There is a strong family resemblance about misdeeds, and if you have all the details of a thousand at your finger ends, it is odd if you can't unravel the thousand and first.
— Arthur Conan Doyle Modern

Sherlock Holmes

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A Study in Scarlet

Date / Period

1887

Category

Humorous

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/244/244-h/244-h.htm

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