a matter of time

"You know, Watson," Holmes said as he lit his pipe, "you complain that I never sleep, yet you yourself manage to pursue a thriving career as a doctor, assist me with my cases, and even write them up for the Strand. I cannot understand how you manage it."

I chuckled. "No doubt you would call it superstition, Holmes, but an old patient of mine once gave me this little charm she referred to as a Time-Turner. I keep it on my desk, and it always seems to make the hours pass more slowly when I turn it over and over."

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