a strange
advertisement,'
I said.
'Whatever
can it
mean:
Holmes laughed.
'It's
very unusual, isn't
it,'
he said.
'And
now, Mr Wilson, tell
i
your
story.'
'Well,'
began Mr Wilson,
'I
have a small shop in Saxe-Coburg
|Square, in the City of London.
'But
business hasn't been good for some time and I don't make
luch
money any more. I used to have two assistants, but now I
only pay one. My assistant is very interested in learning the
siness. So he's willing to work for
half-pay.'