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Arthur Conan Doyle

His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes

  • b0763526370has quoted2 years ago
    suppose, Watson, we must look upon you as a man of letters," said he. "How do you define the word 'grotesque'?"

    "Strange – remarkable," I suggested.
  • b0763526370has quoted2 years ago
    a bleak and windy day towards the end of March in the year 1892.
  • Nouran Zidanhas quoted4 years ago
    served his turn."
  • Nouran Zidanhas quoted4 years ago
    a most trustworthy man. He saw nothing that evening. Of course the fog was very thick."
    "Suppose that Cadogan West wished to make his way into the building after hours; he would need three keys, would he not, before he could reach the papers?"
    "Yes, he would. The key of the outer door, the key of the office, and the key of the safe."
    "Only Sir James Walter and you had those keys?"
    "I had no keys of the doors – only of the safe."
    "Was Sir James a man who was orderly in his habits?"
    "Yes, I think he was. I know that so far as those three keys are concerned he kept them on
  • whatswrongwithguys whochangedmypage?has quoted5 years ago
    You are like my friend, Dr. Watson, who has a bad habit of telling his stories wrong end foremost.
  • whatswrongwithguys whochangedmypage?has quoted5 years ago
    My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built.
  • whatswrongwithguys whochangedmypage?has quoted5 years ago
    Oh, man, of course. No woman would ever send a reply paid telegram. She would have come
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