... hear of such a case as this that I not think of Baxter's words, and say, 'There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes.'" James McCarthy was acquitted at the Assizes on the strength of ... had been in Australia." "What of the rat, then?" Sherlock Holmes took a folded paper from his pocket and flattened it out on the table "This is a map of the Colony of Victoria," he said "I wired ... showed that he was possessed of unusual strength of body and of character His tangled beard, grizzled hair, and outstanding, drooping eyebrows combined to give an air of dignity and power to his...