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1  And this promises to be interesting.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
2  Pray continue your most interesting statement.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
3  They are important, you understand, without being interesting.
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ContextHighlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
4  The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.
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ContextHighlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
5  This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
6  Two thousand five hundred pounds was the amount, but I can only touch the interest.
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ContextHighlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
7  Should it prove to be an interesting case, you would, I am sure, wish to follow it from the outset.
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ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
8  There was never any mystery in the matter, though, as I said yesterday, some of the details are of interest.
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ContextHighlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
9  I assure you that your little problem promises to be the most interesting which has come my way for some months.
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ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
10  I walked round it and examined it closely from every point of view, but without noting anything else of interest.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
11  Mr. Windibank draws my interest every quarter and pays it over to mother, and I find that I can do pretty well with what I earn at typewriting.
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ContextHighlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
12  In these cases, save for one rather intricate matter which has been referred to me from Marseilles, there is nothing which presents any features of interest.
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ContextHighlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
13  And now, Watson, this is too serious for dawdling, especially as the old man is aware that we are interesting ourselves in his affairs; so if you are ready, we shall call a cab and drive to Waterloo.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
14  Mr. Merryweather is the chairman of directors, and he will explain to you that there are reasons why the more daring criminals of London should take a considerable interest in this cellar at present.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
15  I walked down to the station with them, and then wandered through the streets of the little town, finally returning to the hotel, where I lay upon the sofa and tried to interest myself in a yellow-backed novel.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
16  He was himself red-headed, and he had a great sympathy for all red-headed men; so, when he died, it was found that he had left his enormous fortune in the hands of trustees, with instructions to apply the interest to the providing of easy berths to men whose hair is of that colour.
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ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
17  There are several people in the neighbourhood, however, and among them Miss Turner, the daughter of the neighbouring landowner, who believe in his innocence, and who have retained Lestrade, whom you may recollect in connection with the Study in Scarlet, to work out the case in his interest.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
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