1 He was a respectable, elderly gentleman.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST 2 It IS impossible as I state it, and therefore I must in some respect have stated it wrong.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 3 However, we may congratulate ourselves upon a curious and, in some respects, a unique case.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST 4 She was a very respectable, well-spoken young woman, sir, and I saw no harm in letting her have a peep.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN 5 This has always been a respectable establishment, and the only time that we have ever had the police in it was over this very fellow.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS 6 Mr. Carruthers was a widower, but he had engaged a lady housekeeper, a very respectable, elderly person, called Mrs. Dixon, to look after his establishment.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST 7 I am sure that you will respect my confidence, Mr. Holmes, when I tell you that my place here has become difficult, owing to the fact that my employer has proposed marriage to me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST 8 You dogged her and followed her and made her life a misery to her, in order to induce her to abandon the husband whom she loved and respected in order to fly with you, whom she feared and hated.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN 9 As to her being a person of refinement and well dressed, they are, as you perceive, handsomely mounted in solid gold, and it is inconceivable that anyone who wore such glasses could be slatternly in other respects.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ 10 I recognized him at once as Stanley Hopkins, a young police inspector, for whose future Holmes had high hopes, while he in turn professed the admiration and respect of a pupil for the scientific methods of the famous amateur.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER