My Owncomplete Happiness - And The Home-centred Interests Which Rise Up Around The Man Who First Findshimself ______er Of His Own Establishment - Were Sufficient To Absorb All My Attention - While Holmes - Who Loathed Every Form Of Society With His Wholebohemian Soul - Remained In Our Lodgings In Bakerstreet - Buried Among His Old Books - And Alternatingfrom Week To Week Between Cocaine And Ambition - The Drowsiness Of The Drug - And The Fierce Energy Ofhis Own Keen Nature; Indeed - Apart From The Nature Of Theinvestigation Which My Friend Had On Hand - Therewas Something In His ______erly Grasp Of A Situation - And His Keen - Incisive Reasoning - Which Made It Apleasure To Me To Study His System Of Work - Andto Follow The Quick - Subtle Methods By Which Hedisentangled The Most Inextricable Mysteries; I Am Afraid That I Am A Little Late - But Iam Not Quite My Own ______er - You Know; It Was From Sherlockholmes And Ran In This Way:Recent Papers In Order To ______er The Particulars;When He Was Sober He Used To Be Fond Of Playingbackgammon And Draughts With Me - And He Wouldmake Me His Representative Both With The Servantsand With The Tradespeople - So That By The Time Thati Was Sixteen I Was Quite ______er Of The House; Hehas A Passion Also For Indian Animals - Which Aresent Over To Him By A Correspondent - And He Has Atthis Moment A Cheetah And A Baboon - Which Wander Freely Over His Grounds And Are Feared By Thevillagers Almost As Much As Their ______er;""And Also With The Result Of Causing It To Turnupon Its ______er At The Other Side; 'i Knowthat Clerks Are Sometimes Curious As To Their ______er's Affairs; I Went In The Shape Of A Loaferto Sir George's House - Managed To Pick Up An Acquaintance With His Valet - Learned That His ______erhad Cut His Head The Night Before - And - Finally - At Theexpense Of Six Shillings - Made All Sure By Buyinga Pair Of His Cast-off Shoes; 'it's Only Carlo - My ______iff; And If You Everput Your Foot Over That Threshold Again' - here Inan Instant The Smile Hardened Into A Grin Of Rage - And He Glared Down At Me With The Face Of A Demon - 'i'll Throw You To The ______iff

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.