His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

Draw your chair up, and hand me my violin, for the only problem which we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings.

It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.

This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.

As I turned away, I saw Holmes, with his back against a rock and his arms folded, gazing down at the rush of the waters. It was the last that I was ever destined to see of him in this world. - Watson.

My uncle, Mr. Stephen Maple, had been at the same time the most successful and the least respectable of our family, so that we hardly knew whether to take credit for his wealth or to feel ashamed of his position.