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1  Luck had been against us again and again in this inquiry, but now at last it came to my aid.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
2  I have made some inquiries myself in the last few days, but the results have, I fear, been negative.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
3  The German was sent for but professed to know nothing of the matter, nor could any inquiry clear it up.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
4  The fellow had evidently made inquiry and found that only two lives intervened between him and a valuable estate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
5  My inquiries show beyond all question that the family portrait did not lie, and that this fellow was indeed a Baskerville.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
6  The past and the present are within the field of my inquiry, but what a man may do in the future is a hard question to answer.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
7  When I reached Coombe Tracey I told Perkins to put up the horses, and I made inquiries for the lady whom I had come to interrogate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
8  It seemed hopeless to pursue the inquiry any farther, but it was clear that in spite of Holmes's ruse we had no proof that Barrymore had not been in London all the time.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
9  My motive for withholding it from the coroner's inquiry is that a man of science shrinks from placing himself in the public position of seeming to indorse a popular superstition.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
10  He wanted to know the object of my inquiries, but I managed to satisfy his curiosity without telling him too much, for there is no reason why we should take anyone into our confidence.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson