- [last lines]
- Dr. Watson: You have helped a remarkable woman, Holmes. And a formidable man.
- Sherlock Holmes: And if, as seems not unlikely, they should join forces?
- Dr. Watson: Naturally I would wish them well.
- Sherlock Holmes: Hmph. Magnanimous of you, Watson.
- Dr. Watson: [exasperated after Holmes drops his revolver into the stream to prove a point] My revolver, Holmes.
- Sherlock Holmes: It is a thankless business, Watson. I can discover facts, but I cannot change them.
- Sherlock Holmes: There is little to share, but we'll discuss it after you've consumed those two hard-boiled eggs with which our temporary cook has favoured us. Their condition may not be unconnected with the copy of 'The Family Herald' which I observed yesterday on the hall table. Even so trivial a matter as cooking an egg demands an attention which is incompatible with the love romance in that excellent periodical.
- Sherlock Holmes: I must confess that the case would seem to be a very black one against her if it were not for one thing.
- Dr. Watson: What is that?
- Sherlock Holmes: The finding of the pistol in her wardrobe.
- Dr. Watson: That seems to be the most damning incident of all.