I Was Still Balancing The Matter In My Mindwhen A ______ Cab Drove Up To Briony Lodge - And A Gentleman Sprang Out; Two ______s Were Standing At The Door - And As I Entered Thepassage I Heard The Sound Of Voices From Above; If You Twowill Take The First ______ - Watson And I Will Followin The Second; Hosmer Came For Us In A ______ - But As There Were Twoof Us He Put Us Both Into It And Stepped Himselfinto A Four-wheeler - Which Happened To Be The Onlyother Cab In The Street;It Was Not Until Close Upon Six O'clock That I Foundmyself Free And Was Able To Spring Into A ______and Drive To Baker Street - Half Afraid That I Mightbe Too Late To Assist At The D´enouement Of The Littlemystery; And So In Ten Minutes Ihad Left My Armchair And Cheery Sitting-room Behind Me - And Was Speeding Eastward In A ______on A Strange Errand - As It Seemed To Me At The Time - Though The Future Only Could Show How Strange Itwas To Be; I Rushed Upstairs - Explained The Matter Shortly To My Wife - And In Fiveminutes Was Inside A ______ - Driving With My Newacquaintance To Baker Street

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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. I Was Still Balancing The Matter In My Mindwhen A ______ Cab Drove Up To Briony Lodge - And A Gentleman Sprang Out; Two ______s Were Standing At The Door - And As I Entered Thepassage I Heard The Sound Of Voices From Above; If You Twowill Take The First ______ - Watson And I Will Followin The Second; Hosmer Came For Us In A ______ - But As There Were Twoof Us He Put Us Both Into It And Stepped Himselfinto A Four-wheeler - Which Happened To Be The Onlyother Cab In The Street;It Was Not Until Close Upon Six O'clock That I Foundmyself Free And Was Able To Spring Into A ______and Drive To Baker Street - Half Afraid That I Mightbe Too Late To Assist At The D´enouement Of The Littlemystery; And So In Ten Minutes Ihad Left My Armchair And Cheery Sitting-room Behind Me - And Was Speeding Eastward In A ______on A Strange Errand - As It Seemed To Me At The Time - Though The Future Only Could Show How Strange Itwas To Be; I Rushed Upstairs - Explained The Matter Shortly To My Wife - And In Fiveminutes Was Inside A ______ - Driving With My Newacquaintance To Baker Street