The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

“‘What does he want, then?’ “‘He says that you know him, and that he only wants a mome ...

behind me, for I felt that my presence must be a source of embarrassment to my friend. “All this o ...

of the Broads in front of us glimmering in the red light of the setting sun. From a grove upon our left ...

“‘“Victor, you will acknowledge that you have used this worthy fellow rather roughly,” said the dad, t ...

power of this acid-faced seaman? Why, too, should he faint at an allusion to the half-effaced initials ...

what is the meaning of these “head-keepers” and “hen pheasants”?’ “‘It means nothing to the message, but it ...

“‘If then your eye goes on to read this line, I know that I shall already have been exposed ...

full of energy and resolution. The sight of it was to me like a fire in a snowstorm. I w ...

the leader, and his money was the motive power. “‘“I’d a partner,” said he, “a rare good man, as true a ...

to see one of the prisoners who was ill, and putting his hand down on the bottom of his bunk he felt the o ...

“‘It was over them that the great quarrel arose. There were many of us who were glad enough to ...

proved to be a young seaman of the name of Hudson, who was so burned and exhausted that he could give ...

“That was the narrative which I read that night to young Trevor, and I think, Watson, that under the c ...

VI. The Musgrave Ritual An anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friend Sherlock Holmes was that ...

ventured to suggest to him that, as he had finished pasting extracts into his common-place book, he migh ...

“These,” said he, “are all that I have left to remind me of the adventure of the Musgrave Ritual.” ...

families in the kingdom, though his branch was a cadet one which had separated from the northern Musgr ...

The garden and the stables of course have a separate staff. “‘Of these servants the one who had been longe ...

can imagine my surprise when, as I looked down this corridor, I saw a glimmer of light coming from ...

can’t bear disgrace, sir. I’ve always been proud above my station in life, and disgrace would kill ...