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1  "That's the truth, sir," said Barrymore.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
2  Not one word of truth has he ever told me.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
3  He certainly seemed to be getting uncomfortably near the truth.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
4  The probability was, therefore, that she was telling the truth, or, at least, a part of the truth.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
5  But we hold several threads in our hands, and the odds are that one or other of them guides us to the truth.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
6  They were of great service to me, and especially that one incidentally truthful piece of biography of Stapleton's.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
7  I have said "by one night's work," but, in truth, it was by two nights' work, for on the first we drew entirely blank.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
8  When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
9  But to tell the truth, sir, we were both very much attached to Sir Charles, and his death gave us a shock and made these surroundings very painful to us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
10  The story of the Stapletons could no longer be withheld from him, but he took the blow bravely when he learned the truth about the woman whom he had loved.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
11  I knew already that Sir Charles Baskerville had made Stapleton his almoner upon several occasions, so the lady's statement bore the impress of truth upon it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
12  Look here, Barrymore," said Sir Henry sternly, "we have made up our minds to have the truth out of you, so it will save you trouble to tell it sooner rather than later.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
13  In truth, it was partly for your own sake that I did it, and it was my appreciation of the danger which you ran which led me to come down and examine the matter for myself.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
14  This, in truth, his neighbours might have pardoned, seeing that saints have never flourished in those parts, but there was in him a certain wanton and cruel humour which made his name a by-word through the West.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles