Sabe Dios que no hubiera sufrido pasivamente esos exasperantes solos a no tener Holmes la costumbre de rematarlos con una rápida sucesión de mis piezas favoritas, ejecutadas en descargo de lo que antes de ellas había debido oír.
I might have rebelled against these exasperating solos had it not been that he usually terminated them by playing in quick succession a whole series of my favourite airs as a slight compensation for the trial upon my patience.