A Study in Scarlet — page 24: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION. WE met next day, as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 2218 Baker street, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They consisted of a couple of comfortable bedrooms and a single, large, airy sitting- room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows. So desirable in every way were the apartments, and so moderate did the terms seem when divided between us, that the bargain was concluded upon. the spot, and we at once entered into possession. That very evening I moved my things round from the hotel, and on the following morning Sherlock Holmes followed me with several boxes and portmanteaus. For a ‘day or two we were busily employed in unpacking and laying out our property to the best advantage. That done, we sradually began to settle down and to accommodate ourselves to our new surroundings. Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with. He was quiet in his ways, and his habits were regular. It was rare for him to be up after ten at night, and he had invariably breakfasted and gone out before I rose in the morning. Sometimes he spent his day at the chem- ical laboratory, sometimes in the dissecting-room, and occasionally in long walks, which appeared to take him 16 Gomicboo a. s) (E(0)