson; but it is
this way," said he: "When I was speaking to the other
chap in London, at the time that he laughed at my not
going to Mawson's, I happened to notice that his tooth