Adventure of the empty house Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1666716 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier 'Work is the best antidote to sorrow.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 00:10:46 Associated-names Dunn, Ben, ill Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930. 'I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.' ~ The Adventure of the Empty House The person becomes, as it were, the epitome of the history of his own family.' ~ The Adventure of the Empty House I have a theory that the individual represents in his development the whole procession of his ancestors, and that such a sudden turn to good or evil stands for some strong influence which came into the line of his pedigree. 'There are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity. The diagrams, the violin-case, and the pipe-rack - even the Persian slipper which contained the tobacco - all met my eyes as I glanced round me. There upon a shelf was the row of formidable scrap-books and books of reference which many of our fellow-citizens would have been so glad to burn. There were the chemical corner and the acid-stained, deal-topped table. As I entered I saw, it is true, an unwonted tidiness, but the old landmarks were all in their place. Our old chambers had been left unchanged through the supervision of Mycroft Holmes and the immediate care of Mrs. But you handled the Molesey Mystery with less than your usual - that's to say, you handled it fairly well.' ~ The Adventure of the Empty House Three undetected murders in one year won't do, Lestrade. 'I think you want a little unofficial help.

I knew not what wild beast we were about to hunt down in the dark jungle of criminal London, but I was well assured, from the bearing of this master huntsman, that the adventure was a most grave one. As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed. It was indeed like old times when, at that hour, I found myself seated beside him in a hansom, my revolver in my pocket, and the thrill of adventure in my heart. I am not a fanciful person, but I give you my word that I seemed to hear Moriarty's voice screaming at me out of the abyss.' ~ The Adventure of the Empty House 'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?' ~ The Adventure of the Empty House

The adventure of the empty house