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1  All was absolute silence behind us.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
2  My note to you was absolutely genuine.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
3  Outside the street was absolutely deserted.
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ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
4  His death was an absolute mystery and likely to remain so.
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ContextHighlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
5  I had to read it over carefully, as the text must be absolutely correct.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
6  I think, your Grace, that this can only be done by absolute frankness between us.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
7  In absolute silence we crouched amongst the bushes, waiting for whatever might come.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
8  In a fortnight the boy was quite at home with us and was apparently absolutely happy.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
9  It records an absolutely unique experience in the career both of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and of myself.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
10  Lestrade shook his head, though it seemed to me that his manner was less absolutely assured than before.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
11  As to the arrest of John Mitton, the valet, it was a council of despair as an alternative to absolute inaction.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
12  It stood on a small pedestal table with an old dressing-gown of Holmes's so draped round it that the illusion from the street was absolutely perfect.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
13  The boy's chamber was carefully examined, and yielded nothing save the absolute conviction that it was only through the window that he could have escaped.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
14  Brooding over the case in that den of his, it suddenly struck him what absolutely damning evidence he could make against McFarlane by using that thumb-mark.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
15  If you will come round once more to my rooms at six o'clock to-morrow, I think I shall be able to show you that even now you have not grasped the entire meaning of this business, which presents some features which make it absolutely original in the history of crime.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
16  At first the steps of a few belated villagers, or the sound of voices from the village, lightened our vigil, but one by one these interruptions died away, and an absolute stillness fell upon us, save for the chimes of the distant church, which told us of the progress of the night, and for the rustle and whisper of a fine rain falling amid the foliage which roofed us in.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER