I propose to go up there presently. I have arranged it with the ...

Well, if there were an outsider, he may be traced and taken. ...

The mark was put by Barker's bloodstained slipper upon the windowsill ...

We have to remember, Watson, that whatever occurred is certainly ...

He made his escape, and for some reason thought that he could ...

Before this avenger got away, Barker and the wife had reached ...

We will suppose that there was a guilty secret, a really shameful ...

And yet there should be no combination of events for which the ...

And once again, if the thought of leaving a bicycle concealed ...

Then again, if a woman and her lover conspire to murder a husband, ...

How could they be so sure that the sound of it would not bring ...

The stain on the windowsill conveys the same idea. So does the ...

Well, that is a good sweeping generalization. Let us see what ...

I see, Watson. You are sketching out a theory by which everything ...

Well at least they gave that impression. However, we will suppose ...

It is a large supposition; for discreet inquiry among servants ...

If you put it that Mrs. Douglas and Barker know the truth about ...

Exactly. The candle, which was a new one, is not burned more ...

We will suppose first that some person or persons inside the ...

Is it suicide, or is it murder--that's our first question, gentlemen, ...

We will suppose that this couple are united by the bonds of a ...

Three centuries had flowed past the old Manor House, centuries ...

You would say the most silent in the world. Then he could hope ...

White Mason was a quiet, comfortable-looking person in a loose ...

You can refuse to answer; but you must be aware that your refusal ...

It's only the facts that we want. It is in your interest and ...

He had a solid grip of fact and a cool, clear, common-sense brain, ...

I go into a case to help the ends of justice and the work of ...

Whoever fixed that up had made up his mind that he was going ...

The good impression which had been produced by his generosity ...

If you can bring Mr. Holmes, please do so; for he will find something ...

THERE Is no denying it was a beast of a day. Overhead was a sunless ...

At the bottom of the slope were cliffs: beyond these, a country ...

It was good, springy ground for walking, and a day of pale winter ...

They found a place where they could scramble up, and in about ...

Oh, you don't understand. Now that I come to think of it, you ...

On the near side was a quay of white marble and, moored to this, ...

On the far side of the lawn, its weather-vanes glittering in ...

Then she looked below her; but she was so high that she couldn't ...

And because she was moving at the same pace as the breath, there ...

I lay on you this command, that you seek this lost prince until ...

It was a horrible time. There seemed no end to the line of giants, ...

Far from here in the land of Narnia there lives an aged king ...

As soon as she had said this she realized that the great silvery ...

Once or twice before, the Narnians had wondered whether the sun ...

The brightness of the ship herself astonished them: they had ...

In a few moments the darkness turned into a greyness ahead, and ...

Apart from that, the fighting top, lit by the masthead light ...

If by use you mean filling our bellies or our purses, I confess ...

Next morning the weather was fair but a flat calm. The dark mass ...

For when they had crossed the sandy beach they found all silent ...

But when the very last day on which they thought they could risk ...

Then they noticed for the first time that there was a fire lit ...

But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only ...

They struck inland and up a fairly steep, though low, hill. At ...

It was a low green island inhabited by nothing but rabbits and ...

For what stood in the doorway was Aslan himself, The Lion, the ...

It was a lovely morning with bees buzzing in and out of her open ...

And they sailed and sailed before a gentle yet steady breeze ...

AND now the winds which had so long been from the north-west ...

The pleasure (quite new to him) of being liked and, still more, ...

For some five days they ran before a south-south-east wind, out ...