His Last Bow

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1. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge - (1)
   The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles The Tiger of San Pedro 1. The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles I find it recor…
2. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge - (2)
   “But what was he to witness?” “Nothing, as things turned out, but everything had they gone another way. That is how I read the matter.” “I…
3. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge - (3)
   “These two men, close and confidential friends, are the centre of the household; but there is one other person who for our immediate purpos…
4. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans - (1)
   In the third week of November, in the year 1895, a dense yellow fog settled down upon London. From the Monday to the Thursday I doubt wheth…
5. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans - (2)
   My friend was standing with an expression of strained intensity upon his face, staring at the railway metals where they curved out of the t…
6. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans - (3)
   “They are here, in my overcoat.” “Excellent. Let me give you a short sketch of what I have done, with some indication of what we are about…
7. The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot - (1)
   In recording from time to time some of the curious experiences and interesting recollections which I associate with my long and intimate fr…
8. The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot - (2)
   “Why a fire?” he asked once. “Had they always a fire in this small room on a spring evening?” Mortimer Tregennis explained that the night w…
9. The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot - (3)
   “Upon my word, Watson!” said Holmes at last with an unsteady voice, “I owe you both my thanks and an apology. It was an unjustifiable exper…
10. The Adventure of the Red Circle - (1)
    PART I “Well, Mrs. Warren, I cannot see that you have any particular cause for uneasiness, nor do I understand why I, whose time is of some…
11. The Adventure of the Red Circle - (2)
    “I believe you have hit it.” “Not a doubt of it. It is a very urgent message, thrice repeated to make it more so. But beware of what? Wait…
12. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax - (1)
    “But why Turkish?” asked Mr. Sherlock Holmes, gazing fixedly at my boots. I was reclining in a cane-backed chair at the moment, and my prot…
13. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax - (2)
    Three times had our bearded friend from the Langham called for news—the third time within an hour of this fresh development. His clothes we…
14. The Adventure of the Dying Detective - (1)
    Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman. Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs…
15. The Adventure of the Dying Detective - (2)
    There came a gentle flow of soothing explanation from the butler. “Well, I won’t see him, Staples. I can’t have my work interrupted like th…
16. His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes - (1)
    It was nine o’clock at night upon the second of August—the most terrible August in the history of the world. One might have thought already…
17. His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes - (2)
    “What do you mean?” Von Bork asked sharply. “Well, you are their employer, ain’t you? It’s up to you to see that they don’t fall down. But…