I began to think, if Jack the Ripper kills women like
these? Death by his knife is quick. It cannot be worse
than the slow and painful death from disease which
most often ends their short lives.
We returned to the police station after one o'clock. I
was tired and sick at heart. Lestrade did not stop
talking, telling us that we should catch no murderers
that night.
Suddenly, Holmes jumped up and walked out into
the street.