The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

grave, and his manner was cold in the extreme. “I have seen nothing of my horse,” said he. “I suppose that ...

its body. What is this that you have done, Mr. Holmes?” “Well, well, let us see how he gets on,” sai ...

the crime, Colonel,” said he. “The real murderer is standing immediately behind you.” He stepped past ...

access to that dish without the maid seeing them? “Before deciding that question I had grasped the signif ...

concluded that Straker was leading a double life, and keeping a second establishment. The natu ...

II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box In choosing a few typical cases which illustrate the remarka ...

settling a dispute.” “Most preposterous!” I exclaimed, and then suddenly realizing how he had echoed the in ...

that bare space and correspond with Gordon’s picture over there.” “You have followed me wonderfully! ...

some more sinister meaning should prove to be attached to the incident. At two o’clock yesterday afterno ...

Lestrade, as wiry, as dapper, and as ferret-like as ever, was waiting for us at the station. A walk of five ...

“I cannot see the importance,” said Lestrade. “The importance lies in the fact that the knot is left ...

the stern gravity which had hardened his features. This brutal preliminary seemed to shadow forth ...

“I am convinced, sir,” she said, “that this matter is a mistake, and that the parcel was never mea ...

know how things are going with them.” It was evident that Miss Cushing had come upon a subject on which ...

“Is Miss Cushing at home?” asked Holmes. “Miss Sarah Cushing is extremely ill,” said he. “She has been ...

the card which Holmes had thrown him. “The case,” said Sherlock Holmes as we chatted over our cigars tha ...

Miss S. Cushing. Now, the oldest sister would, of course, be Miss Cushing, and although her initial was ...

proofs of the deed be sent to Miss Sarah Cushing? Probably because during her residence in Liverpool ...

“Lestrade has got him all right,” said Holmes, glancing up at me. “Perhaps it would interest you to hear w ...

which you do. I tell you I’ve not shut an eye in sleep since I did it, and I don’t believe I ever wi ...