Arthur Conan Doyle

“Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has been so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it. The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with it.”

had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air

There I was struck on the shoulder 3  by a bullet, which shattered the bone

Near the further end a passage led to the chemical laboratory

would repeat your story. I ask you not only because my friend, Dr. Watson, has not heard the beginning but also because your story makes me anxious to hear every detail. As a rule, when I have heard some story, I am able to think of the thousands of other similar cases. But not now.” The client, looking a little proud, took a newspaper from the pocket of his coat. As he glanced down the advertisement column, I took a good look at the man and tried, like my companion, to read what his dress or ap

Вы удивительно приятный собеседник. Выходя отсюда, закройте дверь, а то, право же, сильно сквозит.

- Как несправедливо распределился выигрыш! - заметил я. - Все в этом

деле сделано вами. Но жену получил я. А слава вся достанется Джонсу. Что

же остается вам?

- Мне? - сказал Холмс. - А мне - ампула с кокаином.