He Curled Himself Up In His Chair - With His Thin Knees Drawn Up To His Hawk-like Nose - And There He Sat With His Eyes Closed And His Blackclay ______e Thrusting Out Like The Bill Of Some Strangebird; I Had Come To The Conclusion That He Haddropped Asleep - And Indeed Was Nodding Myself - When He Suddenly Sprang Out Of His Chair With Thegesture Of A Man Who Has Made Up His Mind Andput His ______e Down Upon The Mantelpiece; Then He Took Down From Therack The Old And Oily Clay ______e - Which Was To Him Asa Counsellor - And - Having Lit It - He Leaned Back In HisIt Missed Him - Then?""Yes - Sir; For He Had Started To England Justbefore It Arrived; I Have - As You Know - Devoted Someattention To This - And Written A Little Monograph Onthe Ashes Of 140 Different Varieties Of ______e - Cigar - And Cigarette Tobacco; 'fromindia!' Said He As He Took It Up - 'pondicherry Postmark! What Can This Be?' Opening It Hurriedly - Outthere Jumped Five Little Dried Orange ______s - Whichpattered Down Upon His Plate; There Was Nothing Else Save The Five Dried ______s; There He Was - Sitting With Anewly Opened Envelope In One Hand And Five Driedorange ______s In The Outstretched Palm Of The Other59 the Five Orange Pipsone;"The Young Man Took From His Waistcoat A Crumpled Envelope - And Turning To The Table He Shookout Upon It Five Little Dried Orange ______s; Then He Lit His ______e - And Leaning Back In His Chair He Watched The Bluesmoke-rings As They Chased Each Other Up To Theceiling; Beyond The Mention Of ______s - Ido Not See That It Helps Us Much; Set The ______s On Mccauley - Paramore - Andjohn Swain - Of St; It Ran - If I Remember Right - 'sent The ______s To A - B - And C' - that Is - Sent The Society's Warning To Them; Its Outrages Wereusually Preceded By A Warning Sent To Themarked Man In Some Fantastic But Generallyrecognised Shape - a Sprig Of Oak-leaves Insome Parts - Melon Seeds Or Orange ______s Inothers; It Is Well Thought Of!""What Do You Mean?"He Took An Orange From The Cupboard - And Tearing It To Pieces He Squeezed Out The ______s Upon Thetable;"There Is Ever A Flaw - However - In The Best Laidof Human Plans - And The Murderers Of John Openshaw Were Never To Receive The Orange ______s Whichwould Show Them That Another - As Cunning And Asresolute As Themselves - Was Upon Their Track;Out Of The Black Shadows There Glimmered Littlered Circles Of Light - Now Bright - Now Faint - As Theburning Poison Waxed Or Waned In The Bowls Ofthe Metal ______es; Briefly - Watson - I Am In The Midstas I Entered - A Sallow Malay Attendant Had Hurried Up With A ______e For Me And A Supply Of Thedrug - Beckoning Me To An Empty Berth; But You've Got Mixed - Watson - For Ihave Only Been Here A Few Hours - Three ______es - Four______es - i Forget How Many; They Couldonly Have Come From The Old Man At My Side - Andyet He Sat Now As Absorbed As Ever - Very Thin - Verywrinkled - Bent With Age - An Opium ______e Danglingdown From Between His Knees - As Though It Had70 the Man With The Twisted Lipof A Very Remarkable Inquiry - And I Have Hoped Tofind A Clue In The Incoherent Ramblings Of These Sots - As I Have Done Before Now; We Had Driven Several Miles - And Werebeginning To Get To The Fringe Of The Belt Of Suburban Villas - When He Shook Himself - Shrugged Hisshoulders - And Lit Up His ______e With The Air Of A Manwho Has Satisfied Himself That He Is Acting For Thebest; In The Dim Light Of The Lamp I Sawhim Sitting There - An Old Briar ______e Between Hislips - His Eyes Fixed Vacantly Upon The Corner Of Theceiling - The Blue Smoke Curling Up From Him - Silent - Motionless - With The Light Shining Upon His Strongset Aquiline Features; The ______e Was Stillbetween His Lips - The Smoke Still Curled Upward - And The Room Was Full Of A Dense Tobacco Haze - Butnothing Remained Of The Heap Of Shag Which I Hadseen Upon The Previous Night; Hewas Lounging Upon The Sofa In A Purple Dressinggown - A ______e-rack Within His Reach Upon The Right - And A Pile Of Crumpled Morning Papers - Evidentlynewly Studied - Near At Hand; Youhad Heard - Ryder - Of This Blue Stone Of The Countessof Morcar's?"90 the Adventure Of The Blue Carbunclethe Back Yard And Smoked A ______e And Wonderedwhat It Would Be Best To Do;"After All - Watson - " Said Holmes - Reaching Uphis Hand For His Clay ______e - "I Am Not Retained Bythe Police To Supply Their Deficiencies; But Weshall Have Horrors Enough Before The Night Is Over;For Goodness' Sake Let Us Have A Quiet ______e Andturn Our Minds For A Few Hours To Something Morecheerful;"Sherlock Holmes Was - As I Expected - Loungingabout His Sitting-room In His Dressing-gown - Reading The Agony Column Of The Times And Smokinghis Before-breakfast ______e - Which Was Composed Ofall The Plugs And Dottles Left From His Smokes Of Theday Before - All Carefully Dried And Collected On Thecorner Of The Mantelpiece; About Sunset - However - Their Efforts Were Atlast Successful - And They Subdued The Flames - Butnot Before The Roof Had Fallen In - And The Wholeplace Been Reduced To Such Absolute Ruin That - Savesome Twisted Cylinders And Iron ______ing - Not A Traceremained Of The Machinery Which Had Cost Our Unfortunate Acquaintance So Dearly;"At The Same Time - " He Remarked After A Pause - During Which He Had Sat Puffing At His Long ______eand Gazing Down Into The Fire - "You Can Hardly Beopen To A Charge Of Sensationalism - For Out Of Thesecases Which You Have Been So Kind As To Interestyourself In - A Fair Proportion Do Not Treat Of Crime - In Its Legal Sense - At All;""You Have Erred - Perhaps - " He Observed - Takingup A Glowing Cinder With The Tongs And Lightingwith It The Long Cherry-wood ______e Which Was Wontto Replace His Clay When He Was In A Disputatiousrather Than A Meditative Mood - "You Have Erredperhaps In Attempting To Put Colour And Life Intoeach Of Your Statements Instead Of Confining Yourself To The Task Of Placing Upon Record That Severereasoning From Cause To Effect Which Is Really Theonly Notable Feature About The Thing

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.