아서 코난 도일 (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930)
■ 셜록 홈즈 단편집 1892.Adventures, 1894.Memoirs , ■ 셜록 홈즈 장편집 1887.A Study in Scarlet, 1890.The Sign of Four, 1902.The Hound of the Baskervilles,
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The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 06 of 16 "'That is very awkward. Could I not come at some more convenient hour?' "'We have judged it best that you should come late. It is to recompense you for any inconvenience that we are paying to you, a young and unknown man, a fee which would buy an opinion from the very heads of your profession. Still, of course, if you would like to draw out of the business, there is plenty of time to do so.' "I thought of the fifty guineas, and of how very useful they would be to me. 'Not at all,' said I, 'I shall be very happy to accommodate myself to your wishes. I should like, however, to understand a little more clearly what it is that you wish me to do.' "'Quite so. It is very natural that the pledge of secrecy which we have exacted from you should have aroused your curiosity. I have no wish to commit you to anything without your having it all laid before you. I suppose that we are absolutely safe from eavesdroppers?' "'Entirely.' "'Then the matter stands thus. You are probably aware that fuller's-earth is a valuable product, and that it is only found in one or two places in England?' "'I have heard so.' "'Some little time ago I bought a small place--a very small place--within ten miles of Reading. I was fortunate enough to discover that there was a deposit of fuller's-earth in one of my fields. On examining it, however, I found that this deposit was a comparatively small one, and that it formed a link between two very much larger ones upon the right and left--both of them, however, in the grounds of my neighbors. These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine. Naturally, it was to my interest to buy their land before they discovered its true value, but unfortunately I had no capital by which I could do this. I took a few of my friends into the secret, however, and they suggested that we should quietly and secretly work our own little deposit and that in this way we should earn the money which would enable us to buy the neighboring fields. This we have now been doing for some time, and in order to help us in our operations we erected a hydraulic press. This press, as I have already explained, has got out of order, and we wish your advice upon the subject. We guard our secret very jealously, however, and if it once became known that we had hydraulic engineers coming to our little house, it would soon rouse inquiry, and then, if the facts came out, it would be good-bye to any chance of getting these fields and carrying out our plans. That is why I have made you promise me that you will not tell a human being that you are going to Eyford to-night. I hope that I make it all plain?' |
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213 | The Engineer's Thumb 기술자의 엄지손가락 - Page 08 | joker |
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209 | The Engineer's Thumb 기술자의 엄지손가락 - Page 04 | joker |
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208 | The Engineer's Thumb 기술자의 엄지손가락 - Page 03 | joker |
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207 | The Engineer's Thumb 기술자의 엄지손가락 - Page 02 | joker |
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206 | The Engineer's Thumb 기술자의 엄지손가락 - Page 01 | joker |
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205 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 18 | joker |
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204 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 17 | joker |
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203 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 16 | joker |
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202 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 15 | joker |
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201 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 14 | joker |
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200 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 13 | joker |
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199 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 12 | joker |
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198 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 11 | joker |
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197 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 10 | joker |
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196 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 09 | joker |
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195 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 08 | joker |
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194 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 07 | joker |
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193 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 06 | joker |
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192 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 05 | joker |
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191 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 04 | joker |
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189 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 02 | joker |
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188 | The Speckled Band 얼룩끈의 비밀 - Page 01 | joker |
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187 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 15 | joker |
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186 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 14 | joker |
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185 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 13 | joker |
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184 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 12 | joker |
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183 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 11 | joker |
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182 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 10 | joker |
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181 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 09 | joker |
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180 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 08 | joker |
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178 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 06 | joker |
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177 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 05 | joker |
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176 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 04 | joker |
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175 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 03 | joker |
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174 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 02 | joker |
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173 | The Blue Carbuncle 푸른 카벙클 - Page 01 | joker |
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172 | Man with the Twisted Lip 입술 뒤틀린 사나이 - Page 17 | joker |
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171 | Man with the Twisted Lip 입술 뒤틀린 사나이 - Page 16 | joker |
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170 | Man with the Twisted Lip 입술 뒤틀린 사나이 - Page 15 | joker |
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169 | Man with the Twisted Lip 입술 뒤틀린 사나이 - Page 14 | joker |
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168 | Man with the Twisted Lip 입술 뒤틀린 사나이 - Page 13 | joker |
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167 | Man with the Twisted Lip 입술 뒤틀린 사나이 - Page 12 | joker |
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166 | Man with the Twisted Lip 입술 뒤틀린 사나이 - Page 11 | joker |
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165 | Man with the Twisted Lip 입술 뒤틀린 사나이 - Page 10 | joker |
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