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A Study in Scarlet
Part I
Chapter I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Chapter II. The Science of Deduction
Chapter III. The Lauriston Garden Mystery
Chapter IV. What John Rance Had to Tell
Chapter V. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
Chapter VI. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
Chapter VII. Light in the Darkness
Part II
Chapter I. On the Great Alkali Plain
Chapter II. The Flower of Utah
Chapter III. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
Chapter IV. A Flight For Life
Chapter V. The Avenging Angels
Chapter VI. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D
Chapter VII. The Conclusion
The Red-Headed League
The Man with the Twisted Lip
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Empty House
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Adventure of the Priory School[172]
The Adventure of Black Peter
Англо-русский словарь
In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to take the course for surgeons in the army. I completed my studies there, and became Assistant Surgeon[1]. I came to the Berkshires[2], with whom I served at the fatal battle. There I was struck on the shoulder[3] by a bullet, which shattered the bone. I was so weak that they sent me back to England.
I had neither friends nor relatives in England. I came to London. There I stayed for some time at a private hotel. One day I was at a bar, when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned round and recognized Stamford. The sight of a friendly face in London is a pleasant thing to a lonely man. I asked him to lunch with me, and we went together in a hansom.
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“What is your theory, then?”
“Well, my theory is that he followed Drebber as far as the Brixton Road. There they had a fight, in the course of which Drebber received a blow from the stick, in the pit of the stomach, perhaps, which killed him without any mark. Then Charpentier dragged the body of his victim into the empty house. As to the candle, and the blood, and the writing on the wall, and the ring, they are just tricks to deceive the police.”
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