Page 185: "He laughed and laughed till the tears streamed down his face - quenchlessly laughed while, pale with a sense of outrage, the Savage looked at him over the top of his book and then, as the laughter still continued, closed it indignantly, got up and, with the gesture of one who removes his pearl from before swine, locked it away in its drawer."
Aha! Mrs. Sander would be so proud of me right now. In fact, I'm very proud of myself. I'm kind of amazed too. I've spotted an allusion that we covered in class last year. Pearl before swine is an alusion which means that one shouldn't share his riches with another who isn't grateful and worthy of them. Here, it is talking about John putting his book away. He did because Watson obviously didn't appreciate the story. He couldn't comprehend it. So as a result, he laughed at it which caused John to put it away in a drawer.
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