The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure I. A scandal in Bohemia

Adventure II. The red-headed league

Adventure III. A case of identity

Adventure IV. The Boscombe valley mystery

Adventure V. The five orange pips

Adventure VI. The man with the twisted lip

Adventure VII. The adventure of the blue carbuncle

Adventure VIII. The adventure of the speckled band

Adventure IX. The adventure of the engineer's thumb

Adventure 10. The adventure of the noble bachelor

Adventure XI. The adventure of the beryl coronet

Adventure XII. The adventure of the copper beeches

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I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last year and found him in deep conversation with a very stout, florid-faced, elderly gentleman with fiery red hair. With an apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw when Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me.

"You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson," he said cordially.

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"No, sir. But I want to find out about them, and who they are, and what their object was in playing this prank – if it was a prank – upon me. It was a pretty expensive joke for them, for it cost them two and thirty pounds."

"We shall endeavor to clear up these points for you. And, first, one or two questions, Mr. Wilson. This assistant of yours who first called your attention to the advertisement – how long had he been with you?"

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