It Only Remains - Therefore - To Discover What Is ______ted By This German Whowrites Upon Bohemian Paper And Prefers Wearinga Mask To Showing His Face; I May ______t Your Help - And Somay He;It Was A Quarter Past Six When We Left Bakerstreet - And It Still ______ted Ten Minutes To The Hourwhen We Found Ourselves In Serpentine Avenue; By The Way - Doctor - I Shall ______t Yourco-operation;"20 the Red-headed Leaguejust This Day Eight Weeks - With This Very Paper Inhis Hand - And He Says:London When He Was Young - And He ______ted To Dothe Old Town A Good Turn; But I ______t To Find Out About Them - Andwho They Are - And What Their Object Was In Playingthis Prank - if It Was A Prank - upon Me; It Is Introspective - And I ______t To Introspect;"You ______t To Go Home - No Doubt - Doctor - " Heremarked As We Emerged; I Shall ______t Your Help Tonight;All He ______ts Is An Old Dog To Help Him To Do Therunning Down;"This Is ______ting In The Police Report - Where Morestress Is Laid - Perhaps - Upon The Platitudes Of Themagistrate Than Upon The Details - Which To An Observer Contain The Vital Essence Of The Whole Matter; Hewould Get Quite Mad If I ______ted So Much As To Joina Sunday-school Treat; It Seemed Funny That I Shouldask His Leave - As He Was Only A Few Years Older Thanme; But I Didn't ______t To Do Anything On The Sly - Soi Wrote To Father At Bordeaux - Where The Company"I Suppose - " Said Holmes - "That When Mr; But Then - As I Usedto Say To Mother - A Woman ______ts Her Own Circle Tobegin With - And I Had Not Got Mine Yet; My ______ts Were Few And Simple - So That In Less Than The Time Stated I Was In A Cabwith My Valise - Rattling Away To Paddington Station; I Know It - And I ______t You To Startupon Your Work Knowing It - Too;"I Walked Down To The Station With Them - Andthen ______dered Through The Streets Of The Little Town - Finally Returning To The Hotel - Where I Lay Uponthe Sofa And Tried To Interest Myself In A Yellowbacked Novel; The Puny Plot Of The Story Was Sothin - However - When Compared To The Deep Mystery Through Which We Were Groping - And I Foundmy Attention ______der So Continually From The Action To The Fact - That I At Last Flung It Across Theroom And Gave Myself Up Entirely To A Consideration Of The Events Of The Day;""And One Who Was At Home In The District - Forthe Pool Can Only Be Approached By The Farm Or Bythe Estate - Where Strangers Could Hardly ______der; Whatever He ______ted Hemust Have - And Whatever It Was I Gave Him Withoutquestion - Land - Money - Houses - Until At Last He Askeda Thing Which I Could Not Give; 'tell Marythat I Shall ______t A Fire In My Room To-day - And Senddown To Fordham - The Horsham Lawyer; "Well - " He Said - "I Say Now - As I Said Then - That A Man Should Keephis Little Brain-attic Stocked With All The Furniturethat He Is Likely To Use - And The Rest He Can Put Awayin The Lumber-room Of His Library - Where He Canget It If He ______ts It; By The Time Thattheir Sailing-ship Reaches Savannah The Mail-boatwill Have Carried This Letter - And The Cable Will Haveinformed The Police Of Savannah That These Threegentlemen Are Badly ______ted Here Upon A Charge Ofmurder;Out Of The Black Shadows There Glimmered Littlered Circles Of Light - Now Bright - Now Faint - As Theburning Poison Waxed Or ______ed In The Bowls Ofthe Metal Pipes; "Oh - I'm In Suchtrouble!" She Cried; "I Do So ______t A Little Help; Or Should Yourather That I Sent James Off To Bed?""Oh - No - No! I ______t The Doctor's Advice Andhelp - Too; What D'you ______t To Frighten A Chapfor?" He Sank His Face Onto His Arms And Began Tosob In A High Treble Key;""Well - We Will Take It As A Working Hypothesisfor ______t Of A Better; "You Will - I Am Sure - Forgiveanything That May Be ______ting In Our Arrangements - When You Consider The Blow Which Has Come Sosuddenly Upon Us;"I ______t To Test A Little Theory Of Mine - " Said He - Pulling On His Boots;He Took Off His Coat And Waistcoat - Put On A Largeblue Dressing-gown - And Then ______dered About Theroom Collecting Pillows From His Bed And Cushions From The Sofa And Armchairs;"Who Are You - Then? What Do You ______t?" Heasked In A Quavering Voice; Now - Then!You ______t To Know What Became Of Those Geese?""Yes - Sir;'which Is It You ______t - Then?'91 the Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncletoo Terribly Frightened; Now - When Young Ladies ______derabout The Metropolis At This Hour Of The Morning - And Knock Sleepy People Up Out Of Their Beds - Ipresume That It Is Something Very Pressing Whichthey Have To Communicate; The Money Which My Mother Had Left Wasenough For All Our ______ts - And There Seemed To Beno Obstacle To Our Happiness; Hehad No Friends At All Save The ______dering Gypsies - Holmes Turned To His Desk And - Unlocking It - Drew Out A Small Case-book - Which He Consulted; Nothing96 the Adventure Of The Speckled Bandand He Would Give These Vagabonds Leave To Encamp Upon The Few Acres Of Bramble-covered Landwhich Represent The Family Estate - And Would Acceptin Return The Hospitality Of Their Tents - ______deringaway With Them Sometimes For Weeks On End; Hehas A Passion Also For Indian Animals - Which Aresent Over To Him By A Correspondent - And He Has Atthis Moment A Cheetah And A Baboon - Which ______der Freely Over His Grounds And Are Feared By Thevillagers Almost As Much As Their Master; I ______t Tosee Whether The Objections Are Fatal - Or If They Maybe Explained Away;"There's The Village - " Said The Driver - Pointingto A Cluster Of Roofs Some Distance To The Left; "Butif You ______t To Get To The House - You'll Find It Shorterto Get Over This Stile - And So By The Foot-path Overthe Fields;""Ah - Yes - Of Course! Well - A Cheetah Is Just A Bigcat - And Yet A Saucer Of Milk Does Not Go Very Farin Satisfying Its ______ts - I Daresay; We Usedalways To Get What We ______ted For Ourselves; Then When You Hear Him Retire For Thenight - You Must Open The Shutters Of Your Window - Undo The Hasp - Put Your Lamp There As A Signalto Us - And Then Withdraw Quietly With Everythingwhich You Are Likely To ______t Into The Room Whichyou Used To Occupy; I Simply ______t Your Opinion Abouta Hydraulic Stamping Machine Which Has Got Out Ofgear; We Shall ______t You To Come Tonight By The Last Train; The Placewe ______t Must Be Somewhere Near That Line; It Is Just Possible - However - That That Also May Not Be ______ting Inthis New Investigation; During That Time Sheran Free In A Mining Camp And ______dered Throughwoods Or Mountains - So That Her Education Hascome From Nature Rather Than From The Schoolmaster; But Really I Think That Weare ______dering Rather Far From The Point;'" 'for How Long - May I Ask - Do You ______t Thissum?' I Asked; "Oh - My God! What A Blind Fool I Have Been! And Hisasking To Be Allowed To Go Out For Five Minutes! Thedear Fellow ______ted To See If The Missing Piece Wereat The Scene Of The Struggle;""I Thought That If I Told You The Circumstancesyou Would Understand Afterwards If I ______ted Yourhelp; Her Lightgrey Eyes ______dered Continually From One To Theother - Noting Every Little ______t And Forestalling Itif Possible; He ______ted Herto Sign A Paper - So That Whether She Married Or Not - He Could Use Her Money;"And In This Way He Managed That Your Goodman Should Have No ______t Of Drink - And That A Ladder Should Be Ready At The Moment When Yourmaster Had Gone Out

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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.
 


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It Only Remains - Therefore - To Discover What Is ______ted By This German Whowrites Upon Bohemian Paper And Prefers Wearinga Mask To Showing His Face; I May ______t Your Help - And Somay He;It Was A Quarter Past Six When We Left Bakerstreet - And It Still ______ted Ten Minutes To The Hourwhen We Found Ourselves In Serpentine Avenue; By The Way - Doctor - I Shall ______t Yourco-operation;"20 the Red-headed Leaguejust This Day Eight Weeks - With This Very Paper Inhis Hand - And He Says:London When He Was Young - And He ______ted To Dothe Old Town A Good Turn; But I ______t To Find Out About Them - Andwho They Are - And What Their Object Was In Playingthis Prank - if It Was A Prank - upon Me; It Is Introspective - And I ______t To Introspect;"You ______t To Go Home - No Doubt - Doctor - " Heremarked As We Emerged; I Shall ______t Your Help Tonight;All He ______ts Is An Old Dog To Help Him To Do Therunning Down;"This Is ______ting In The Police Report - Where Morestress Is Laid - Perhaps - Upon The Platitudes Of Themagistrate Than Upon The Details - Which To An Observer Contain The Vital Essence Of The Whole Matter; Hewould Get Quite Mad If I ______ted So Much As To Joina Sunday-school Treat; It Seemed Funny That I Shouldask His Leave - As He Was Only A Few Years Older Thanme; But I Didn't ______t To Do Anything On The Sly - Soi Wrote To Father At Bordeaux - Where The Company"I Suppose - " Said Holmes - "That When Mr; But Then - As I Usedto Say To Mother - A Woman ______ts Her Own Circle Tobegin With - And I Had Not Got Mine Yet; My ______ts Were Few And Simple - So That In Less Than The Time Stated I Was In A Cabwith My Valise - Rattling Away To Paddington Station; I Know It - And I ______t You To Startupon Your Work Knowing It - Too;"I Walked Down To The Station With Them - Andthen ______dered Through The Streets Of The Little Town - Finally Returning To The Hotel - Where I Lay Uponthe Sofa And Tried To Interest Myself In A Yellowbacked Novel; The Puny Plot Of The Story Was Sothin - However - When Compared To The Deep Mystery Through Which We Were Groping - And I Foundmy Attention ______der So Continually From The Action To The Fact - That I At Last Flung It Across Theroom And Gave Myself Up Entirely To A Consideration Of The Events Of The Day;""And One Who Was At Home In The District - Forthe Pool Can Only Be Approached By The Farm Or Bythe Estate - Where Strangers Could Hardly ______der; Whatever He ______ted Hemust Have - And Whatever It Was I Gave Him Withoutquestion - Land - Money - Houses - Until At Last He Askeda Thing Which I Could Not Give; 'tell Marythat I Shall ______t A Fire In My Room To-day - And Senddown To Fordham - The Horsham Lawyer; "Well - " He Said - "I Say Now - As I Said Then - That A Man Should Keephis Little Brain-attic Stocked With All The Furniturethat He Is Likely To Use - And The Rest He Can Put Awayin The Lumber-room Of His Library - Where He Canget It If He ______ts It; By The Time Thattheir Sailing-ship Reaches Savannah The Mail-boatwill Have Carried This Letter - And The Cable Will Haveinformed The Police Of Savannah That These Threegentlemen Are Badly ______ted Here Upon A Charge Ofmurder;Out Of The Black Shadows There Glimmered Littlered Circles Of Light - Now Bright - Now Faint - As Theburning Poison Waxed Or ______ed In The Bowls Ofthe Metal Pipes; "Oh - I'm In Suchtrouble!" She Cried; "I Do So ______t A Little Help; Or Should Yourather That I Sent James Off To Bed?""Oh - No - No! I ______t The Doctor's Advice Andhelp - Too; What D'you ______t To Frighten A Chapfor?" He Sank His Face Onto His Arms And Began Tosob In A High Treble Key;""Well - We Will Take It As A Working Hypothesisfor ______t Of A Better; "You Will - I Am Sure - Forgiveanything That May Be ______ting In Our Arrangements - When You Consider The Blow Which Has Come Sosuddenly Upon Us;"I ______t To Test A Little Theory Of Mine - " Said He - Pulling On His Boots;He Took Off His Coat And Waistcoat - Put On A Largeblue Dressing-gown - And Then ______dered About Theroom Collecting Pillows From His Bed And Cushions From The Sofa And Armchairs;"Who Are You - Then? What Do You ______t?" Heasked In A Quavering Voice; Now - Then!You ______t To Know What Became Of Those Geese?""Yes - Sir;'which Is It You ______t - Then?'91 the Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncletoo Terribly Frightened; Now - When Young Ladies ______derabout The Metropolis At This Hour Of The Morning - And Knock Sleepy People Up Out Of Their Beds - Ipresume That It Is Something Very Pressing Whichthey Have To Communicate; The Money Which My Mother Had Left Wasenough For All Our ______ts - And There Seemed To Beno Obstacle To Our Happiness; Hehad No Friends At All Save The ______dering Gypsies - Holmes Turned To His Desk And - Unlocking It - Drew Out A Small Case-book - Which He Consulted; Nothing96 the Adventure Of The Speckled Bandand He Would Give These Vagabonds Leave To Encamp Upon The Few Acres Of Bramble-covered Landwhich Represent The Family Estate - And Would Acceptin Return The Hospitality Of Their Tents - ______deringaway With Them Sometimes For Weeks On End; Hehas A Passion Also For Indian Animals - Which Aresent Over To Him By A Correspondent - And He Has Atthis Moment A Cheetah And A Baboon - Which ______der Freely Over His Grounds And Are Feared By Thevillagers Almost As Much As Their Master; I ______t Tosee Whether The Objections Are Fatal - Or If They Maybe Explained Away;"There's The Village - " Said The Driver - Pointingto A Cluster Of Roofs Some Distance To The Left; "Butif You ______t To Get To The House - You'll Find It Shorterto Get Over This Stile - And So By The Foot-path Overthe Fields;""Ah - Yes - Of Course! Well - A Cheetah Is Just A Bigcat - And Yet A Saucer Of Milk Does Not Go Very Farin Satisfying Its ______ts - I Daresay; We Usedalways To Get What We ______ted For Ourselves; Then When You Hear Him Retire For Thenight - You Must Open The Shutters Of Your Window - Undo The Hasp - Put Your Lamp There As A Signalto Us - And Then Withdraw Quietly With Everythingwhich You Are Likely To ______t Into The Room Whichyou Used To Occupy; I Simply ______t Your Opinion Abouta Hydraulic Stamping Machine Which Has Got Out Ofgear; We Shall ______t You To Come Tonight By The Last Train; The Placewe ______t Must Be Somewhere Near That Line; It Is Just Possible - However - That That Also May Not Be ______ting Inthis New Investigation; During That Time Sheran Free In A Mining Camp And ______dered Throughwoods Or Mountains - So That Her Education Hascome From Nature Rather Than From The Schoolmaster; But Really I Think That Weare ______dering Rather Far From The Point;'" 'for How Long - May I Ask - Do You ______t Thissum?' I Asked; "Oh - My God! What A Blind Fool I Have Been! And Hisasking To Be Allowed To Go Out For Five Minutes! Thedear Fellow ______ted To See If The Missing Piece Wereat The Scene Of The Struggle;""I Thought That If I Told You The Circumstancesyou Would Understand Afterwards If I ______ted Yourhelp; Her Lightgrey Eyes ______dered Continually From One To Theother - Noting Every Little ______t And Forestalling Itif Possible; He ______ted Herto Sign A Paper - So That Whether She Married Or Not - He Could Use Her Money;"And In This Way He Managed That Your Goodman Should Have No ______t Of Drink - And That A Ladder Should Be Ready At The Moment When Yourmaster Had Gone Out