Posted by Jonathan Labaree on November 07, 2003 at 16:35:21 from 207.5.234.19 user JLabaree.
In Reply to: Re: Ultimate Shortened Stories posted by Peter Hyland on November 07, 2003 at 00:41:37:
"Whatever have you been doing with yourself, Watson?" he asked in undisguised wonder, as we rattled through the crowded London streets. "You are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut."
I gave him a short sketch of my adventures, and had hardly concluded it by the time that we reached our destination.
"Poor devil!" he said, commiseratingly, after he had listened to my misfortunes. "What are you up to now?"
"Looking for lodgings," I answered. "Trying to solve the problem as to whether it is possible to get comfortable rooms at a reasonable price."
"That's a strange thing," remarked my companion; "you are the second man to-day that has used that expression to me."
"Oh, no thanks," I hastened to reply. "I’m only interested in securing lodgings alone. I find after my trials that another’s company would be too straining."