Still grinning, Sherlock gets to his feet and sketches a bow.

"Well played, sir. I commend you on the improvements to your security. Tell whoever was supposed to be watching that section," he gestures, "to stay farther away from the hedge, but please don't fire him. I can see he has only had the job for three days and he was quite reasonable to expect no one could cross the lawn as fast as I did without making a sound."