The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

you would like done. Perhaps you would prefer that Joseph came with us so as to look after me?” “Oh, ...

break in at a bedroom window, where there could be no hope of any plunder, and why should he come with ...

“On the contrary, I have noticed that when he is off the trail he generally says so. It is when he is ...

happened?” “After breakfast, my dear Watson. Remember that I have breathed thirty miles of Surrey air thi ...

“I have not the heart to interrupt your breakfast any further, and yet I am dying to know how you got i ...

into the little problem of the Speckled Band. There was a church-clock down at Woking which struck the q ...

“Hum! I am afraid Joseph’s character is a rather deeper and more dangerous one than one might judge fr ...

onward there were always at least two of you there to prevent him from regaining his treasure. ...

XII. The Final Problem It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last wor ...

stay in France was likely to be a long one. It was with some surprise, therefore, that I saw him w ...

take an aimless holiday, and something about his pale, worn face told me that his nerves were at ...

action in many of those undiscovered crimes in which I have not been personally consulted. For year ...

height, and never have I been so hard pressed by an opponent. He cut deep, and yet I just undercut ...

close of April, I find myself placed in such a position through your continual persecution that I am ...

will say: ‘Why not take police precautions against him?’ the reason is that I am well convinced that ...

should be glad to come.” “And to start to-morrow morning?” “If necessary.” “Oh yes, it is most necessary. ...

So far all had gone admirably. My luggage was waiting for me, and I had no difficulty in finding the carriage which ...

“Baker Street?” “They set fire to our rooms last night. No great harm was done.” “Good heavens, Holmes! ...

“What then?” “We shall get out at Canterbury.” “And then?” “Well, then we must make a cross-country journ ...

“They have secured the whole gang with the exception of him. He has given them the slip. Of course, wh ...