The Sign Of Four

Conan Doyle

Level: pre-intermediate
Genre: detective
Length: medium
English: british

Rating: +58 (from 64 votes)

A young lady named Mary Morstan comes to consult Holmes upon a

case which she assures him is very unusual. Miss Morstan’s father
disappeared some years previously under suspicious circumstances.
He had obtained twelve months leave from his Indian regiment and
sent word to her to meet him at his hotel. Whilst the hotel confirmed
that he was staying there they informed Miss Morstan that he had
gone out and not returned. Enquiries at the time produced no result. A
few years after this disappearance an advertisement appeared in a
paper asking for Miss Morstan to reveal her address. Upon the advice
of her employer she did so and that same day she received a valuable
pearl in the post. Since then she has received one pearl a year for the
last six years.
Miss Morstan has now received a letter which urges her to meet with
the sender that night. The anonymous sender permits her to bring two
friends as long as they are not police.

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