A Study in Scarlet — page 183: what you’re looking at

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A STUDY IN SCARLE?. 18 cials, Messrs. Lestrade and Gregson. The man was ap- prehended, it appears, in the rooms of a certain Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who has himself, as an amateur, shown some talent in the detective line, and who, with such in- structors, may hope in time to attain to some degree of their skill. It is expected that a testimonial of some sort will be presented to the two officers as a fitting rec- ognition of their services.” “Didn't I tell you so when we started P” cried Sher. lock Holmes, with a laugh. ‘“ That’s the result of all our Study in Scarlet: to get them a testimonial!” ‘“‘Never mind,” I answered; “I have all the facts in my journal, and the public shall know them. In the meantime, you must make yourself contented by the consciousness of success, like the Roman miser-—== “* Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi simul ac nommos contemplar in aren,’ THE END, ECORNIE OOO