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