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| “Well, to be honest, Dr Watson, they were rather rough looking men – not at all the sort of men one expects to see in Ullacombe watching a Punch & Judy show.” from The Singular Adventure of the Disappearing Bubbles
Then I saw it. On the floor in front of the very chair where I was sitting. A twist of newspaper containing a piece of jigsaw. The thing had arrived whilst I was asleep! from The Singular Adventure of the Intermittent Jigsaw Puzzle
“If you are thinking that this chap is affected by the phases of the moon, Holmes, I should warn you that so-called lunatic behaviour has been utterly discredited by modern medicine.” from The Singular Adventure of the Eccentric Gentleman
Lestrade glanced around; “This must not get out, you understand. Not a word.” He gently raised the artist’s smock and to our surprise the body underneath was completely naked and the masculine organ was painted with red paint. from The Singular Adventure of the Red Nosed Artist
“Oh, how awful,” simpered Holmes. “I could not live in a house like this. I hope you have put Jonquil and I near each other. I may become frightened in the night.”
from The Singular Adventure of the Haunted House
Maskelyne stopped dramatically and stared at Holmes. “That is why I have come to you. Almost a week ago, Princess Zelda vanished from the stage of my theatre and has never been heard of since.” from The Singular Adventure of the Bride of the Moon
“As for you, madam, I can say in all my experience, I have never met such an evil woman. If we cannot expect loyalty, decency and honesty from our womenfolk, civilisation will descend into barbarity. Good day.” from The Singular Adventure of the Oppressed Tragedian
“This is a cambric shirt and it would appear that the legs have been cut off Miss Sally’s underwear and crudely sewn around the sleeves of the shirt.”
from The Singular Adventure of the Blue Silk Underwear
“I fear that a possession belonging to me, no, not to me, one belonging to this house, no, more than that – one that belongs to the whole Christian world – has been stolen. A priceless relic of our Lord.” Bob, visibly shaken, sat down. from The Singular Adventure of the Holy Rood
“You mean he actually wanted to be shot in the back? I can’t grasp this at all, Holmes,” I said flabbergasted. from The Singular Adventure of the Flat-Top Desk
“Well, Watson, this is a pretty case. It is not often that we have several witnesses to a crime and there still seems no solution.” from The Singular Adventure of the Sulky Pony
“Because, Mr Holmes, six months ago my father died and, shortly afterwards, so did one of the trees.” from The Singular Adventure of the Dead Tree
The sheet was stained with much blood and, when I lifted the corner to look, it was very evident why. A garden fork was obviously responsible as the wounds were in lines of four where the tines had penetrated the frail old lady’s body. from The Singular Adventure of the Rambling Detective
“It could be seen from the marks in the snow that a man had pushed the bicycle from the shed to the middle of the driveway. There the bicycle remained abandoned but the footsteps had completely disappeared.” from The Singular Adventure of the Abandoned Bicycle
“Of course I was not mistaken, Watson. I do not make mistakes. The man they are to bury is certainly not the missing professor.” from The Singular Adventure of the Absent Professor
“Are you seriously proposing that I counterfeit a foreign nobleman? Are you mad? What language does he speak? German? Russian? Slovene?” from The Singular Adventure of the Spurious Ambassador |
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THE STORIES SEVENTEEN UNUSUAL, BIZARRE AND THOROUGHLY INTRIGUING TALES WRITTEN IN THE CLASSIC MANNER
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