1 I moved my head to look at the cabinet behind me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 2 "You're surprised to see me, sir," said he, in a strange, croaking voice.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 3 He sat opposite to me, and lit a cigarette in his old, nonchalant manner.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 4 He drew no weapon, but he rushed at me and threw his long arms around me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 5 There was none, however, which appealed to me like this tragedy of Ronald Adair.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 6 He knew that his own game was up, and was only anxious to revenge himself upon me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 7 When I turned again, Sherlock Holmes was standing smiling at me across my study table.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 8 I had not been in my study five minutes when the maid entered to say that a person desired to see me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 9 I got as near him as I could, but his observations seemed to me to be absurd, so I withdrew again in some disgust.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 10 A group of loafers upon the pavements, all staring up at a particular window, directed me to the house which I had come to see.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 11 I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 12 All day, as I drove upon my round, I turned over the case in my mind and found no explanation which appeared to me to be adequate.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 13 As I did so I struck against an elderly, deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 14 Holmes looked even thinner and keener than of old, but there was a dead-white tinge in his aquiline face which told me that his life recently had not been a healthy one.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 15 The crime was of interest in itself, but that interest was as nothing to me compared to the inconceivable sequel, which afforded me the greatest shock and surprise of any event in my adventurous life.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 16 It can be imagined that my close intimacy with Sherlock Holmes had interested me deeply in crime, and that after his disappearance I never failed to read with care the various problems which came before the public.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 17 I remember that as I picked them up, I observed the title of one of them, THE ORIGIN OF TREE WORSHIP, and it struck me that the fellow must be some poor bibliophile, who, either as a trade or as a hobby, was a collector of obscure volumes.
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