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was clear to me, however, that by pretending that he had really succeeded in his design I might surprise a confession. That pretence I have carried out with the thoroughness of the true artist. Thank you, Watson, you must help me on with my coat. When we have finished at the police-station I think that something nutritious at Simpson’s would not be out of place.”
<strong>The</strong> Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Arthur
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Table of contents A Study In Scarle
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Pr
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Part I A Study In Scarlet Table of
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n the year 1878 I took my degree of
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hardly have given him credit. “Yo
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stained with chemicals, yet he was
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possible perfection in it. Before t
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“Why, that he was a retired serge
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great strips had become detached an
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dust from the floor, and packed it
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the dingiest and dreariest of them
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I recognized that justice must be d
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slammed behind our visitor before H
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“There’s more work to be got ou
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with a stick in his hand. “I don
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the mews at the back of the hotel.
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clever as himself. As long as this
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In the central portion of the great
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“It don’t matter. It ain’t qu
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of the episode. Then he turned to t
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was to deal with cattle, she was no
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At first this vague and terrible po
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ger which threatened them, and how
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So unnerved was he at the sight tha
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All night their course lay through
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his way. On the sixth day, he reach
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A Study In Scarlet CHAPTER VI. A Co
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nothing more than his paid servant,
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was the only memento that I had of
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in criminal annals. The cases of Do
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The Sign of the Four
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herlock Holmes took his bottle from
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the neighborhood. So much is observ
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clear-cut, hawklike features. “St
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It was half-past five before Holmes
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We followed the Indian down a sordi
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to part with, although I had got it
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dreamily conscious that he was pour
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I went up and peeped through the ke
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ope which I see in the corner, secu
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“On which the dead man very consi
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only led us, however, to a deeper a
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“There’s the print of wooden-le
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“Ah! it’s all right. He’s off
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“My dear fellow, it would be a co
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It may be looked upon as the very l
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Norwood tragedy. They all appeared
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The old man made a little run towar
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for the final escape, and hurried t
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the deck. It straightened itself in
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a matter of duty, send an inspector
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you came up with us. However, there
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doubts as to whether they could arr
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done up in a shawl. He seemed to be
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enough all day; though in the eveni
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up by a convict-gang in the woods.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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A Scandal in Bohemia Table of conte
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the firelight strikes it, the leath
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“You are right,” he cried; “I
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groom out of work. There is a wonde
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He disappeared into his bedroom and
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We had reached Baker Street and had
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The Red-Headed League
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you know, for example, that I did m
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mine. He said a few words to each c
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shall be happy to look into it. Fro
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“Very well. And, I say, Doctor, t
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highest pitch of tension, and my he
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A Case of Identity
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“I have seen those symptoms befor
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said she would make it all right wi
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“That will do,” said Holmes.
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e pushed as far as it would go if a
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e were seated at breakfast one morn
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“It appears that his arrest did n
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Lestrade looked startled. “I do n
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armaid, finding from the papers tha
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“Who was the criminal, then?”
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gold, became wealthy men, and made
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hen I glance over my notes and reco
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trembling hand, ‘K. K. K.!’ he
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“Tut! tut!” cried Sherlock Holm
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looks as if they always send their
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He took a large sheet of paper from
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sa Whitney, brother of the late Eli
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“I was certainly surprised to fin
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his lodger, and that he could not a
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“Frankly, then, madam, I do not.
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drove through the streets of the Su
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entreated him to prevent anyone fro
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had called upon my friend Sherlock
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has been hung up indoors most of th
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occurrences, perhaps I ought to ask
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“Well?” “That’s the list of
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as if on some commission, and I mad
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band
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stand this strain no longer; I shal
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I seemed to hear a low whistle, suc
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the other of us, while his deep-set
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chairs, made up all the furniture i
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“Did you observe anything very pe
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of using a form of poison which cou
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f all the problems which have been
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of money through my poor father’s
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into a carriage, the door of which
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my own curiosity. It was obvious at
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“They must have done so. I have a
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The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
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St. Simon, second son of the Duke o
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“A most painful matter to me, as
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“Still, jealousy is a strange tra
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Simon has not already arrived. Ha!
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“Then I trust that you at least w
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olmes,” said I as I stood one mor
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I should find myself! I determined,
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arms folded, asked me whether it wa
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“You heard nothing yourself last
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the world. Now I am left to a lonel
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“On entering the house, however,
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o the man who loves art for its own
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“ ‘Hampshire. Charming rural pl
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those all-night chemical researches
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drawing-room, which is a very large
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“There was a little passage in fr
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e very much surprised if this were
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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am afraid, Watson, that I shall hav
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that the stranger was leaning throu
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“Undoubtedly. He has neither a kn
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Colonel Ross, who had shown some si
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“My friend and I return to town b
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“It was the first link in my chai
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The Yellow Face
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“This is Grosvenor mixture at eig
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set and rigid about it which was sh
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secret which was casting a shadow o
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We turned a corner in the lane as h
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The Stock-Broker’s Clerk
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“Ah! Then you got hold of the bes
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“ ‘Precisely what I don’t wan
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Following his lead, we ascended fiv
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family resemblance. But for the hap
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have some papers here,” said my f
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came out to say that there was a ma
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“My friend ascended with the doct
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“ ‘ “Well, where d’ye suppo
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him with a match-box in his hand se
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n anomaly which often struck me in
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was first taken up by my father, bu
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the body could we find. On the othe
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“From this starting-point I proce
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“ ‘What is it, then?’ he gasp
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t was some time before the health o
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course this Acton business has put
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house. You appear to take it for gr
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“And where was it?” “Where I
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“It is an art which is often usef
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ne summer night, a few months after
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her return. The blinds were not dow
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the curious fact that the intruder
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The man gave a violent start. “I
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The Resident Patient
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the portrait were framed it would j
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apidly to the front, and during the
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He relit the stair gas as he spoke,
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“Why should any one murder a man
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The Greek Interpreter
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of their fellows. Yet they are not
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Sometimes the rattle of the stones
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We all sat in silence for some litt
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which Mr. Melas had found himself.
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The Naval Treaty
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and finally brought a test-tube con
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the hall, where I found the commiss
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had not dared to think of what woul
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“Well, we have several, but we ca
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“I should,” said Lord Holdhurst
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“No, thank you, Joseph. I have a
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the centre of it was lying a little
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“Why did he try the window on the
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t is with a heavy heart that I take
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the door opened and Professor Moria
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turned the carriage, and dashed awa
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“I think that I may go so far as
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seething foam, will lie for all tim
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The Adventure of the Empty House
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to their cries and knocking. Help w
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“I stood up and examined the rock
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in his own creation. “It really i
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“I wonder that my very simple str
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Colonel Moran had done it? He had p
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om the point of view of the crimina
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is that a most sensational crime ha
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will which he did not intend ever t
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een opened by the police. They were
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“It is unquestionably the mark of
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“Very simply. When those packets
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olmes had been seated for some hour
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“A promise is a promise, Mr. Holm
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upon a cable form. “If my answer
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of powder from the moment that they
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new to me. The object of those who
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the husband whom she loved and resp
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The Adventure of the Solitary Cycli
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seemed strange to us that Uncle Ral
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9.13. At Farnham Station I had no d
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a glimpse of him again this morning
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“You have heard of me, I see. I w
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The Adventure of the Priory School
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founder and principal. ‘Huxtable
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“I will order a four-wheeler. In
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Moor, extending for ten miles and s
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“But I need your company and assi
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“Why, Mr. Reuben Hayes,” said H
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Never shall I forget the Duke’s a
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“What are promises to such people
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have never known my friend to be in
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door they saw a sight which sent th
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“This is a most extraordinary thi
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with the initials of our prisoner o
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You say I murdered Peter Carey; I s
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The Adventure of Charles Augustus M
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hairless face, a perpetual frozen s
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though technically criminal. To bur
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murmur broke itself into the measur
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“A murder—a most dramatic and r
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t was no very unusual thing for Mr.
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As it is I am giving away valuable
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though. Why, it’s Beppo. He was a
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letter to send, and it is important
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and struck Napoleon a sharp blow on
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The Adventure of the Three Students
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“For an instant I imagined that B
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in this room we had the man prisone
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“He looked at us in a queer way.
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“Well, when he saw that they were
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hen I look at the three massive man
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Susan with the body, she hurried to
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“If it is not asking too much, Mr
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know nothing about it. I would only
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Again the Professor burst into high
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of my remarks, that Professor Coram
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e were fairly accustomed to receive
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to this hotel, and see if the porte
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“It’s worth trying, Watson,”
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These few inquiries proved, however
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not be fast, but I expect you will
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The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
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Sydenham a fortnight ago, and were
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aquiline features were convulsed in
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“Their cumulative effect is certa
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take him into my confidence yet. I
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“Well, I never thought to see her
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The Adventure of the Second Stain
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have known that there was anything
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you, and you will no doubt let us k
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“Now, Watson, the fair sex is you
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knocked at the door—surprise visi
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ask you, madam, to be kind enough t
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“Purely negative as yet,” my fr
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The Hound of the Baskervilles Table
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fresh basis from which to start our
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“I have in my pocket a manuscript
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ken men for the rest of their days.
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go out upon the moor at night. Incr
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hard-headed countryman, one a farri
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“Yes, the setting is a worthy one
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“If any possible doubt remained i
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“Whichever it is, my answer is fi
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Sherlock Holmes had, in a very rema
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settlement from Sir Charles, though
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driving Mr. Sherlock Holmes.’ Tha
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glanced keenly at us as we passed.
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edrooms opened. My own was in the s
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hat. A tin box for botanical specim
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“Yes, it’s rather an uncanny pl
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e frank with me, Miss Stapleton, fo
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ipen into love, and I have several
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some ways they have become more com
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What’s the matter with me, anyhow
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“And you go in disgrace. By thund
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Baskerville Hall. A boulder of gran
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strangely shaken by that sound upon
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people living within driving distan
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the second was criticism. There was
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I should explore every hut upon the
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A vague pathway among the boulders
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“But why keep me in the dark?”
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ody hunched together as if in the a
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“I would suggest carrying this po
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with the wig ought to be a Reynolds
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has informed me of what you have co
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the position of the rooms? What are
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“To leave you here. You are not f
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London, Watson, and I say it again
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alarmed the country-side, and final
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timacy he made it certain that Sir
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Part I The Valley Of Fear Table of
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am inclined to think—” said I.
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large book which is surely somethin
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Yet, if his emotions were dulled, h
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“Six thousand a year. That’s pa
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drawbridge, the chains and windlass
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“You mean that someone waded acro
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expression of surprised and reveren
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“Anything fresh, Sergeant Wilson?
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“Sorry to interrupt your consulta
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thought that someone was after him.
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Mrs. Douglas thought earnestly befo
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produced upon my mind. “We though
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“We will suppose that this couple
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with bicycle and valise. In the lat
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“I don’t doubt it, Mr. Holmes;
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Holmes took a swift glance round, a
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to California, then they chased me
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PART II. The Scowrers
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“Hullo, mate!” said he. “You
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“How could I have heard of him wh
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“What, does he hate the police to
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“Aren’t you?” The man’s sav
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“I have had that name among those
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On the day following the evening wh
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the assembly within. Once or twice
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“Jim was shot last month when the
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Ted Baldwin looked at McMurdo with
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life in your hands by what I say; b
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“I guess you’ll pay for this, C
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“What’s come over you, Jack?”
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Day was breaking now, and a line of
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quarries. It was two in the morning
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McMurdo sat in silence for some tim
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The usual revelry of the lodge was
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McMurdo shrugged his shoulders. “
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more besides yourselves that will s
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“I can only say that the first wo
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Preface The friends of Mr. Sherlock
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The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge Tab
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ad habit of telling his stories wro
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ow. With a slow smile he drew a fol
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yourself insensibly twisting them r
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Then from the table he took a platt
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a dangerous one, and if Garcia did
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Baynes flushed with pleasure. “I
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emarkable only for the fact that am
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Page 789 and 790: projected the white haft of a knife
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Page 797 and 798: here he comes, if I am not mistaken
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Page 803 and 804: And yet we have surely made some ap
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Page 812 and 813: “If you will stand there I will t
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Page 821 and 822: ut why Turkish?” asked Mr. Sherlo
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Page 848 and 849: then closed the door behind the bul
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Page 857: Preface I fear that Mr. Sherlock Ho
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outside the imperial palace of Peki
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a few minutes before were now like
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The Blanched Soldier
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near Diamond Hill outside Pretoria.
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ut it was his face which held my ga
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of the next week, as my diary recor
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“It seemed that none of them coul
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The Adventure Of The Mazarin Stone
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“Expecting what?” “To be murd
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“It was you—you yourself?” Ho
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“He knows a damned sight too much
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a believer in your powers, and that
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don’t think that any of my advent
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struggle like some huge awkward chi
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Please come out at once. Client’s
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He scribbled three or four words up
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The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
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“With me!” “You had better re
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“I had only known her a few weeks
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The woman must have some strange de
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“Jacky!” “I watched him as yo
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t may have been a comedy, or it may
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policy—but I judged it better to
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with solid references, and he is bo
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central table with the brisk manner
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The Problem of Thor Bridge
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“Ah, I forgot I had not told you.
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Our visitor had risen also, and his
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to what she said, and she believed
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his employer had accumulated in the
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“Did he seem to you much perturbe
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“Then she took one of her husband
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. Sherlock Holmes was always of opi
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that certain letters might come to
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certainly see us in Camford. There
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Holmes smiled and rubbed his hands.
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were we able to look at each other
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t is a most singular thing that a p
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I advised him to send for his immed
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if he had married against his wish.
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“A most ingenious comparison. Or
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McPherson saw it, and that this phr
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hen one considers that Mr. Sherlock
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“What alternative could be concei
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past him before he could strike, bu
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herlock Holmes had been bending for
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when Sir Robert was gone and preten
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a quarrel, began. The lady keeps he
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swathed in a sheet from head to foo
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The Adventure of the Retired Colour
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to my inquiry and gave me a curious
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“Dispatched at 2.10 from Little P
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which one associates with the media
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