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1 " my curtains were drawn against the fog that crawled through the London streets outside. "
― Anna Elliott , Death at the Diogenes Club (Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery #5)
2 " I doubt that there’s much to interest you about the business,” Lestrade went on. “Seems a clear-cut case, no mystery about it.” “I am delighted to hear you say so. Nothing gives me more assurance that the truth about this affair will prove to be quite the reverse. "
3 " Ah, Watson.” Holmes looked up from his fingerprint dusting. “One of the gentlemen present this morning, a Russian arms dealer named Dimitrios, was either inadvertently or by design in possession of a bomb, which we managed to defuse. We are now attempting to discover whether the individual who planted the bomb left us with any identifying clues.” “I see.” Watson sat down on the opposite end of the sofa from Mycroft. “In other words, an average morning, then. "
4 " It is a peculiar quirk of human nature that we tend to believe a rude man is more honest than one who observes the social niceties. "
5 " Lestrade is a capable officer, and occasionally even intelligent. He is, however, prone to seize with misplaced optimism upon the easiest solution to a problem. "
6 " I could feel Holmes studying me again, and then he asked, “Did something of which I am as yet unaware occur at the Lansdowne House ball?” I might have known Holmes would make that deduction. “I think inhaling cyanide gas might be the part of the evening I remember most fondly.” “Descriptive, certainly,” Holmes murmured, “but ultimately uninformative. "
7 " all around me early evening fog crawled across St. Giles, shrouding the crowded tenements, the garish advertisements plastered on the sides of buildings, the vendors’ carts, and the barefoot children playing in the street. "
