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1  One was the harpoon with which the deed was committed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
2  Peter Carey was master of the SEA UNICORN, and I was spare harpooner.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
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3  He had not time to get it from the sheath before I had the harpoon through him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
4  When I found Patrick Cairns among the harpooners, my research was nearing its end.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
5  I spotted that harpoon upon the wall, and I thought I might need it before I was through.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
6  I saw these advertisements about harpooners, and high wages, so I went to the shipping agents, and they sent me here.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
7  Right through his broad breast a steel harpoon had been driven, and it had sunk deep into the wood of the wall behind him.
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8  I knew Black Peter, and when he pulled out his knife I whipped a harpoon through him sharp, for I knew that it was him or me.
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9  That very night he went down to Woodman's Lee, saw Peter Carey at the hut, quarrelled with him, and killed him with the harpoon.
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10  At last we were getting something positive, and yet it seemed a long gap between an absconding banker and Captain Peter Carey pinned against the wall with one of his own harpoons.
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ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER