The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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cover THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Arthur Conan Doyle Contents I. Silver Blaze II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box III. The Yellow Face IV. The Stockbroker’s Clerk V. The “Gloria Scott” VI. The Musgrave Ritual VII. The Reigate Squires VIII. The Crooked Man IX. The Resident Patient X. The Greek Interpreter XI. The Naval Treaty XII. The Final Problem I. Silver Blaze I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go,” said Holmes, as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning. “Go! Where to?” “To Dartmoor; to King’s Pyland.” I was not surprised. Indeed, my only wonder was that he had not already been mixed up in this extraordinary case, which was the one topic of conversation through the length and breadth of England. For a whole day my companion had rambled about the room with his chin upon his chest and his brows knitted, charging and recharging his pipe with the strongest black tobacco, and absolutely deaf to any of my questions or remarks. Fresh editions of every paper had been sent up by…