"Holmes," I said, "you have drawn a net round this man from which he cannot escape, and you have saved an innocent human life as truly as if you had cut the cord which was hanging him.
Holmes - mondtam -, maga olyan hálót szőtt e köré az ember köré, amelyből az nem fog tudni kibújni. Megmentett egy ártatlan életet, mondhatni, elvágta a nyakára hurkolt kötelet.