1 The house is watched on every side.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 2 He watched over her slumber for some time, but Nature proved to be too strong for him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN 3 Gregson and Lestrade had watched the manoeuvres of their amateur companion with considerable curiosity and some contempt.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY 4 The front and back entrances are watched, but with caution we may get away through the side window and across the fields.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 5 The more-frequented roads were strictly watched and guarded, and none could pass along them without an order from the Council.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 6 I watched them late and early, but never saw the ghost of a chance; but I was not discouraged, for something told me that the hour had almost come.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN ... 7 Sherlock Holmes' earnest demeanour had so far convinced us that we all sat in silence, watching the animal intently, and expecting some startling effect.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS 8 The thought had hardly passed through my mind when the man whom we were watching caught sight of the number on our door, and ran rapidly across the roadway.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 9 As I watched him I was irresistibly reminded of a pure-blooded well-trained foxhound as it dashes backwards and forwards through the covert, whining in its eagerness, until it comes across the lost scent.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY 10 His first thought was that the prostrate figure was that of some wounded or dying man, but as he watched it he saw it writhe along the ground and into the hall with the rapidity and noiselessness of a serpent.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 11 His hands were invariably blotted with ink and stained with chemicals, yet he was possessed of extraordinary delicacy of touch, as I frequently had occasion to observe when I watched him manipulating his fragile philosophical instruments.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 12 I left Holmes seated in front of the smouldering fire, and long into the watches of the night I heard the low, melancholy wailings of his violin, and knew that he was still pondering over the strange problem which he had set himself to unravel.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR 13 Many a wayfarer upon the high road which ran by Ferrier's farm felt long-forgotten thoughts revive in their mind as they watched her lithe girlish figure tripping through the wheatfields, or met her mounted upon her father's mustang, and managing it with all the ease and grace of a true child of the West.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH