Yes, it is as you say. You now behold a detective- a great detective, I may say- in the act of detecting!

Oh! money! All the troubles in the world can be put down to money—or the lack of it.

Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived.

It is well at any price to have peace in the home.

Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.

Oh, you still don't understand,' he said impatiently. ‘I've fallen in love with her, and I'd like you to give me a divorce as soon as it can be arranged.' I suppose, with those words, that part of my life–my happy, successful confident life–ended. It was not as quick as that, of course–because I couldn't believe.

Nature repeats herself more than one would imagine. The sea has infinitely more variety.