"try the settee," said holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods. "i know, my dear watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life. you have shown your relish for it by the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you will excuse my saying so, somewhat to embellish so many of my own little adventures."