1 Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 2 He has had the reputation of being a man of eccentric habits, secretive and retiring.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 3 Some secretive lover, beyond all doubt.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST 4 He had supposed her to be asleep, and the sound of her voice had startled him, though she was given to abrupt explosions of speech after long intervals of secretive silence.
5 And now, it was either too late or she did not have the patience or the wisdom to penetrate their small secretive hearts.
6 As to poor Lestrade's discovery it was simply a blind intended to put the police upon a wrong track, by suggesting Socialism and secret societies.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL 7 His wife and his children awaited him at home, but no father ever returned to tell them how he had fared at the hands of his secret judges.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 8 The names of the participators in the deeds of blood and violence done under the name of religion were kept profoundly secret.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 9 I remembered a German being found in New York with RACHE written up above him, and it was argued at the time in the newspapers that the secret societies must have done it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W... 10 It is an open secret that the credit of this smart capture belongs entirely to the well-known Scotland Yard officials, Messrs.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION 11 During the next three months there was much secret activity.
12 Several nights a week, after Mr. Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others.
13 They added that Snowball had privately admitted to them that he had been Jones's secret agent for years past.
14 Throughout the whole period of his seeming friendship with Pilkington, Napoleon had really been in secret agreement with Frederick.
15 To let you into a secret, I've passed the meridian myself.