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The Valley of Fear
"I am inclined to think-" said I.

"I should do so," Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.

I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I'll admit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption. "Really, Holmes," said I severely, "you are a little trying at times."

He was too much absorbed with his own thoughts to give any immediate answer to my remonstrance. He leaned upon his hand, with his untasted breakfast before him, and he stared at the slip of paper which he had just drawn from its envelope. Then he took the envelope itself, held it up to the light, and very carefully studied both the exterior and the flap.

"It is Porlock's writing," said he thoughtfully. "I can hardly doubt that it is Porlock's writing, though I have seen it only twice before. The Greek e with the peculiar top flourish is distinctive. But if it is Porlock, then it must be something of the very first importance."

He was speaking to himself rather than to me; but my vexation disappeared in the interest which the words awakened.

"Who then is Porlock?" I asked.

"Porlock, Watson, is a nom-de-plume, a mere identification mark; but behind it lies a shifty and evasive personality. In a former letter he frankly informed me that the name was not his own, and defied me ever to trace him among the teeming millions of this great city. Porlock is important, not for himself, but for the great man with whom he is in touch. Picture to yourself the pilot fish with the shark, the jackal with the lion-anything that is insignificant in companionship with what is formidable: not only formidable, Watson, but sinister-in the highest degree sinister. That is where he comes within my purview. You have heard me speak of Professor Moriarty?"
Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories (Unabridged)

Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Last Galley, Impressions and Tales (Unabridged)

The Last Galley, Impressions and Tales (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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A Scandal in Bohemia (Unabridged)

A Scandal in Bohemia (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Unabridged)

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (Unabridged)

The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Part 1 (Unabridged)

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Part 1 (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Unabridged)

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventure of the Red Circle (Unabridged)

The Adventure of the Red Circle (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Outcasts (Unabridged)

The Outcasts (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Land of Mist (Unabridged)

The Land of Mist (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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When the World Screamed (Unabridged)

When the World Screamed (Unabridged)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Valley of Fear (Annotated)

The Valley of Fear (Annotated)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Annotated)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Annotated)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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A Study in Scarlet (Annotated)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Annotated)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Illustrated)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Le cinque rose

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Arthur Conan Doyle’s Favourite Sherlock Holmes Stories

Arthur Conan Doyle’s Favourite Sherlock Holmes Stories

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Unofficial Sherlock Holmes Stories

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Case-Book Of Sherlock Holmes

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Un Crime Étrange

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The Greyhound of the Baskervilles

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The Lost World

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The Sign of the Four - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sherlock Holmes - A Selection of Short Mystery Stories

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The Adventure of the Empty House - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventure of the Three Students - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Novel Collection

Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Novel Collection

Arthur Conan Doyle

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A Case of Identity - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventure of the Three Gables - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories Collection

Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories Collection

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Collection

Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Collection

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The War Service of Sherlock Holmes - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

The War Service of Sherlock Holmes - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventure of the Red Circle - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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The Great Keinplatz Experiment

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The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

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A Study in Scarlet (Unabridged)

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The Sign of the Four (Unabridged)

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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Pretty Books - Painted Editions)

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Arthur Conan Doyle

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The History of Spiritualism

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The History of Spiritualism

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes

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The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror

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The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories

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The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago

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Jim Harrison, Boxeur

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The Daily Sherlock Holmes

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Nouveaux mystères et aventures

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La Grande Ombre

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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #27

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The Case for Spirit Photography

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Les exploits du colonel Gérard

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Round the Fire Stories

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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The Sign of the Four

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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

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The Adventure of the Dying Detective

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A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus

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