But surely, said I, the fellow must be within the grasp of the law? Technically, no doubt, but practically not. What would it profit a woman, for example, to get him a few months' imprisonment if her own ruin must immediately follow? His victims dare...
Who is he? I asked. The worst man in London, Holmes answered, as he sat down and stretched his legs before the fire. Is anything on the back of the card? I turned it over. Will call at 6.30C.A.M., I read. Hum! He's about due. Do you feel a creeping,...
Charles Augustus Milverton Arthur Conan Doyle It is years since the incidents of which I speak took place, and yet it is with diffidence that I allude to them. For a long time, even with the utmost discretion and reticence, it would have been impossi...
A very clear statement, said Holmes, rising and lighting his pipe. I think, Hopkins, that you should lose no time in conveying your prisoner to a place of safety. This room is not well adapted for a cell, and Mr. Patrick Cairns occupies too large a p...
Well, I kept my knowledge to myself and waited to see what would come of it. When we got back to Scotland it was easily hushed up, and nobody asked any questions. A stranger died by an accident, and it was nobody's business to inquire. Shortly after...
I don't know what to say, Mr. Holmes, he blurted out at last, with a very red face. It seems to me that I have been making a fool of myself from the beginning. I understand now, what I should never have forgotten, that I am the pupil and you are the...
Your name? asked Holmes. Patrick Cairns. Harpooner? Yes, sir. Twenty-six voyages. Dundee, I suppose? Yes, sir. And ready to start with an exploring ship? Yes, sir. What wages? Eight pounds a month. Could you start at once? As soon as I get my kit. Ha...
The detective's face had grown longer and longer during Holmes's speech. His hopes and his ambitions were all crumbling about him. But he would not abandon his position without a struggle. You can't deny that Neligan was present that night, Mr. Holme...
Sharp at the hour named Inspector Stanley Hopkins appeared, and we sat down together to the excellent breakfast which Mrs. Hudson had prepared. The young detective was in high spirits at his success. You really think that your solution must be correc...
Where did you get it? he groaned. I did not know. I thought I had lost it at the hotel. That is enough, said Hopkins, sternly. Whatever else you have to say you must say in court. You will walk down with me now to the police-station. Well, Mr. Holmes...
