A Study in Scarlet (Serial Edition Cover) — page 85: what you’re looking at

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A STUDY IN SCARLET. 77 face was disturbed and troubled, while his clothes were disarranged and untidy. He had evidently come with the intention of consulting with Sherlock Holmes, for “on perceiving his colleague he appeared to be embar- rassed and put out. He stood in the center of the room, fumbling nervously with his hat, and uncertain what to do. “This is a most extraordinary case,” he said, at last— ‘“‘a most incomprehensible affair.” “Ah, you find it so, Mr. Lestrade!” cried Gregson, triumphantly. “I thought you would come to that conclusion. Have you managed to find the secretary, Mr. Joseph Stangerson?P ” “The secretary, Mr. Joseph Stangerson,” said Les- trade, gravely, ““was murdered at Halliday’s Private Hotel about six o’clock this morning.” Ss (C@