For A Minuteor More The Hand - With Its Writhing Fingers - ______d Out Of The Floor; She Stood With Her Figure Outlinedagainst The Flood Of Light - One Hand Upon The Door - One Half-raised In Her Eagerness - Her Body Slightlybent - Her Head And Face ______d - With Eager Eyesand Parted Lips - A Standing Question; His Rusty Black Frock-coat Wasbuttoned Right Up In Front - With The Collar Turnedup - And His Lank Wrists ______d From His Sleeveswithout A Sign Of Cuff Or Shirt

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.