It seems you share my love of all that is bizarre. You recovered the Samoan necklace, well done!

To a great mind, nothing is little. You completed the first deduction board.

You would make a highly efficient criminal.

Moonshine is a brighter thing than fog, but this is a pea-souper! You asked for Help a great deal.

It was the bisulphate of baryta!

The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning. But I digress. You found the letter!

A trusty comrade is always of use. Well done. And yet one got away...

There are in you the makings of a very fine loafer.

You have never failed to play the game!

With your usual happy mixture of cunning and audacity, you recovered all that was stolen!

See the value of imagination!

The beautiful, faithful nature of dogs!

I was sure that I might rely on you. You found all the items from my past adventures.

The Press is a most valuable institution – if you only know how to use it!

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. Bravo!

You handled that with less than your usual – that is to say, you handled it well. You found the key!

I would have made an actor – and a rare one. You deduced my disguise.

You are a conductor of light! You discovered the hidden code.

There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.

The one fixed point in a changing age.

An isolated phenomenon? A brain without a heart? I trust that you did not judge me so quickly!

You have a turn for both observation and deduction!

A simple trick, but exceedingly effective!

You never can resist a touch of the dramatic!

I must compliment you exceedingly upon the zeal and the intelligence which you have shown.

I can see that you are a force to be reckoned with.

With all respect for your natural acumen, you handled that very well. You opened the safe box!

Your nerves are fairly proof!

One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature. Well done!

I have a great deal of respect for your judgement. You opened the safe room!

I never get your limits... there are unexplored possibilities about you.

Your morals don't improve!