The Problem of Thor Bridge Quotes

“Some of you rich men have to be taught that all the world cannot be bribed into condoning your offences.\”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge

“There is little to share, but we may discuss it when you have consumed the two hard-boiled eggs with which our new cook has favoured us. Their condition may not be unconnected with the copy of the Family Herald which I observed yesterday upon the hall-table. Even so trivial a matter as cooking an egg demands an attention which is conscious of the passage of time and incompatible with the love romance in that excellent period.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge

“Holmes rose from his chair.
"I am a rather busy man, Mr. Gibson," said he, "and I have no time or taste for aimless conversations. I wish you good-morning.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge

“[...] one drawback of an active mind is that one can always conceive alternative explanations which would make our scent a false one.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge

“I am getting into your involved habit, Watson, of telling a story backward.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge

“I can discover facts, Watson, but I cannot change them.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge