... advertisement in the paper to try and find the owner of the
goose, Sherlock and Watson went to the place where the geese were
sold. There they met James Ryder, who was also looking for the goose
and ... suggest that Hatherley was
taken to the station by the mysterious woman and the short fat man.
a) evidence b) evidently
c) fact d) appearance
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e Adventures
of...
... but his clothes were found behind
a curtain, the box with the toy for his son
on the table, and there were traces of blood
on the floor in the bedroom and on the
window-sill. The victim’s ...
the river with the pockets full of coins, so
naturally the police came to the conclusion
that the body of Neville St Clair must also
have been thrown into the river...
... Say whether the following statements are true of false.
True False
1.
The boys enjoyed swimming even more since
nobody was telling them they couldn’t.
2.
The boys arrived at the back of the church ... everyone in the village was about the boys and tried
to find them – then they gave up and thought the boys had died.
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B. Say whether the following statements are true...
... THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAY DOYLE
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (3)
Holmes spent the evening in rummaging among the files of the old
daily papers with which one of ...
name of the murdered man linked the one event with the other.
There only remained a single bust the Reading one and the
pearl must be there. I bought it in your...
... see, was the stepfather. Then the fact that the two men were never
together, but that the one always appeared when the other was away, was
suggestive. So were the tinted spectacles and the curious ... known him to fail, in the case of the King of Bohemia and of the
Irene Adler photograph; but when I looked back to the weird business of
&apos ;The Sign of F...
... the
official police. From time to time I heard some vague account of his doings:
of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing
up of the singular tragedy of the ... send them the photograph. And she will do it. I know that she
will do it. You do not know her, but she has a soul of steel. She has the face
of the most beautiful o...
... But I hear the rumble of wheels. It is her carriage.
Now carry out my orders to the letter."
As he spoke the gleam of the side-lights of a carriage came round the curve
of the avenue. ... rattled up to the door of
Briony Lodge. As it pulled up, one of the loafing men at the corner dashed
forward to open the door in the hope of earning a copper, b...
... really an
object of interest to the celebrated Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Then I, rather
imprudently, wished you good-night, and started for the Temple to see my
husband. We both thought the best resource ... toast and
coffee in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed into the room.
"You have really got it!" he cried, grasping Sherlock Holmes by either
s...
... THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Red-headed League
I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of
last year and found ...
I took the paper from him and read as follows.
To the Red-Headed League: On account of the bequest of the late Ezekiah
Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U. S. A., there is now an...