But The Writing?""What Else Can Be Indicated By That Right Cuffso Very Shiny For Five Inches - And The Left One Withthe ______ Patch Near The Elbow Where You Rest Itupon The Desk?""Well - But China?""The Fish That You Have Tattooed Immediatelyabove Your Right Wrist Could Only Have Been Donein China; What Was This Nocturnal Expedition - And Whyshould I Go Armed? Where Were We Going - Andwhat Were We To Do? I Had The Hint From Holmesthat This ______-faced Pawnbroker's Assistant Wasa Formidable Man - a Man Who Might Play A Deepgame; Gone Was The Coarse Brown Tint!Gone - Too - Was The Horrid Scar Which Had Seamedit Across - And The Twisted Lip Which Had Given Therepulsive Sneer To The Face! A Twitch Brought Awaythe Tangled Red Hair - And There - Sitting Up In His Bed - Was A Pale - Sad-faced - Refined-looking Man - Blackhaired And ______-skinned - Rubbing His Eyes Andstaring About Him With Sleepy Bewilderment;" He Rummagedamid His Newspapers - Glancing Over The Dates - Untilat Last He ______ed One Out - Doubled It Over - Andread The Following Paragraph:"Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery; At Last - However - The Bumping Of The Roadwas Exchanged For The Crisp ______ness Of A Graveldrive - And The Carriage Came To A Stand

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.