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Oh, if you find your own cases more interesting than mine said Holmes, with some asperity. I was going to say that my practice could get along very well for a day or two, since it is the slackest time in the year. Excellent, said he, recovering his g
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You are confident that the thief came in a cab? If not, there is no harm done. But if Mr. Phelps is correct in stating that there is no hiding-place either in the room or the corridors, then the person must have come from outside. If he came from out
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I've heard of your methods before now, Mr. Holmes, said he, tartly. You are ready enough to use all the information that the police can lay at your disposal, and then you try to finish the case yourself and bring discredit on them. On the contrary, s
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She said that he husband was very tired and she wished to relieve him. Well, certainly that would agree with his being found a little later asleep in his chair. There is nothing against them then but the woman's character. Did you ask her why she hur
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Where are we going to now? I asked, as we left the office. We are now going to interview Lord Holdhurst, the cabinet minister and future premier of England. We were fortunate in finding that Lord Holdhurst was still in his chambers in Downing Street,
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Well, since you never said so, and Mr. Phelps never said so, and nobody else knew anything of the matter, then the thief's presence in the room was purely accidental. He saw his chance and he took it. The statesman smiled. You take me out of my provi
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Every success to your investigation, be the criminal who it may, answered the nobleman, as he bowed us out the door. He's a fine fellow, said Holmes, as we came out into Whitehall. But he has a struggle to keep up his position. He is far from rich an
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We found our client still under the charge of his devoted nurse, but looking considerably better than before. He rose from the sofa and greeted us without difficulty when we entered. Any news? he asked, eagerly. My report, as I expected, is a negativ
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You must know that last night was the very first night that I have ever slept without a nurse in the room. I was so much better that I thought I could dispense with one. I had a night-light burning, however. Well, about two in the morning I had sunk
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This tale of our client's appeared to have an extraordinary effect upon Sherlock Holmes. He rose from his chair and paced about the room in uncontrollable excitement. Misfortunes never come single, said Phelps, smiling, though it was evident that his
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It is the side entrance for trades-people. Of course it is locked at night. Have you ever had an alarm like this before? Never, said our client. Do you keep plate in the house, or anything to attract burglars? Nothing of value. Holmes strolled round
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Miss Harrison, said Holmes, speaking with the utmost intensity of manner, you must stay where you are all day. Let nothing prevent you from staying where you are all day. It is of the utmost importance. Certainly, if you wish it, Mr. Holmes, said the
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Oh, no; my friend Watson is a medical man, you know, and he'll look after you. We'll have our lunch here, if you will permit us, and then we shall all three set off for town together. It was arranged as he suggested, though Miss Harrison excused hers
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You might tell them at Briarbrae that I hope to be back to-morrow night, cried Phelps, as we began to move from the platform. I hardly expect to go back to Briarbrae, answered Holmes, and waved his hand to us cheerily as we shot out from the station.
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But Holmes said that he was not going to Briarbrae. I have known him for some time, said I, but I never knew him do anything yet without a very good reason, and with that our conversation drifted off on to other topics. But it was a weary day for me.
