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1  In ten days I had the money and had paid the debt.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
2  He would show me how to turn the stone into money.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
3  But it is very essential to me that the money should be paid at once.
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ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
4  I did not care to spend more money in a hopeless attempt at recovering them.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
5  There is no reason, therefore, to think that money troubles have been weighing upon his mind.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
6  I must raise the money in some way, and if you will not let me have it, then I must try other means.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
7  He was wild, wayward, and, to speak the truth, I could not trust him in the handling of large sums of money.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
8  It has become known that we have never had occasion to unpack the money, and that it is still lying in our cellar.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
9  One of our most lucrative means of laying out money is in the shape of loans, where the security is unimpeachable.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
10  The money which my mother had left was enough for all our wants, and there seemed to be no obstacle to our happiness.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
11  It was not a common thing for him to receive letters, for his bills were all paid in ready money, and he had no friends of any sort.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
12  The largest landed proprietor in that part is a Mr. John Turner, who made his money in Australia and returned some years ago to the old country.
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ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
13  I bought this estate, which chanced to be in the market, and I set myself to do a little good with my money, to make up for the way in which I had earned it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
14  Whatever he wanted he must have, and whatever it was I gave him without question, land, money, houses, until at last he asked a thing which I could not give.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
15  He learned to play heavily at cards and to squander money on the turf, until he had again and again to come to me and implore me to give him an advance upon his allowance, that he might settle his debts of honour.
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ContextHighlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
16  I took a few of my friends into the secret, however, and they suggested that we should quietly and secretly work our own little deposit and that in this way we should earn the money which would enable us to buy the neighbouring fields.
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ContextHighlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
17  It was a long fight between my pride and the money, but the dollars won at last, and I threw up reporting and sat day after day in the corner which I had first chosen, inspiring pity by my ghastly face and filling my pockets with coppers.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
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