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1  He put his gloves on the chair, and he took the proofs, sheet by sheet, to copy them.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
2  When I had taken the copy, I rubbed out the marks, but, two mornings later, a fresh inscription had appeared.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
3  Our only clue lay in the truncated telegram, and with a copy of this in his hand Holmes set forth to find a second link for his chain.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
4  I set myself to copy it, and you can imagine my astonishment when I found that, with some reservations, he had left all his property to me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
5  As it is, I am giving away valuable copy by telling my story over and over to a string of different people, and I can make no use of it myself.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
6  I would suggest that you return to Norfolk, that you keep a keen lookout, and that you take an exact copy of any fresh dancing men which may appear.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
7  He had left a trace of his presence, however, for there on the door was the very same arrangement of dancing men which had already twice appeared, and which I have copied on that paper.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
8  A reference to his books showed that hundreds of casts had been taken from a marble copy of Devine's head of Napoleon, but that the three which had been sent to Morse Hudson a year or so before had been half of a batch of six, the other three being sent to Harding Brothers, of Kensington.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS