Her Violet Eyes ______ing - Her Lips Parted - A Pink Flush Upon Her Cheeks - Allthought Of Her Natural Reserve Lost In Her Overpowering Excitement And Concern; The Streaming Umbrella Which He Heldin His Hand - And His Long ______ing Waterproof Toldof The Fierce Weather Through Which He Had Come; In The Dim Light Of The Lamp I Sawhim Sitting There - An Old Briar Pipe Between Hislips - His Eyes Fixed Vacantly Upon The Corner Of Theceiling - The Blue Smoke Curling Up From Him - Silent - Motionless - With The Light ______ing Upon His Strongset Aquiline Features; So He Sat As I Dropped Offto Sleep - And So He Sat When A Sudden Ejaculationcaused Me To Wake Up - And I Found The Summersun ______ing Into The Apartment; Outside - The Stars Were ______ing Coldly In A Cloudless Sky - Andthe Breath Of The Passers-by Blew Out Into Smokelike So Many Pistol Shots; Then She Threw Open A Doorwhich Led Into A Bedroom - Through The Window Ofwhich The Moon Was ______ing Brightly; He Was Dressed In A Sombreyet Rich Style - In Black Frock-coat - ______ing Hat - Neatbrown Gaiters - And Well-cut Pearl-grey Trousers;" 'it Is Also My Custom - ' Said He - Smiling In Themost Pleasant Fashion Until His Eyes Were Just Twolittle ______ing Slits Amid The White Creases Of His Face - 'to Advance To My Young Ladies Half Their Salary Beforehand - So That They May Meet Any Little Expensesof Their Journey And Their Wardrobe; The Sun Was ______ingvery Brightly - And Yet There Was An Exhilarating Nipin The Air - Which Set An Edge To A Man's Energy; Thegroup Of Trees - With Their Dark Leaves ______ing Likeburnished Metal In The Light Of The Setting Sun - Weresufficient To Mark The House Even Had Miss Hunternot Been Standing Smiling On The Door-step

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.