"Hunting is a game for princes and noble persons. It hath been highly prized in all ages. It was one of the qualifications—"
The detective snapped the book shut, and tossed it on the bed.
"Shag!" he exploded.
"Yes, sah, Colonel."
"You've often heard me talk of fishing and hunting, haven't you?"
"Deed an' I has, Colonel; many a time! Yes, sah!"
"Humph! Yes! Well, detective work is a sort of hunt, isn't it, Shag?"
"Yes, sah, Colonel. Dat's jest what it is! Many an' many a time I'se done heah yo' say yo's goin' out t' hunt dis man or dat woman!"
"Very good, Shag. And it's a sort of fishing, too, isn't it?".
"Yes, sah, Colonel! More as once I'se heah yo' say as how yo' had t' fish an' fish an' fish t' git a bit of a clew."