"Do you include violin-playing in your category of noise?"he aske anxiously.
"It depends on the player,"I answered. "A well-played violin is a treat for the gods- a badly-played one..."
"Oh, that's all right," he cried, with a happy laugh.
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He was not studying medicine, nor did he appear to have followedany course of reading which might fit him for a degree in science. Yet his enthusiasm fo certain studies was remarkable,and his knowledge of certain unusual subjects was so extremely full and detailed that his and his knowlege of observations sometimes astonished me.
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At such times Sherlock Holmes used to beg for the use of the sitting-room.and I would go back to my bed-room. He always apologized to me for putingme to this inconvenience. "I have to use this room as a place of business, hesaid, "and these people are my clients. Again I had an opportunity of askinghim a point-blank question, and aga my delicacy prevented me fromforcing another man to confide in me (查看原文)
Yes, I have a natural talent both for observation and for deductionThe theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to beso absurd, are extremely practical-so practical that I depend upon themfor my bread and cheese.
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...when Lestrade, who had been in the front room while wwere having this conversation in the hall, returned to the scene. He rubbered his hands in a proud and self-satisfied manner...
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And what does It mean now that you have found it?" asked GregsonIn a critical voice.
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So focused was he upon his task that he appeared to have forgotten our presence. As I watched him, I was reminded of a pure-blooded well-trained foxhound as it ran backwards and forwardsbeing hidden, until it comes across the lost scent. (查看原文)
They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains, he remarked with a smile. It's a very bad definition, but it does apply todetective work" (查看原文)
Poison, "said Sherlock Holmes, and walked off. " One other thingLestrade he added, turning round at the door: "Rache is the Germanfor "revenge so don' t lose your time looking for Miss Rachel
Then he walked away, leaving the two rivals open-mouthed behind
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There is nothing like first-hand evidence, " he remarked, "as a materof fact, my mind is entirely made up upon the case, but still we may aswell learn all that is to be learned. (查看原文)
two men if there were two men-come into an empty house? What hasbecome of the cabman who drove them? How could one man compelanother to take poison? Where did the blood come from? What was theaim of the murderer, since robbernhad no part in it? How did the woman 8ring come there? Above all, why should the second man write up the German word RACHE before leaving? (查看原文)
Doctor. You know a performer gets no credit when once he hasexplained his trick, and if I show you too much of my method of working,you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all (查看原文)
I will tell you one other thing, "he continued, smiling, "Leathers andSquare-toes came in the same cab, and they walked down the pathwaytogether as friendly as posstble-arm-in-arm. When they got inside, theywalked up and down the room-or rather, Leathers stood still whileSquare-toes walked up and down. I could read all that in the dust, and Icould also read that as he walked Square-toes grew more and moreexcited. That is shown by the large steps. He was talin all the whileand becoming more and more upset. Then the tragedy occurred. (查看原文)
Holmes took a gold coin from his pocket and played with it. Wethought that we should like to hear it all from your own lips, Holmes saidI will be most happy to tell you anything I can, Rance answeredwith his eyes upon the little gold coin (查看原文)
the finest study I ever came across: a study in scarlet. That's what we should call it. There's the scarlet thread of murder running through thecolorless skin of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, andexpose every inch of it. (查看原文)
"Oh, it doesn,t matter in the least. If the man is caught, It. it will bebecause of their efforts; if he escapes, the detectives will also get praisefor trying. It's heads I win and tails you lose. Whatever they do, theywill have followers. They say that "a stupid person can always find aneven more stupid person to admire him.’” (查看原文)
It can't be a coincidence he cried, at last springing from his chairand pacing wildly up and down the room, "it is impossible that it shouldbe a mere chance. The very pills which I suspected, in the case of Drebbexare actually found after the death of Stangerson. And yet they have noeltect. What can it mean? Surely my whole chain of reasoning cannothave been false. It is impossible! And yet this dog is none the worse. AhI have it! I have it!"With a perfect cry of delight he rushed to the box, cutthe other pill in two, dissolved it, added milk, and presented it to the dogThe un fortunate creature's tongue seemed hardly to have been tasted it before it gave a sudden shake in every part of its body, and lay as rigidand lifeless as if It had been struck by lightning. (查看原文)
It is a mistake to confuse strangeness with myste
ery. Themost usual crime is often the most mysterious because It presents no newor special features from which deductions may be drawn. This murderwould have been more difficult to solve if the body of the victim hadbeen simply found lying in the roadway. These strange details, far frommaking the case more difficult, have really had the effect of making
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I cannot help feeling that Gregson is right, sir, remarked LestradeWe have both tried, and we have both failed. You have remarked morethan once since I have been in the room that you had all the evidencewhich you require. Surely you will not hold it back any longer (查看原文)
