"I know you, you scoundrel! I have heard of you before. You are Holmes the meddler."
My friend smiled.
"Holmes the busybody!"
His smile broadened.
"Holmes the Scotland Yard jack-in-office."
Holmes chuckled heartily. "Your conversation is most entertaining," said he.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band
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