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Module 1. FICTION
UNIT 9
Arthur Conan Doyle,
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
(excerpt)
Sherlock Holmes clapped his hands softly together and
chuckled. “ ‘Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along
wonderfully. You have really done very well indeed. It is
true that you have missed everything of importance, but
you have hit upon the method, and you have a quick eye
for colour. Never trust to general impressions, my boy,
but concentrate yourself upon details. My first glance is
always a woman’s sleeve. In a man it is perhaps better
first to take the knee of the trouser. As you observe, this
woman had plush upon her sleeves, which is a most use
ful material for showing traces. The double line a little
above the wrist, where the typewritist presses again the
table, was beautifully defined. The sewingmachine, of
the hand type, leaves a similar mark, but only on the left
arm, and on the side of it farthest from the thumb, in
stead of being right across the broadest part, as this was.
I then glanced at her face, and, observing the dint of a
pincenez at either side of her nose, I ventured a remark
upon short sight and typewriting, which seemed to sur
prise her.”
“It surprised me.”
“But, surely, it was obvious. I was then much surprised
and interested on glancing down to observe that, though
the boots which she was wearing were not unlike each other,
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