Call It a Challenge
Nov. 2nd, 2009 10:30 pmSmythe retired to our table with a certain amount of dismay. He had hoped for better from Holmes on my behalf, and his disappointment was palpable. The prosecutor, on the other hand, approached Holmes with the eagerness of a man who has seen a streak of daylight betraying a weakness in his opponent's line of defence.
"If your opinion of the doctor is so poor," he inquired in a self-satisfied tone, "then whyever did you drag not only yourself, but your sickbed as well, halfway across London to this courtroom?"
"Perhaps," Holmes drawled, "because my opinion of you is poorer."
"If your opinion of the doctor is so poor," he inquired in a self-satisfied tone, "then whyever did you drag not only yourself, but your sickbed as well, halfway across London to this courtroom?"
"Perhaps," Holmes drawled, "because my opinion of you is poorer."