The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

"The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes"

Finally he returned to the pawnbroker's, and, having thumped vigorously upon the pavement with his stick two or three times, he went up to the door and knocked. It was instantly opened by a bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step in.

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"Thank you," said Holmes, "I only wished to ask you how you would go from here to the Strand."

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"Third right, fourth left," answered the assistant promptly, closing the door.

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"Smart fellow, that," observed Holmes as we walked away. "He is, in my judgment. the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. I have known something of him before."

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"Evidently," said I, "Mr. Wilson's assistant counts for a good deal in this mystery of the Red-headed League. I am sure that you inquired your way merely in order that you might see him."

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"Not him."

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"What then?"

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"The knees of his trousers.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

"The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes"