The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Артур Конан Дойл. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A study in scarlet

Part I. Being a reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department

Chapter I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes

Chapter II. The Science of Deduction

Chapter III. The Lauriston Gardens 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. The Country of the Saints

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 adventures of Sherlock Holmes

I. A scandal in Bohemia

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II. The Red-Headed League

III. A case of identity

IV. The Boscombe valley mystery

V. The five orange pips

VI. The man with the twisted lip

VII. The adventure of the blue carbuncle

VIII. The adventure of the speckled band

IX. The adventure of the engineer’s thumb

X. The adventure of the noble bachelor

XI. The adventure of the beryl coronet

XII. The adventure of the copper beeches

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In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy’s country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at once entered upon my new duties.

The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.

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“There’s more work to be got out of one of those little beggars than out of a dozen of the force,” Holmes remarked. “The mere sight of an official-looking person seals men’s lips. These youngsters, however, go everywhere and hear everything. They are as sharp as needles, too; all they want is organisation.”

“Is it on this Brixton case that you are employing them?” I asked.

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