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1  This stone is not yet twenty years old.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
2  He would show me how to turn the stone into money.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
3  At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
4  I would take my goose now, and in it I would carry my stone to Kilburn.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
5  The bird gave a gulp, and I felt the stone pass along its gullet and down into its crop.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
6  When the commissionaire had gone, Holmes took up the stone and held it against the light.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
7  A jagged stone was lying among the moss, and this also he carefully examined and retained.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
8  Fairbank was a good-sized square house of white stone, standing back a little from the road.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
9  I might at any moment be seized and searched, and there would be the stone in my waistcoat pocket.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
10  I caught it, and prying its bill open, I thrust the stone down its throat as far as my finger could reach.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
11  This also was opened, and led down a flight of winding stone steps, which terminated at another formidable gate.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
12  My heart turned to water, for there was no sign of the stone, and I knew that some terrible mistake had occurred.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
13  Ryder instantly gave the alarm, and Horner was arrested the same evening; but the stone could not be found either upon his person or in his rooms.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
14  The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
15  It was about ten minutes before we regained our cab and drove back into Ross, Holmes still carrying with him the stone which he had picked up in the wood.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
16  Here is the stone; the stone came from the goose, and the goose came from Mr. Henry Baker, the gentleman with the bad hat and all the other characteristics with which I have bored you.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
17  The solemn Mr. Merryweather perched himself upon a crate, with a very injured expression upon his face, while Holmes fell upon his knees upon the floor and, with the lantern and a magnifying lens, began to examine minutely the cracks between the stones.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
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