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| I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle |  |
| "It's a bonny thing," said he. "Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil's pet baits." | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle |  |
| "My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know." | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle |  |
| "I suppose that I am commuting a felony. but it is just possible that I am saving a soul. This fellow will not go wrong again; he is too terribly frightened. Send him to jail now, and you make him a jail-bird for life." | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle |  |