The August Person Who Employsme Wishes His Agent To Be Unknown To You - And Imay Confess At Once That The Title By Which I Havejust Called Myself Is Not ______ly My Own; In His Singular Character The Dual Nature Alternately Asserted Itself - Andhis Extreme ______ness And Astuteness Represented - As I Have Often Thought - The Reaction Against Thepoetic And Contemplative Mood Which Occasionally Predominated In Him; It Isa Hobby Of Mine To Have An ______ Knowledge Oflondon; Unless They Are Quite New - No Two Of Them Write ______ly Alike; Hence Those Vows Of Fidelity ______ed Upon A Testament - And Hence AlsoWe Do All Our Correspondence With This Machine At The Office - And No Doubt It Is A Little Worn - "Our Visitor Answered - Glancing Keenly At Holmeswith His Bright Little Eyes; Lestrade Showed Usthe ______ Spot At Which The Body Had Been Found - And - Indeed - So Moist Was The Ground - That I Couldplainly See The Traces Which Had Been Left By The Fallof The Stricken Man; Clair Had Her Lunch - Started For The City - Did Some Shopping - Proceededto The Company's Office - Got Her Packet - And Foundherself At ______ly 4; "To Determine Its ______ Meaning I Have Been100 the Adventure Of The Speckled Band"And The Lady - I Fancy - Is Miss Stoner - " Observedholmes - Shading His Eyes; It Is Very Natural That The Pledge Ofsecrecy Which We Have ______ed From You Shouldhave Aroused Your Curiosity; I Had Stooped And Wasscraping At This To See ______ly What It Was When Iheard A Muttered Exclamation In German And Saw" 'this Is My Secretary And Manager - ' Said Thecolonel; 'i Wasadmiring Your Fuller's-earth - ' Said I; 'i Think Thati Should Be Better Able To Advise You As To Yourmachine If I Knew What The ______ Purpose Was Forwhich It Was Used; I Put The Case Intoyour Hands And Shall Do ______ly What You Advise; With These I Journeyeddown To Streatham And Saw That They ______ly Fittedthe Tracks; Theyare Not Very ______ing - After All;"Two Days Later This Same Performance Wasgone Through Under ______ly Similar Circumstances

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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 August Person Who Employsme Wishes His Agent To Be Unknown To You - And Imay Confess At Once That The Title By Which I Havejust Called Myself Is Not ______ly My Own; In His Singular Character The Dual Nature Alternately Asserted Itself - Andhis Extreme ______ness And Astuteness Represented - As I Have Often Thought - The Reaction Against Thepoetic And Contemplative Mood Which Occasionally Predominated In Him; It Isa Hobby Of Mine To Have An ______ Knowledge Oflondon; Unless They Are Quite New - No Two Of Them Write ______ly Alike; Hence Those Vows Of Fidelity ______ed Upon A Testament - And Hence AlsoWe Do All Our Correspondence With This Machine At The Office - And No Doubt It Is A Little Worn - "Our Visitor Answered - Glancing Keenly At Holmeswith His Bright Little Eyes; Lestrade Showed Usthe ______ Spot At Which The Body Had Been Found - And - Indeed - So Moist Was The Ground - That I Couldplainly See The Traces Which Had Been Left By The Fallof The Stricken Man; Clair Had Her Lunch - Started For The City - Did Some Shopping - Proceededto The Company's Office - Got Her Packet - And Foundherself At ______ly 4; "To Determine Its ______ Meaning I Have Been100 the Adventure Of The Speckled Band"And The Lady - I Fancy - Is Miss Stoner - " Observedholmes - Shading His Eyes; It Is Very Natural That The Pledge Ofsecrecy Which We Have ______ed From You Shouldhave Aroused Your Curiosity; I Had Stooped And Wasscraping At This To See ______ly What It Was When Iheard A Muttered Exclamation In German And Saw" 'this Is My Secretary And Manager - ' Said Thecolonel; 'i Wasadmiring Your Fuller's-earth - ' Said I; 'i Think Thati Should Be Better Able To Advise You As To Yourmachine If I Knew What The ______ Purpose Was Forwhich It Was Used; I Put The Case Intoyour Hands And Shall Do ______ly What You Advise; With These I Journeyeddown To Streatham And Saw That They ______ly Fittedthe Tracks; Theyare Not Very ______ing - After All;"Two Days Later This Same Performance Wasgone Through Under ______ly Similar Circumstances