1 I confess that I made little progress.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 2 I made up my mind that the fellow was in hiding in the house.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 3 Without any open scandal, he still made India too hot to hold him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 4 He was very insistent upon this point, and made me promise it faithfully.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 5 I left him there, the safe open, and the papers made up in packets upon the table.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 6 He made no allusion to the affair, however, until one afternoon a fortnight or so later.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN 7 The papers had been made up into sealed envelopes, one or two of which had been opened by the police.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 8 I then worked the lawn very carefully for signs and traces, but this drought has made everything as hard as iron.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 9 Footmarks of both men could be made out on the carpet, but none of any third person, which again is a trick for the other side.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 10 She made no allusion to it afterwards, and I made none, for a promise is a promise, but she has never known an easy hour from that moment.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN 11 The trim Inspector Martin, the old, gray-headed country doctor, myself, and a stolid village policeman made up the rest of that strange company.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN 12 I therefore cabled to my friend, Wilson Hargreave, of the New York Police Bureau, who has more than once made use of my knowledge of London crime.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN 13 When the detective departed, my friend rose and made his preparations for the day's work with the alert air of a man who has a congenial task before him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 14 On looking over the bank-book I found that the low state of the balance was principally due to large checks which have been made out during the last year to Mr. Cornelius.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 15 He made the announcement as if the name alone would explain both his visit and its manner, but I could see, by my companion's unresponsive face, that it meant no more to him than to me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 16 Such were the circumstances of the Park Lane Mystery, which were further complicated by entire absence of motive, since, as I have said, young Adair was not known to have any enemy, and no attempt had been made to remove the money or valuables in the room.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 17 Would that I had some brighter ending to communicate to my readers, but these are the chronicles of fact, and I must follow to their dark crisis the strange chain of events which for some days made Riding Thorpe Manor a household word through the length and breadth of England.
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