«The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes» kitabından alıntılar, sayfa 4

broadcloth frock coat and waistcoat

After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them.

Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for

Those rules of deduction laid down in that article which aroused your scorn

When left to himself, however, he would seldom produce any music or attempt any recognized air

I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air – or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be

The solitary window was so dirty that the light was hazy and uncertain, giving a dull grey tinge to everything, which was intensified by the thick layer of dust which coated the whole apartment.