The Other Dived Downthe Hole - And I Heard The Sound Of Rending Clothas Jones ______ed At His Skirts; Thisfellow Is Madly - Insanely - In Love With Her - But Sometwo Years Ago - When He Was Only A Lad - And Beforehe Really Knew Her - For She Had Been Away Five Yearsat A Boarding-school - What Does The Idiot Do Butget Into The ______es Of A Barmaid In Bristol Andmarry Her At A Registry Office? No One Knows Aword Of The Matter - But You Can Imagine How Maddening It Must Be To Him To Be Upbraided For Notdoing What He Would Give His Very Eyes To Do - Butwhat He Knows To Be Absolutely Impossible; God Keep Youout Of The ______es Of Such A Man As He;"Ryder Threw Himself Down Suddenly Upon Therug And ______ed At My Companion's Knees;"Our Visitor Staggered To His Feet And ______edthe Mantelpiece With His Right Hand;With A Shriek Of Joy Our Client ______ed It Up; My Overstrung Nerves Failed Me Suddenly - And I Turned And Ran - ran As Though Some Dreadful Hand Were Behind Me ______ing At The Skirt Ofmy Dress

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A collection of twelve short stories, published in 1892, by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. I The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice.
 


1. The Other Dived Downthe Hole - And I Heard The Sound Of Rending Clothas Jones ______ed At His Skirts; Thisfellow Is Madly - Insanely - In Love With Her - But Sometwo Years Ago - When He Was Only A Lad - And Beforehe Really Knew Her - For She Had Been Away Five Yearsat A Boarding-school - What Does The Idiot Do Butget Into The ______es Of A Barmaid In Bristol Andmarry Her At A Registry Office? No One Knows Aword Of The Matter - But You Can Imagine How Maddening It Must Be To Him To Be Upbraided For Notdoing What He Would Give His Very Eyes To Do - Butwhat He Knows To Be Absolutely Impossible; God Keep Youout Of The ______es Of Such A Man As He;"Ryder Threw Himself Down Suddenly Upon Therug And ______ed At My Companion's Knees;"Our Visitor Staggered To His Feet And ______edthe Mantelpiece With His Right Hand;With A Shriek Of Joy Our Client ______ed It Up; My Overstrung Nerves Failed Me Suddenly - And I Turned And Ran - ran As Though Some Dreadful Hand Were Behind Me ______ing At The Skirt Ofmy Dress