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  1. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.
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  2. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    ...Recognising, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe--""Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?" Asked Holmes, with some asperity."To the man of precised, scientific mind the work of Monsieur Bertillon must always appeal strongly.""Then had you not better consult him?""I said, sir, to the precisely scientific mind. But as a practical man of affairs it is acknowledged that you stand alone. I trust, sir, that I have not inadvertently--""Just a little," said Holmes.
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  3. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before."
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  4. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    He said that there were no traces upon the ground round the body. He did not observe any. but I did - some little distance off, but fresh and clear""Footprints?""A man's or a woman's?"Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered: "Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of s gigantic hound!"
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  5. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Far away on the path we saw Sir Henry looking back, his face white in the moonlight, his hands raised in horror, glaring helplessly at the frightful thing which was hunting him down. But that cry of pain from the hound had blown all our fears to the winds. If he was vulnerable he was mortal, and if we could wound him we could kill him. Never have I seen a man run as Holmes ran that night.
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  6. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.
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  7. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.
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  8. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The devil's agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
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  9. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.
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  10. Arthur Conan Doyle _ The Hound of the Baskervilles

    It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.
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