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? Silver Blaze… …………………………………………………… 001 The Yellow Face… ……………………………………………… 034 The Stock-broker’s Clerk………………………………………… 058 The “Gloria Scott”… …………………………………………… 082 The Musgrave Ritual… ………………………………………… 107 The Reigate Puzzle… …………………………………………… 132 The Crooked Man… …………………………………………… 157 The Resident Patient… ………………………………………… 180 The Greek Interpreter…………………………………………… 205 The Naval Treaty………………………………………………… 229 The Final Problem… …………………………………………… 273 ? ? Silver Blaze
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? “I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go,” said Holmes as we?sat down together to our breakfast one morning. “Go! Where to?” “To Dartmoor; to King’s Pyland.” I was not surprised. Indeed, my only wonder was that he had not?already been mixed up in this extraordinary case, which was the one?topic of conversation through the length and breadth of England.?For a whole day my companion had rambled about the room with his?chin upon his chest and his brows knitted, charging and recharging?his pipe with the strongest black tobacco, and absolutely deaf to any?of my questions or remarks. Fresh editions of every paper had been?sent up by our news agent, only to be glanced over and tossed down?into a corner. Yet, silent as he was, I knew perfectly well what it was?over which he was brooding.?There was but one problem before the?public which could challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the?singular disappearance of the favourite for the Wessex Cup, and the?tragic murder of its trainer. When, therefore, he suddenly announced?his intention of setting out for the scene of the drama, it was only?what I had both expected and hoped for. “I should be most happy to go down with you if I should not be?in the way,” said I. “My dear Watson, you would confer a great favour upon me by?coming. And I think that your time will not be misspent, for there are?points about the case which promise to make it an absolutely unique?one. We have, I think, just time to catch our train at Paddington, and?I will go further into the matter upon our journey. You would oblige?me by bringing with you your very excellent field-glass.” …… | 
