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The Sign of the Four - Chapter 6 (Part 1) (9min)
by Bree Carlile
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August 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
She was a unit, a factor,—nothing more. If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of the imagination.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“I am off down the river, Watson,” said he. “I have been turning it over in my mind, and I can see only one way out of it. It is worth trying, at all events.”
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April 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Up to the small hours of the morning I could hear the clinking of his test-tubes which told me that he was still engaged in his malodorous experiment.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
and on my return I found Holmes dejected and somewhat morose.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
But surely, surely, we shall hear something.”
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April 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The whole river has been searched on either side, but there is no news, nor has Mrs. Smith heard of her husband. I shall come to the conclusion soon that they have scuttled the craft. But there are objections to that.”
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April 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I tried to speak lightly to our worthy landlady, but I was myself somewhat uneasy when through the long night I still from time to time heard the dull sound of his tread, and knew how his keen spirit was chafing against this involuntary inaction.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I ventured to say something to him about cooling medicine, but he turned on me, sir, with such a look that I don’t know how ever I got out of the room.”
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April 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
April 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
That is a matter of great practical interest to the scientific detective,—especially in cases of unclaimed bodies, or in discovering the antecedents of criminals. But I weary you with my hobby.”
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April 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
To the trained eye there is as much difference between the black ash of a Trichinopoly and the white fluff of bird’s-eye as there is between a cabbage and a potato.”
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April 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
He has the power of observation and that of deduction. He is only wanting in knowledge; and that may come in time. He is now translating my small works into French.”
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April 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
with stray “magnifiques,” “coup-de-maîtres,” and “tours-de-force,” all testifying to the ardent admiration of the Frenchman.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
He has all the Celtic power of quick intuition, but he is deficient in the wide range of exact knowledge which is essential to the higher developments of his art.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
February 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
2/2 He leaned forward in his chair with an expression of extraordinary concentration upon his clear-cut, hawklike features.

“State your case,” said he, in brisk, business tones.
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October 29, 2024 at 7:26 PM
2/2 “Mrs. Cecil Forrester,” he repeated thoughtfully. “I believe that I was of some slight service to her. The case, however, as I remember it, was a very simple one.”
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October 29, 2024 at 7:23 PM
2/2 I could not but observe that as she took the seat which Sherlock Holmes placed for her, her lip trembled, her hand quivered, and she showed every sign of intense inward agitation.
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October 29, 2024 at 7:22 PM
2/2 Her face had neither regularity of feature nor beauty of complexion, but her expression was sweet and amiable, and her large blue eyes were singularly spiritual and sympathetic.
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October 29, 2024 at 7:21 PM
2/2 There was, however, a plainness and simplicity about her costume which bore with it a suggestion of limited means.
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October 29, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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January 26, 2024 at 7:20 PM
“It is just possible that we may need something of the sort if we get to their lair. Jonathan I shall leave to you, but if the other turns nasty I shall shoot him dead.”
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January 26, 2024 at 7:15 PM
It argues, you see, a power of comparison and of appreciation which is in itself a proof of nobility. There is much food for thought in Richter. You have not a pistol, have you?”
“I have my stick.”
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January 26, 2024 at 7:14 PM