Sherlock Holmes welcomed her with the easy courtesy for which he was remarkable, and, having closed the door and bowed her into an armchair, he looked her over in the minute and yet abstracted fashion which was peculiar to him.
Sherlock Holmes la acogió con la espontánea cortesía que le caracterizaba y, después de cerrar la puerta e indicarle con un gesto que se sentara en una butaca, la examinó de aquella manera minuciosa y a la vez abstraída, tan peculiar en él.