Holmes Rushed Atthe Bell-pull - Tore Back A Small Sliding ______ - And - Plunging In His Hand - Pulled Out A Photograph Anda Letter; Vincentspaulding Seemed To Know So Much About It Thati Thought He Might Prove Useful - So I Just Orderedhim To Put Up The ______s For The Day And To Comeright Away With Me; One Of The Largest Stalls Bore Thename Of Breckinridge Upon It - And The Proprietora Horsey-looking Man - With A Sharp Face And Trimside-whiskers Was Helping A Boy To Put Up The ______s; My Evidence Showed That The Doorhad Been Fastened Upon The Inner Side - And The Windows Were Blocked By Old-fashioned ______s Withbroad Iron Bars - Which Were Secured Every Night;"When You Combine The Ideas Of Whistles Atnight - The Presence Of A Band Of Gipsies Who Areon Intimate Terms With This Old Doctor - The Fact Thatwe Have Every Reason To Believe That The Doctor Hasan Interest In Preventing His Stepdaughter's Marriage - The Dying Allusion To A Band - And - Finally - Thefact That Miss Helen Stoner Heard A Metallic Clang - Which Might Have Been Caused By One Of Thosemetal Bars That Secured The ______s Falling Backinto Its Place - I Think That There Is Good Ground Tothink That The Mystery May Be Cleared Along Thoselines; Now - Would You Have The Kindness To Go Into Your Roomand Bar Your ______s?""We Have Had The Pleasure Of Making The Doctor's Acquaintance - " Said Holmes - And In A Fewwords He Sketched Out What Had Occurred;Miss Stoner Did So - And Holmes - After A Carefulexamination Through The Open Window - Endeavoured In Every Way To Force The ______ Open - Butwithout Success; No Onecould Pass These ______s If They Were Bolted; Then When You Hear Him Retire For Thenight - You Must Open The ______s Of Your Window - Undo The Hasp - Put Your Lamp There As A Signalto Us - And Then Withdraw Quietly With Everythingwhich You Are Likely To Want Into The Room Whichyou Used To Occupy; My Companion Noiselessly Closed The ______s - Moved Thelamp Onto The Table - And Cast His Eyes Round Theroom; Onthe Table Stood A Dark-lantern With The ______ Halfopen - Throwing A Brilliant Beam Of Light Upon Theiron Safe - The Door Of Which Was Ajar; Then I Walked Across To Thewindow - Hoping That I Might Catch Some Glimpse Ofthe Country-side - But An Oak ______ - Heavily Barred - Was Folded Across It;While The Fourth Was ______ed Up; 'by Theway - ' Said I - 'you Seem To Have Quite A Suite Of Sparerooms Up There - And One Of Them Has The ______sup

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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. Holmes Rushed Atthe Bell-pull - Tore Back A Small Sliding ______ - And - Plunging In His Hand - Pulled Out A Photograph Anda Letter; Vincentspaulding Seemed To Know So Much About It Thati Thought He Might Prove Useful - So I Just Orderedhim To Put Up The ______s For The Day And To Comeright Away With Me; One Of The Largest Stalls Bore Thename Of Breckinridge Upon It - And The Proprietora Horsey-looking Man - With A Sharp Face And Trimside-whiskers Was Helping A Boy To Put Up The ______s; My Evidence Showed That The Doorhad Been Fastened Upon The Inner Side - And The Windows Were Blocked By Old-fashioned ______s Withbroad Iron Bars - Which Were Secured Every Night;"When You Combine The Ideas Of Whistles Atnight - The Presence Of A Band Of Gipsies Who Areon Intimate Terms With This Old Doctor - The Fact Thatwe Have Every Reason To Believe That The Doctor Hasan Interest In Preventing His Stepdaughter's Marriage - The Dying Allusion To A Band - And - Finally - Thefact That Miss Helen Stoner Heard A Metallic Clang - Which Might Have Been Caused By One Of Thosemetal Bars That Secured The ______s Falling Backinto Its Place - I Think That There Is Good Ground Tothink That The Mystery May Be Cleared Along Thoselines; Now - Would You Have The Kindness To Go Into Your Roomand Bar Your ______s?""We Have Had The Pleasure Of Making The Doctor's Acquaintance - " Said Holmes - And In A Fewwords He Sketched Out What Had Occurred;Miss Stoner Did So - And Holmes - After A Carefulexamination Through The Open Window - Endeavoured In Every Way To Force The ______ Open - Butwithout Success; No Onecould Pass These ______s If They Were Bolted; Then When You Hear Him Retire For Thenight - You Must Open The ______s Of Your Window - Undo The Hasp - Put Your Lamp There As A Signalto Us - And Then Withdraw Quietly With Everythingwhich You Are Likely To Want Into The Room Whichyou Used To Occupy; My Companion Noiselessly Closed The ______s - Moved Thelamp Onto The Table - And Cast His Eyes Round Theroom; Onthe Table Stood A Dark-lantern With The ______ Halfopen - Throwing A Brilliant Beam Of Light Upon Theiron Safe - The Door Of Which Was Ajar; Then I Walked Across To Thewindow - Hoping That I Might Catch Some Glimpse Ofthe Country-side - But An Oak ______ - Heavily Barred - Was Folded Across It;While The Fourth Was ______ed Up; 'by Theway - ' Said I - 'you Seem To Have Quite A Suite Of Sparerooms Up There - And One Of Them Has The ______sup