The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.

I have never loved, Watson, but if I did and if the woman I loved had met such an end, I might act even as our lawless lion-hunter has done.

Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?"[Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être.]

The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.