Subject for April, 2020
IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB – II.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“‘Yes, our little place is quite out in the country. It is a good seven miles from Eyford Station.’ “‘Then we can hardly get there before midnight. I suppose there would be no c...
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IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB – I.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Of all the problems which have been submitted to my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, for solution during the years of our intimacy, there were only two which I was the means of intr...
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VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND – III.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“How very absurd! I never noticed that before.” “Very strange!” muttered Holmes, pulling at the rope. “There are one or two very singular points about this room. For example, wh...
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VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND – II.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“The doctors examined her for it, but without success.” “What do you think that this unfortunate lady died of, then?” “It is my belief that she died of pure fear and nervous sho...
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VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND – I.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, ...
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VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE – II.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“Certainly, sir,” said Baker, who had risen and tucked his newly gained property under his arm. “There are a few of us who frequent the Alpha Inn, near the Museum—we are to be f...
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VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE – I.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the so...
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VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP – III.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A large and comfortable double-bedded room had been placed at our disposal, and I was quickly between the sheets, for I was weary after my night of adventure. Sherlock Holmes wa...
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VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP – II.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“This discovery, and the evident confusion which the cripple showed, made the inspector realise that the matter was serious. The rooms were carefully examined, and results all p...
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VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP – I.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, was much addicted to opium. The habit grew upon him, as I understand,...
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