A forced marriage is no marriage.
Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details. My friend Watson could tell you that I spent a whole morning in that exercise. It is no easy matter, and requires a strong and practiced arm.
If ever human features bespoke vice of the most malignant type, they were certainly those of Enoch J. Drebber, of Cleveland.
A more perfect compound of the bully, coward, and sneak than Master Silas Brown I have seldom met with,” remarked Holmes as we trudged along together.
Crime is common. Logic is rare.
To underestimate one’s self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one’s own powers.
The natives were Cucama Indians, an amiable but degraded race, with mental powers hardly superior to the average Londoner.
When we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be a free man.
I have no more notion than you how long it is to last,” Holmes answered with some asperity. “If criminals would always schedule their movements like railway trains, it would certainly be more convenient for all of us.
I shall glance into the case for you,” said Holmes, rising, “and I have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result. Let the weight of the matter rest upon me now, and do not let your mind dwell upon it further.
It is a rare thing for me to meet anyone who takes an intelligent interest in such matters. People can find time for such trivialities as sport or society, and yet the beetles are overlooked.
I imagined at the time that he had some strong reason for not alluding to it, but he soon dispelled the idea by coming round to the subject of his own accord.
Pray take this chair by the fire, Mr. Baker. It is a cold night, and I observe that your circulation is more adapted for summer than for winter.
Toby proved to an ugly, long-haired, lop-eared creature, half spaniel and half lurcher, brown-and-white in colour, with a very clumsy waddling gait.
I am here to be used, Holmes.
Of these, one, the Lone Star, instantly attracted my attention, since, although it was reported as having cleared from London, the name is that which is given to one of the states of the Union.” “Texas, I think.” “I was not and am not sure which;.
Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness; nothing but silence – complete and heart-subduing silence.
Are you in the police yourself?” “No.” “What business is it of yours, then?” “It’s every man’s business to see justice done.
Then what are they? Who is this K. K. K., and why does he pursue this unhappy family?
Talk away, Mr. Holmes. I’m just loving it. It’s fine!