The Bizarre Effects of Life

Mr. Jabez Wilson has been good enough to call upon me this morning and to begin a narrative which promises to be one of the most singular which I have listened to for some time. Try the set E said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together as was his custom when in judicial moods. The stout gentleman half rose from his chair and gave a bob of greeting with a little quick questioning glance from his small, fat encircled eyes. "I know you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life," he replied.