Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the First Line of The Sign of the Four
I cannot live without brain-work. What else is there to live for?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Sign of the Four
"For me," said Sherlock Holmes, "there still remains the cocaine-bottle." And he stretched his long white hand up for it.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the Last Line of in The Sign of the Four
Her readers followed along, very naturally adopting her point of view, and before they knew it, they were in another world—a world that was not this world, a world in which the Little People made air chrysalises.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Sign of the Four
Originally Published Feb. 1, 1890
Digital edition:
113 pages - March 12, 2012