There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world.
I don't take much stock of detectives in novels - chaps that do things and never let you see how they do them. That's just inspiration: not business.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Vol 2
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I don't take much stock of detectives in novels - chaps that do things and never let you see how they do them. That's just inspiration: not business.
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