The Cafe Royal and the Criterion are quite decadent enough for me!' Watson laughed. 'Oh, the Cri! One of my old haunts.' Happily he began to tell his young friends of his wilder days, his army career and the occasion of his return to England. Soon all three were roaring with laughter; Dr Watson was an adept storyteller, and had a repertoire of tales guaranteed to entertain. He gave a particularly amusing account of his first meeting with Holmes and his bewilderment at his new acquaintance's eccentricities that held Max spellbound; his thirst for information about his hero was insatiable.
