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1  I had seen little of Holmes lately.
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2  To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.
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3  It was not merely that Holmes changed his costume.
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4  Holmes slowly reopened his eyes and looked impatiently at his gigantic client.
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5  Holmes scribbled a receipt upon a sheet of his note-book and handed it to him.
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6  I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by the wrist and pushed me back into my chair.
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7  Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when in high spirits.
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8  Holmes had sat up upon the couch, and I saw him motion like a man who is in need of air.
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9  The lamps had been lit, but the blinds had not been drawn, so that I could see Holmes as he lay upon the couch.
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10  And yet it would be the blackest treachery to Holmes to draw back now from the part which he had intrusted to me.
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11  I caught a glimpse of rushing figures, and a moment later the voice of Holmes from within assuring them that it was a false alarm.
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12  Holmes rushed at the bell-pull, tore back a small sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a photograph and a letter.
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13  With an apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw when Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me.
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14  I should not wish a smarter assistant, Mr. Holmes; and I know very well that he could better himself and earn twice what I am able to give him.
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15  Holmes dashed into the crowd to protect the lady; but, just as he reached her, he gave a cry and dropped to the ground, with the blood running freely down his face.
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16  I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last year and found him in deep conversation with a very stout, florid-faced, elderly gentleman with fiery red hair.
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17  As I passed the well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
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