... clearly see the sequence of events,
though you see them, of course, in the inverse order to the way
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAY DOYLE
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (3) ... files of the paper, and I find that the
disappearance of the pearl was exactly two days before the arrest
of Beppo, for some crime of violence an event which took place in...
...
description of Mr. Hosmer Angel?"
I held the little printed slip to the light.
"Missing [it said] on the morning of the fourteenth, a gentleman named
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES ... had I 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
'The Sign of Four...
... 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 Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and
finally of the mission which ... 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...
... might rely on you."
"But what is it you wish?"
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
A Scandal in Bohemia
II.
At three o'clock precisely I ... have
already recorded, still, the nature of the case and the exalted station of his
client gave it a character of its own. Indeed, apart from the nature of the
investigation wh...
... stretched out to him, he set
off in my company for his chambers.
And that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the kingdom of
Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were beaten ... the cleverness of women, but I
have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or
when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honorable t...
... card-board about the size of a sheet of note-
paper. It read in this fashion:
THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE IS DISSOLVED.
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ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Red-headed League ... little square of card-board
hammered on to the middle of the panel with a tack. Here it is, and you can
read for yourself."
He held up a piece of white card-b...
... speak of the matter again."
"And your father? Did you tell him?"
"Yes; and he seemed to think, with me, that something had happened, and
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES ... THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
A CASE OF IDENTITY
"My dear fellow," said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of the fire...
... thickly wooded
round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge. A girl of
fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the
thoughtfully. "It may seem ... seems, upon terms of perfect equality, as they were frequently together.
McCarthy had one son, a lad of eighteen, and Turner had an only daughter
of the same age, but neither...
... one of the most
lovely young women that I have ever seen in my life. Her violet eyes
shining, her lips parted, a pink flush upon her cheeks, all thought of her
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES ... but of course he is young and has seen very little of life
yet, and and well, he naturally did not wish to do anything like that yet. So
there were quarrels, and this, I am sur...
...
"But his left-handedness."
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY (3)
Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such ... six of us, so it was
a close thing, but we emptied four of their saddles at the first volley. Three
of our boys were killed, however, before we got the swag. I put my pistol to...
... to-night? Some friend of yours, perhaps?"
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Five Orange Pips
When I glance over my notes and records of the Sherlock Holmes cases ... luxurious club in the lower
vault of a furniture warehouse, of the facts connected with the loss of the
British bark Sophy Anderson, of the singular adventures...
... object of this rather fantastic business of
the advertisement of the League, and the copying of the Encyclopaedia, must
be to get this not over-bright pawnbroker out of the way for a number of ... story of the red-headed copier of
the Encyclopaedia down to the visit to Saxe-Coburg Square, and the
ominous words with which he had parted from me. What was this nocturnal
THE...
... inquired
as to the vessels which lay at present in the port of London."
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Five Orange Pips (2)
The young man took from ... Men at his time of life do not change all
their habits and exchange willingly the charming climate of Florida for the
lonely life of an English provincial town. His extreme love...
... THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the
Theological College of St. George's, ... her at the
offices of the Aberdeen Shipping Company. Now, if you are well up in your
London, you will know that the office of the company is in Fresno Street,
whi...
... Lordship. Neither can Mr. Holmes, sir. You see, he don’t
believe in Mr. Holmes and he was against employing him. He’d rather he failed.”
“And Mr. Holmes knows it?”
“Mr. Holmes always knows whatever ... danger?”
“Danger of what, Holmes? ”
“Of sudden death. I’m expecting something this evening.”
“Expecting what?”
“To be murdered, Watson.”
[1014] “No, no, you are joking, Holmes! ”
“Eve...