The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

But why Turkish?rdquo; a asked Mr. Sherlock Holmes, gazing fixedly at my boots. I was reclining in a canebacked chair at the moment, and my protruded feet had attracted his everactive attention. amp;`;English,rdquo; I answered in some surprise. amp;`;I got them at Latimer`s, in Oxford Street.rdquo; Holmes smiled with an expression of weary patience. amp;`;The bath!rdquo; he said; amp;`;the bath! Why the relaxing and expensive Turkish rather than the invigorating home-made article?