And When He Speaks Of Irene Adler - Or Whenhe ______s To Her Photograph - It Is Always Under Thehonourable Title Of The Woman; In Thesecases - Save For One Rather Intricate Matter Whichhas Been ______red To Me From Marseilles - There Isnothing Which Presents Any Features Of Interest; Lestrade - Being Ratherpuzzled - Has ______red The Case To Me - And Henceit Is That Two Middle-aged Gentlemen Are Flyingwestward At Fifty Miles An Hour Instead Of Quietlydigesting Their Breakfasts At Home; Under These Circumstances The Youngman Was Instantly Arrested - And A Verdict Of 'wilfulmurder' Having Been Returned At The Inquest Ontuesday - He Was On Wednesday Brought Before Themagistrates At Ross - Who Have ______red The Case Tothe Next Assizes; Don't You See That You Alternatelygive Him Credit For Having Too Much Imaginationand Too Little? Too Little - If He Could Not Invent Acause Of Quarrel Which Would Give Him The Sympathy Of The Jury; Too Much - If He Evolved From Hisown Inner Consciousness Anything So Outr´e As Adying ______ence To A Rat - And The Incident Of The Vanishing Cloth; Then There Was The Peculiardying ______ence To A Rat; Theother Was His Singular Dying ______ence To A Rat; Theevidence Against Him Was So Strong That The Casehas Been ______red To The Assizes; Evidenceof A Previous Conviction For Robbery Havingbeen Given Against The Prisoner - The Magistrate Refused To Deal Summarily With The Offence - But ______red It To The Assizes;""Ah - And What Did You Gather From This Allusionto A Band - a Speckled Band?""Sometimes I Have Thought That It Was Merelythe Wild Talk Of Delirium - Sometimes That It Mayhave ______red To Some Band Of People - Perhaps Tothese Very Gipsies In The Plantation;'" 'absolute And Complete Silence Before - During - And After? No ______ence To The Matter At All - Eitherin Word Or Writing?'" 'i Have Already Given You My Word; Large Masses Ofnickel And Of Tin Were Discovered Stored In An Outhouse - But No Coins Were To Be Found - Which Mayhave Explained The Presence Of Those Bulky Boxeswhich Have Been Already ______red To; I Have Determined - Therefore - To Call Upon You And To Consult You In ______ence To The Very Painfulevent Which Has Occurred In Connectionwith My Wedding;" Hepicked A Red-covered Volume From A Line Of Booksof ______ence Beside The Mantelpiece; I Feared To ______them To You - However - As I Knew That You Had Aninquiry On Hand And That You Disliked The Intrusionof Other Matters; It Is To That Remark Thatshe ______s In This Note:"Oh - To The Other Side Of The West End;"Do You Know - Watson - " Said He - "That It Is Oneof The Curses Of A Mind With A Turn Like Mine That Imust Look At Everything With ______ence To My Ownspecial Subject

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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. And When He Speaks Of Irene Adler - Or Whenhe ______s To Her Photograph - It Is Always Under Thehonourable Title Of The Woman; In Thesecases - Save For One Rather Intricate Matter Whichhas Been ______red To Me From Marseilles - There Isnothing Which Presents Any Features Of Interest; Lestrade - Being Ratherpuzzled - Has ______red The Case To Me - And Henceit Is That Two Middle-aged Gentlemen Are Flyingwestward At Fifty Miles An Hour Instead Of Quietlydigesting Their Breakfasts At Home; Under These Circumstances The Youngman Was Instantly Arrested - And A Verdict Of 'wilfulmurder' Having Been Returned At The Inquest Ontuesday - He Was On Wednesday Brought Before Themagistrates At Ross - Who Have ______red The Case Tothe Next Assizes; Don't You See That You Alternatelygive Him Credit For Having Too Much Imaginationand Too Little? Too Little - If He Could Not Invent Acause Of Quarrel Which Would Give Him The Sympathy Of The Jury; Too Much - If He Evolved From Hisown Inner Consciousness Anything So Outr´e As Adying ______ence To A Rat - And The Incident Of The Vanishing Cloth; Then There Was The Peculiardying ______ence To A Rat; Theother Was His Singular Dying ______ence To A Rat; Theevidence Against Him Was So Strong That The Casehas Been ______red To The Assizes; Evidenceof A Previous Conviction For Robbery Havingbeen Given Against The Prisoner - The Magistrate Refused To Deal Summarily With The Offence - But ______red It To The Assizes;""Ah - And What Did You Gather From This Allusionto A Band - a Speckled Band?""Sometimes I Have Thought That It Was Merelythe Wild Talk Of Delirium - Sometimes That It Mayhave ______red To Some Band Of People - Perhaps Tothese Very Gipsies In The Plantation;'" 'absolute And Complete Silence Before - During - And After? No ______ence To The Matter At All - Eitherin Word Or Writing?'" 'i Have Already Given You My Word; Large Masses Ofnickel And Of Tin Were Discovered Stored In An Outhouse - But No Coins Were To Be Found - Which Mayhave Explained The Presence Of Those Bulky Boxeswhich Have Been Already ______red To; I Have Determined - Therefore - To Call Upon You And To Consult You In ______ence To The Very Painfulevent Which Has Occurred In Connectionwith My Wedding;" Hepicked A Red-covered Volume From A Line Of Booksof ______ence Beside The Mantelpiece; I Feared To ______them To You - However - As I Knew That You Had Aninquiry On Hand And That You Disliked The Intrusionof Other Matters; It Is To That Remark Thatshe ______s In This Note:"Oh - To The Other Side Of The West End;"Do You Know - Watson - " Said He - "That It Is Oneof The Curses Of A Mind With A Turn Like Mine That Imust Look At Everything With ______ence To My Ownspecial Subject