They Were Admirable Things For The Observer - excellent For Drawing The ______ From Men'smotives And Actions;"It Had Cleared In The Morning - And The Sun Wasshining With A Subdued Brightness Through Thedim ______ Which Hangs Over The Great City; Our Owndoor Flew Open - And A Lady - Clad In Some Darkcoloured Stuff - With A Black ______ - Entered The Room;""Why - " Said My Wife - Pulling Up Her ______ - "It Iskate Whitney; A Lady Dressed Inblack And Heavily ______ed - Who Had Been Sitting Inthe Window - Rose As We Entered;" She Raisedher ______ As She Spoke - And We Could See That Shewas Indeed In A Pitiable State Of Agitation - Her Faceall Drawn And Grey - With Restless Frightened Eyes - Like Those Of Some Hunted Animal;"She Dropped Her Thick Black ______ Over Her Face Andglided From The Room;"Holmes Sat In His Big Armchair With The Weary - Heavy-lidded Expression Which ______ed His Keen Andeager Nature - While I Sat Opposite To Him - And Welistened In Silence To The Strange Story Which Ourvisitor Detailed To Us;""My Dear Holmes!""Then Perhaps You Will Kindly Explain How It Isthat We Found This In It?" He Opened His Bag As Hespoke - And Tumbled Onto The Floor A Wedding-dressof Watered Silk - A Pair Of White Satin Shoes And Abride's Wreath And ______ - All Discoloured And Soakedin Water; As I Stood In The Passagegazing At The Sinister Door And Wondering Whatsecret It Might ______ - I Suddenly Heard The Soundof Steps Within The Room And Saw A Shadow Passbackward And Forward Against The Little Slit Of Dimlight Which Shone Out From Under The Door

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.