The Valley of Fear

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Chapter I — The Warning
PART I — The Tragedy of Birlstone Chapter I — The Warning “I am inclined to think—” said I. “I should do so,” Sherlock Holmes remarked impa…
Chapter II — Sherlock Holmes Discourses
It was one of those dramatic moments for which my friend existed. It would be an overstatement to say that he was shocked or even excited b…
Chapter III — The Tragedy of Birlstone
Now for a moment I will ask leave to remove my own insignificant personality and to describe events which occurred before we arrived upon t…
Chapter IV — Darkness
At three in the morning the chief Sussex detective, obeying the urgent call from Sergeant Wilson of Birlstone, arrived from headquarters in…
Chapter V — The People of the Drama
“Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house. “For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodd…
Chapter VI — A Dawning Light (1)
The three detectives had many matters of detail into which to inquire; so I returned alone to our modest quarters at the village inn. But b…
Chapter VI — A Dawning Light (2)
“That’s what puzzles me, Mr. Holmes,” said White Mason. “If the fellow did not want the hue and cry raised over him, one would imagine that…
Chapter VII — The Solution (1)
Next morning, after breakfast, we found Inspector MacDonald and White Mason seated in close consultation in the small parlour of the local…
Chapter VII — The Solution (2)
“I’ve heard of you,” said he in a voice which was not quite English and not quite American, but was altogether mellow and pleasing. “You ar…
Chapter I — The Man
Part II — The Scowrers Chapter I — The Man It was the fourth of February in the year 1875. It had been a severe winter, and the snow lay de…
Chapter II — The Bodymaster (1)
McMurdo was a man who made his mark quickly. Wherever he was the folk around soon knew it. Within a week he had become infinitely the most…
Chapter II — The Bodymaster (2)
“Well, you see me. This is all there is. What d’you think of me?” “Well, it’s early days. If your heart is as big as your body, and your so…
Chapter III — Lodge 341, Vermissa (1)
On the day following the evening which had contained so many exciting events, McMurdo moved his lodgings from old Jacob Shafter’s and took…
Chapter III — Lodge 341, Vermissa (2)
“With all respect to you, Eminent Bodymaster, I think it may matter very much to us. This process has been going on now for ten long years.…
Chapter IV — The Valley of Fear
When McMurdo awoke next morning he had good reason to remember his initiation into the lodge. His head ached with the effect of the drink,…
Chapter V — The Darkest Hour (1)
If anything had been needed to give an impetus to Jack McMurdo’s popularity among his fellows it would have been his arrest and acquittal.…
Chapter V — The Darkest Hour (2)
“He’s the chief foreman of the Iron Dike Company. He’s a hard citizen, an old colour sergeant of the war, all scars and grizzle. We’ve had…
Chapter VI — Danger
It was the height of the reign of terror. McMurdo, who had already been appointed Inner Deacon, with every prospect of some day succeeding…
Chapter VII — The Trapping of Birdy Edwards
As McMurdo had said, the house in which he lived was a lonely one and very well suited for such a crime as they had planned. It was on the…
Epilogue
The police trial had passed, in which the case of John Douglas was referred to a higher court. So had the Quarter Sessions, at which he was…