The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.”
“It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.”
“There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.”
“The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?”
“There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.”
“He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody.”
“He said that there were no traces upon the ground round the body. He did not observe any. but I did - some little distance off, but fresh and clear" "Footprints?""Footprints." "A man's or a woman's?" Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered: "Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of s gigantic hound!”
“That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.”
“...Recognising, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe--" "Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?" Asked Holmes, with some asperity. "To the man of precised, scientific mind the work of Monsieur Bertillon must always appeal strongly." "Then had you not better consult him?" "I said, sir, to the precisely scientific mind. But as a practical man of affairs it is acknowledged that you stand alone. I trust, sir, that I have not inadvertently--" "Just a little," said Holmes.”
“It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.”
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