Sherlock Holmes out of his time.

He walked into the restaurant in his coat and deerstalker, holding his pipe. As he sat down at a table near the window the waiter came across to him. “Excuse me Sir, smoking is not allowed in this restaurant.” “I am not smoking my man. I hold my pipe to my lips for the stimulation of thought.” He replied. “Excellent Sir, as long as you don’t light it. By the way, I do very much like your deer stalker Sir, but may I hang it with your coat over here while you eat?”

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He turned and said, “Thank you my man, but I may need to leave promptly if I see a particular person passing by in the street outside.” “Really Sir, then would you care to pay for your order before you eat, or perhaps you would rather eat at another restaurant!”

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“Good God man, how rude is that?” Taking his coat. hat and pipe he stood up to go saying “Good gracious my man, what is the world coming to”, and staring him in the eye, “don’t you know who I am?”. “No Sir, I am afraid that I do not.”

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“Ah, yes,” he said thoughtfully, “on reflection that is probably a good thing. Thank you.” He took his coat and hat, put them on carefully and walked out. “Good day to you, my man.” He said sharply to the waiter as he left, almost knocking over a man walking past the door, by chance his ‘particular person’!