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1  You are to ask the questions, Mr. Melas, and he will write the answers.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
2  Mr. Melas is a Greek by extraction, as I understand, and he is a remarkable linguist.
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3  It was almost dark before we found ourselves in Pall Mall, at the rooms of Mr. Melas.
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4  One after the other we made our way into a large apartment, which was evidently that in which Mr. Melas had found himself.
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5  In order to negotiate with him they have to get an interpreter, and they pitch upon this Mr. Melas, having used some other one before.
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6  In the meantime, Mr. Melas, I should certainly be on my guard, if I were you, for of course they must know through these advertisements that you have betrayed them.
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7  I must warn you, however, Mr. Melas, that if at any time to-night you attempt to raise an alarm or do anything which is against my interests, you will find it a very serious thing.
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8  Mr. Melas, however, still lived, and in less than an hour, with the aid of ammonia and brandy I had the satisfaction of seeing him open his eyes, and of knowing that my hand had drawn him back from that dark valley in which all paths meet.
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9  Finally, finding him proof against every threat, they had hurled him back into his prison, and after reproaching Melas with his treachery, which appeared from the newspaper advertisement, they had stunned him with a blow from a stick, and he remembered nothing more until he found us bending over him.
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ContextHighlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter