Mr. Holmes was telling Dr. Watson in detail exactly how he had solved a jewel burglary that had completely baffled Scotland Yard. Basil whipped out his notebook and jotted down every word, scribbling rapidly in shorthand, or perhaps I should say shortpaw.
“What sheer genius!” he whispered. “What a brain! That man will become a legend — his fame has spread to the far corners of the earth.” — Basil of Baker Street, by Eve Titus, illustrated by Paul Galdone