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1  With your permission, Mr. Holder, I shall now continue my investigations outside.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
2  I sent the house-maid for the police and put the investigation into their hands at once.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
3  It is just possible, however, that that also may not be wanting in this new investigation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
4  You remember that the affair of the blue carbuncle, which appeared to be a mere whim at first, developed into a serious investigation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
5  If you will have the goodness to touch the bell, Doctor, we will begin another investigation, in which, also a bird will be the chief feature.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
6  He has been of most vital use to me in several of my cases, and a lucky chance has made it possible for me to bring him out and associate him with this investigation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
7  Indeed, I have found that it is usually in unimportant matters that there is a field for the observation, and for the quick analysis of cause and effect which gives the charm to an investigation.
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ContextHighlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
8  It is possible that our inquiry may but confirm his guilt; but, in any case, we have a line of investigation which has been missed by the police, and which a singular chance has placed in our hands.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
9  I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes in his professional investigations, and in admiring the rapid deductions, as swift as intuitions, and yet always founded on a logical basis with which he unravelled the problems which were submitted to him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
10  Indeed, apart from the nature of the investigation which my friend had on hand, there was something in his masterly grasp of a situation, and his keen, incisive reasoning, which made it a pleasure to me to study his system of work, and to follow the quick, subtle methods by which he disentangled the most inextricable mysteries.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia