Chapter 5 The Adventure of the Priory School We have had some dramatic entrances and exits upon our small stage at Baker Street, but I cannot recollect anything more sudden and startling than the first appearance of Thor - neycroft Huxtable, M. A., Ph. D., etc. His card, which seemed too small to carry the weight of his academic distinctions, pre-ceded him by a few seconds, and then he entered himself — so large, so pompous, and so dignified that he was the very embodiment of self-possession and solidity. And yet his first action when the door had closed behind