The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - Page 5 of 5 "Is Toller still drunk?" he asked. "Yes. I heard his wife tell Mrs. Rucastle that she could do nothing with him." "That is well. And the Rucastles go out ...
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - Page 4 of 5 "The dress which I found waiting for me was of a peculiar shade of blue. It was of excellent material, a sort of beige, but it bore unmistakable signs of...
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - Page 3 of 5 The telegram which we eventually received came late one night just as I was thinking of turning in and Holmes was settling down to one of those all-nigh...
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - Page 2 of 5 "It seemed to me that I had never met so fascinating and so thoughtful a man. As I was already in debt to my tradesmen, the advance was a great conveni...
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - Page 1 of 5 "To the man who loves art for its own sake," remarked Sherlock Holmes, tossing aside the advertisement sheet of the Daily Telegraph, "it is frequently in ...
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Page 6 of 6 "Is it possible?" gasped the banker. "You then roused his anger by calling him names at a moment when he felt that he had deserved your warmest thanks. He ...
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Page 5 of 6 I had just finished my tea when he returned, evidently in excellent spirits, swinging an old elastic-sided boot in his hand. He chucked it down into ...
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Page 4 of 6 "You have given orders that Arthur should be liberated, have you not, dad?" she asked. "No, no, my girl, the matter must be probed to the bottom." "But I ...
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Page 3 of 6 "'You blackguard!' I shouted, beside myself with rage. 'You have destroyed it! You have dishonored me forever! Where are the jewels which you have stolen?' ...
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Page 2 of 6 "Seeing that my client was anxious to leave, I said no more but, calling for my cashier, I ordered him to pay over fifty 1000 pound notes. When I was...
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Page 1 of 6 "Holmes," said I as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, "here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives s...
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor - Page 5 of 5 It was after five o'clock when Sherlock Holmes left me, but I had no time to be lonely, for within an hour there arrived a confectioner's man with...
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor - Page 4 of 5 "But I have heard all that you have heard." "Without, however, the knowledge of pre-existing cases which serves me so well. There was a parallel instance i...
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor - Page 3 of 5 "Indeed! You say that there was a gentleman in the pew. Some of the general public were present, then?" "Oh, yes. It is impossible to exclude them when...
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor - Page 2 of 5 "'The ceremony, which was performed at St. George's, Hanover Square, was a very quiet one, no one being present save the father of the bride, Mr. A...
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor - Page 1 of 5 The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunat...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 16 of 16 How our hydraulic engineer had been conveyed from the garden to the spot where he recovered his senses might have remained forever a mystery were i...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 15 of 16 But the inspector was mistaken, for those criminals were not destined to fall into the hands of justice. As we rolled into Eyford Station we saw a ...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 14 of 16 "There you are," said he. "That circle is drawn at a radius of ten miles from the village. The place we want must be somewhere near that line. You sai...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 13 of 16 "How long I remained unconscious I cannot tell. It must have been a very long time, for the moon had sunk, and a bright morning was breaking when I ...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 12 of 16 "I was recalled to myself by a frantic plucking at my wrist, and I found myself lying upon the stone floor of a narrow corridor, while a woman bent ...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 11 of 16 "'What are you doing there?' he asked. "I felt angry at having been tricked by so elaborate a story as that which he had told me. 'I was admiring you...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 10 of 16 "The newcomers were Colonel Lysander Stark and a short thick man with a chinchilla beard growing out of the creases of his double chin, who was intr...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 09 of 16 "I glanced at the books upon the table, and in spite of my ignorance of German I could see that two of them were treatises on science, the others...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 08 of 16 "Away we went then, and we drove for at least an hour. Colonel Lysander Stark had said that it was only seven miles, but I should think, from the ...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 07 of 16 "'I quite follow you,' said I. 'The only point which I could not quite understand was what use you could make of a hydraulic press in excavating fulle...
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 f...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 05 of 16 "'Undoubtedly so. But you will find that all I say is really to the point. I have a professional commission for you, but absolute secrecy is quite esse...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 04 of 16 Holmes sat in his big armchair with the weary, heavy-lidded expression which veiled his keen and eager nature, while I sat opposite to him, and we li...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 03 of 16 "How is that?" I asked when I had finished. "Capital! Between your brandy and your bandage, I feel a new man. I was very weak, but I have had a good...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 02 of 16 "I am sorry to knock you up so early, Doctor," said he, "but I have had a very serious accident during the night. I came in by train this morning, an...
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Page 01 of 16 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 ...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 18 of 18 "I had come to these conclusions before ever I had entered his room. An inspection of his chair showed me that he had been in the habit of stand...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 17 of 18 It was a singular sight which met our eyes. On the table stood a dark-lantern with the shutter half open, throwing a brilliant beam of light upon the i...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 16 of 18 How shall I ever forget that dreadful vigil? I could not hear a sound, not even the drawing of a breath, and yet I knew that my companion sat open-...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 15 of 18 About nine o'clock the light among the trees was extinguished, and all was dark in the direction of the Manor House. Two hours passed slowly away, and ...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 14 of 18 "Do you know, Watson," said Holmes as we sat together in the gathering darkness, "I have really some scruples as to taking you to-night. There is a distinct ...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 13 of 18 I had never seen my friend's face so grim or his brow so dark as it was when we turned from the scene of this investigation. We had walked several t...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 12 of 18 "Why, it's a dummy," said he. "Won't it ring?" "No, it is not even attached to a wire. This is very interesting. You can see now that it is fastened...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 11 of 18 "Exactly so. But I am now sleeping in the middle one." "Pending the alterations, as I understand. By the way, there does not seem to be any very pre...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 10 of 18 "There is some building going on there," said Holmes; "that is where we are going." "There's the village," said the driver, pointing to a cluster of roofs ...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 09 of 18 "Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force! This incident gives zest to our investigation, however, and I only...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 08 of 18 "But what, then, did the gypsies do?" "I cannot imagine." "I see many objections to any such theory." "And so do I. It is precisely for that reason tha...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 07 of 18 "You have done wisely," said my friend. "But have you told me all?" "Yes, all." "Miss Roylott, you have not. You are screening your stepfather." "Why, what d...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 06 of 18 "One moment," said Holmes, "are you sure about this whistle and metallic sound? Could you swear to it?" "That was what the county coroner asked me at the in...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 05 of 18 "Perfectly so." "The windows of the three rooms open out upon the lawn. That fatal night Dr. Roylott had gone to his room early, though we knew that ...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 04 of 18 "But a terrible change came over our stepfather about this time. Instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbors, who had at first been...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 03 of 18 "Farintosh," said he. "Ah yes, I recall the case; it was concerned with an opal tiara. I think it was before your time, Watson. I can only say, madam, ...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 02 of 18 "Good-morning, madam," said Holmes cheerily. "My name is Sherlock Holmes. This is my intimate friend and associate, Dr. Watson, before whom you can speak as f...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Page 01 of 18 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 fi...
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