Gone Was The Coarse Brown Tint!Gone - Too - Was The ______ Scar Which Had Seamedit Across - And The Twisted Lip Which Had Given Therepulsive Sneer To The Face! A Twitch Brought Awaythe Tangled Red Hair - And There - Sitting Up In His Bed - Was A Pale - Sad-faced - Refined-looking Man - Blackhaired And Smooth-skinned - Rubbing His Eyes Andstaring About Him With Sleepy Bewilderment;As He Spoke He Drew The Dog-whip Swiftly Fromthe Dead Man's Lap - And Throwing The Noose Roundthe Reptile's Neck He Drew It From Its ______ Perchand - Carrying It At Arm's Length - Threw It Into Theiron Safe - Which He Closed Upon It; There Were Four Protruding Fingersand A ______ Red - Spongy Surface Where The Thumb"It's A New Patient - " He Whispered

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.