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1 She is a very pretty girl and has attracted admirers who have occasionally hung about the place.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
2 But that my girl should be entangled in the same meshes which held me was more than I could suffer.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
3 That is the only drawback which we have found to her, but we believe her to be a thoroughly good girl in every way.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
4 A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
5 It is evident, therefore, that if both girls had married, this beauty would have had a mere pittance, while even one of them would cripple him to a very serious extent.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
6 It was quite against my wishes that she came, but she is a very excitable, impulsive girl, as you may have noticed, and she is not easily controlled when she has made up her mind on a point.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
7 As to his remark about his deserts, it was also not unnatural if you consider that he stood beside the dead body of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very day so far forgotten his filial duty as to bandy words with him, and even, according to the little girl whose evidence is so important, to raise his hand as if to strike him.
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY