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out what the landscape ahead offered , his gaze was attracted by a distant patch that seemed to bear traces of cultivation . Without immediately tumbling to its significance , he saw a thin wisp of smoke rising in the windless sky .
out what the landscape ahead offered , his gaze was attracted by a distant patch that seemed to bear traces of cultivation . Without immediately tumbling to its significance , he saw a thin wisp of smoke rising in the windless sky .
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Drawing her cloak around her , she seemed to be looking for Stafford . The next moment she heard his voice and , gathering up her skirts , fled across the garden . He stood , conscious of an absolute relief that she was coming .
Drawing her cloak around her , she seemed to be looking for Stafford . The next moment she heard his voice and , gathering up her skirts , fled across the garden . He stood , conscious of an absolute relief that she was coming .
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Richard's drive , Holmes made what seemed to me an entirely irrelevant remark . " Watson , have you ever mistaken a wasp or a fly for something much larger ? " " I beg your pardon ! " I said . " Oh , I am not becoming senile , my dear ...
Richard's drive , Holmes made what seemed to me an entirely irrelevant remark . " Watson , have you ever mistaken a wasp or a fly for something much larger ? " " I beg your pardon ! " I said . " Oh , I am not becoming senile , my dear ...
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