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Adventure of the Speckled Band, The |
"...You are Holmes, the meddler."
My friend smiled.
"Holmes, the busybody!"
His smile broadened.
"Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office!" |
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Adventure of the Speckled Band, The |
"You speak of danger. You have evidently seen more in these rooms than was visible to me."
"No, but I fancy that I may have deduced a little more." |
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Adventure of the Speckled Band, The |
"I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data..." |
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Adventure of the Second Stain, The |
"It is a capital mistake to theorise in advance of the facts." |
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Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The |
"Well, it is a possible supposition."
"You think so, too?"
"I did not say a probable one..." |
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Adventure of the Naval Treaty, The |
"Of course you saw the J H monogram on my locket," said he. "For a moment I thought you had done something clever." |
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Adventure of the Golden Pince-nez, The |
"What did you do, Hopkins, after you had made certain that you had made certain of nothing?" |
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Adventure of the Final Problem, The |
"He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson." |
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Adventure of the Devil's Foot, The |
"I followed you."
"I saw no one."
"That is what you may expect to see when I follow you." |
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Adventure of the Dancing Men, The |
"What one man can invent another can discover," said Holmes. |
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Adventure of the Crooked Man, The |
"Excellent!" I cried.
"Elementary," said he. |
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Adventure of the Creeping Man, The |
Come at once if convenient – if inconvenient come all the same. S. H. |
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Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, The |
"You see everything."
"I see no more than you, but I have trained myself to notice what I see." |
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Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, The |
"How do you know?" he gasped, sitting down heavily in his chair.
"It is my business to know things. That is my trade." |
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Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, The |
"That process," said I, "starts upon the supposition that when you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." |
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Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, The |
"It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth..." |
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Adventure of the Abbey Grange, The |
"Come, Watson, come!" he cried. "The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!" |
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Adventure of Black Peter, The |
"I understand, however, from the inquest that there were some objects which you failed to overlook?" |
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Adventure of Black Peter, The |
"One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it. It is the first rule of criminal investigation." |