23-02-23 Chapter 10 The End of the Islander Our meal was a merry one. Holmes coud talk exceedingly well when he chose, and that night he did choose. He appeared to be in a state of nervous exaltation. I have never known him so brilliant. He spoke on a quick...

23-02-23 Chapter 9 Break in the Chain It was late in the afternoon before I woke, strengthened and refreshed. Sherlock Holmes still sat exactly as I had left him, save that he had laid aside his violin and was deep in a book. He looked across at me, as I sti...

23-02-23 Chapter 8 The Baker Street Irregulars What now? I asked. Toby has lost his character for infallibility. He acted according to his lights, said Holmes, lifting him down from the barrel and walking him out of the timber-yard. If you consider how much...

23-02-23 Chapter 7 The Episode of the Barrel The police had brought a cab with them, and in this I escorted Miss Morstan back to her home. After the angelic fashion of women, she had borne trouble with a calm face as long as there was some one weaker than he...

23-02-23 Chapter 6 Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration Now, Watson, said Holmes, rubbing his hands, we have half an hour to ourselves. Let us make good use of it. My case is, as I have told you, almost complete; but we must not err on the side of over-conf...

23-02-23 Chapter 5 The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge It was nearly eleven oclock when we reached this final stage of our nights adventures. We had left the damp fog of the great city behind us, and the night was fairly fine. A warm wind blew from the westward...

23-02-23 Chapter 4. The Story of the Bald-Headed Man We followed the Indian down a sordid and common passage, ill lit and worse furnished, until he came to a door upon the right, which he threw open. A blaze of yellow light streamed out upon us, and in the c...

23-02-21 Chapter 3 In Quest of a Solution It was half-past five before Holmes returned. He was bright, eager, and in excellent spirits,--a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression. There is no great mystery in this matter, he sa...

23-02-21 Chapter 2 The Statement of the Case Miss Morstan entered the room with a firm step and an outward composure of manner. She was a blonde young lady, small, dainty, well gloved, and dressed in the most perfect taste. There was, however, a plainness an...

23-02-21 Chapter 1 The Science of Deduction Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel- piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his...