The Lamps Had Been Lit - But The Blindshad Not Been ______ - So That I Could See Holmes Ashe Lay Upon The Couch;" He Curled Himself Up In His Chair - With His Thin Knees ______ Up To His Hawk-like Nose - And There He Sat With His Eyes Closed And His Blackclay Pipe Thrusting Out Like The Bill Of Some Strangebird; Supposing That Thisunhappy Young Man's Story Were Absolutely True - Then What Hellish Thing - What Absolutely Unforeseenand Extraordinary Calamity Could Have Occurred Between The Time When He Parted From His Father - Andthe Moment When - ______ Back By His Screams - Herushed Into The Glade? It Was Something Terribleand Deadly; The ______ Blinds And The Smokeless Chimneys - However - Gave It A Stricken Look - Asthough The Weight Of This Horror Still Lay Heavyupon It; His Brows Were ______into Two Hard Black Lines - While His Eyes Shone Outfrom Beneath Them With A Steely Glitter;"51 the Boscombe Valley Mystery"Holmes - " I Said - "You Have ______ A Net Roundthis Man From Which He Cannot Escape - And Youhave Saved An Innocent Human Life As Truly As Ifyou Had Cut The Cord Which Was Hanging Him;'"Well - It Is Not For Me To Judge You - " Saidholmes As The Old Man Signed The Statement Whichhad Been ______ Out; Could I Not Snap The Bond? I Wasjames Mccarthy Was Acquitted At The Assizeson The Strength Of A Number Of Objections Whichhad Been ______ Out By Holmes And Submitted Tothe Defending Counsel; "I Daresaythat If I Had Put £100 Down In Front Of Him - Thatman Would Not Have Given Me Such Complete Information As Was ______ From Him By The Idea That Hewas Doing Me On A Wager; Ryder Stood Glaring With A ______ Face - Uncertain Whether To Claimor To Disown It;" She Raisedher Veil As She Spoke - And We Could See That Shewas Indeed In A Pitiable State Of Agitation - Her Faceall ______ And Grey - With Restless Frightened Eyes - Like Those Of Some Hunted Animal; You Are Not Averse To This Trip - Watson?"The Ejaculation Had Been ______ From My Companion By The Fact That Our Door Had Been Suddenlydashed Open - And That A Huge Man Had Framedhimself In The Aperture;From Outside Came The Occasional Cry Of A Nightbird - And Once At Our Very Window A Long ______catlike Whine - Which Told Us That The Cheetah Wasindeed At Liberty; My Attentionwas Speedily ______ - As I Have Already Remarked Toyou - To This Ventilator - And To The Bell-rope Whichhung Down To The Bed; "That Circle Is ______at A Radius Of Ten Miles From The Village; "Well - I Have ______ My Circle - And I Onlywish I Knew At What Point Upon It The Folk That Weare In Search Of Are To Be Found; Fresh Scandals Have Eclipsed It - And Theirmore Piquant Details Have ______ The Gossips Awayfrom This Four-year-old Drama; Miss Doran - Whose Graceful Figure And Striking Faceattracted Much Attention At The Westburyhouse Festivities - Is An Only Child - And It Is122 the Adventure Of The Noble Bachelorthe Attempts Of The Friends To Hush The Matter Up - So Much Public Attention Has Nowbeen ______ To It That No Good Purpose Canbe Served By Affecting To Disregard What Isa Common Subject For Conversation; Ithink That If Anyone Could Have ______ Him Intothe Right Path It Would Have Been She - And That Hismarriage Might Have Changed His Whole Life; Butnow - Alas! It Is Too Late - forever Too Late!"Now - Mr; He Hardly Spoke A Word The Whole Way Outto The Southern Suburb - But Sat With His Chin Uponhis Breast And His Hat ______ Over His Eyes - Sunk Inthe Deepest Thought

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.