Excerpt from 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle
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he flicked the horse with his weak, and we dashed away through the endless succession of summer and deserted streets, which y did gradually until we were flying across a broad boss traded bridge with the murky river flowing sluggishly beneath us, Beyond lay another dull wilderness of bricks and mortar. It's silence, broken only by the heavy regular footfall of the policeman or the songs and shouts of some belated party of revellers. A dull rack was drifting slowly across the sky, and authority twinkle dimly here and there through the reefs of the clouds, homes driving silence with his head sunk upon his breast and the air of a man who was lost in thought while I sat beside him, curious to learn what this new quest might be, which seemed to taxis powers so solely. And you're afraid to break in upon the current. Off his thoughts. We had driven several miles, and we're beginning to get to the fringe of the belt of suburban villas when he shook himself, shrugged his shoulders, and we'd up his pot with the air of a man who was satisfied himself that he's acting for the best. You have a grand gift of silence, Watson said. Hey, it makes you quite invaluable as a companion upon my word. It is a great thing for me to have someone to talk to, for. My own thoughts are not over pleasant. I was wondering what I should say to the steel little woman tonight when she meets me at the door, you forget that I know nothing about it. I shall have time to tell you the facts of the case before we get to Li. It seems absurdly simple, and yet somehow I could get nothing to go upon this. Plenty of thread, no doubt, but I can't get the end of it into my head. They'll state the case clearly and concisely to you, Watson. And maybe you can see a spark. We're always dark to me, perceived in some years ago to be definite. In May 18 84 they came to lay a gentleman, Nevelson, clear by name, who appeared to have plenty of money. He took a large villa, laid out the ground's very nicely and lived generally in good style by degrees. He made friends in the neighbourhood, and in 18 87 he married the daughter of a local brew up by whom he now has two Children. He has no occupation but was interested in several companies and went into town as a rule in the morning, returning by the 5 14 from Demonstrate every night. Mr. Sinclair is now 37 years of age, is a man of temperate habits, a good husband, a very affectionate father and a man who is popular with all you know him. I may add that he's hold it to the present moment as faras we have been able to a certain amount to £88.10 shillings while he has £220 standing to his credit in the Capital and Counties Bank. There is no reason, therefore, to think that money troubles have been weighing upon his mind.