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    ‘Sherlock Holmes Shor Stories ste sc tri ont int tc, Sher Hels sda tnendDe Waser avert cg overares Tese ‘oe orale dnb th mystery of Oe egw Temaing tur ow bestorge asec be we men who sare Nae fo cng ae 35408 Qravcopsmaciae Pearson English Readers » rire ep | Il | wh | aaa | fomaetconnmmnsarre's" LPH 47007 OB14.". | aro Sherlock Holmes Short Stories SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Level 5 Selected and retold by Anthony Laude Series Editors Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Power Introduction He hep ooking a the lege. A at, fe ach, he ead tout loud HAVE JUST HAD A STRANGE EXPERIENCE. MAY I CONSULT YOU? SCOTT ECCLES, POST OFFICE, (HARING CROSS, "te Sot Ele aman or woman? Take. “Ok, # man, of couse! No woman would eer send a tlgram Hee ‘hat A womon would have cme sight te” All sort of people visit Sheslock Holmes, the great detective, but they ll have one ding in common: when they arive at his London adres in Baker Street, they all need his help in solving problems thatthe police cannot help them with. There aze few ‘ses that Holmes cannot solve, Fortunately fa us, his fiend and colleaguc, Dr Waton, is always with him, taking notes Thee ae Dr Watson’ sorie. ‘Why has 2 woman's honest, fthil, hard-working husband suddenly gone mining somewhere among the dingerows opium howser of Eat London? Why hat an engineer low his thumb and why can't he remember where ie happened? Why i+ 3 agiet, harmless man suddenly filed with terror a¢ the arrival of « myserious Rusian lord? Why does Holmes send Watson to Switeerland? Why does a bad-tempered American lawyer suddenly become fiendly with an old bone-collector who lives alone? And why docs a good-looking man from Spain invite stranger to his howe on che night before he diet? Holmes enjoys solving puzles ike these and, thanks to Watson's notes, we ean follow eich case sep by sep 10 is logical, and often unexpected, ending. Hefine he heeamse a writer, Conan Doyle studied medicine nd much of the vhatcter Of Shetiock Holmes i taken ffom one of | his teachers, Joseph Bell. When pasents came to see him, Bell ‘war otten able to give them information about thei jobs, habits tnt even their ilneses before they had atid « word. He taught hiv tents che imporeance of small deta, which is one ofthe shill needed by all great detectives. Shetock Holmes is more interested in the activities ofthe brain and the use of fultess logic than in the imperfections of often iogical human émotion. He shows no itera in women anid his wy end is De Wation, which makes him seem at times more like a machine than 2 dbumnan being. The reading publi however, were not interested in Holmes lessaruactive qualities After two Sherlock Holines novell Sel in Sale (1888) and The Sign of Four (1890), shor tories about the detective began to appear regularly in the Sind magazine, and Holmes quickiy became a national hero.The magazine sold ‘more copies than it had ever dane before. Much af the sori’ succest wat due to Sidney Paget wonder drawings of the great detective, which show him in his famous hat and smoking his pipe ~ details which rarely appear inthe stories themselves. The short stories in this collection all originally appeared in the Sind magazine: “The Man with the Trsed Lip’ in December 1891; "The Engineers Thumb! in March 1892; ‘The Patient’ (orginal tite, ‘The Resident Patient) in August 1893; “Wisteria House’ (original tite, "Wisteria Lodge’) in September 1nd October 1908;"The Disppearince of Lady Frances Carfax in December 1911; and “The Three Gatridebs in January 1925 As these stores were written over such a long peviod, we can see the relstonthip beeween Holmes and Watson changing over fc year In the eaty stories, which are not included in this collection, Holmes and Wasion are single men sharing rooms at 21B Baker Sweet in London, Late, atin some of these ries, ‘Wation isnot living with Holmes because he has married and has his own medical practice near Paddington Station. When ‘Watson’ wife dies, he reruens to Baker Stet Despite the success of Sherlock Holmes, however, Conan Doyle dreamt of becoming 4 more ‘terious' writer and of \weting diferent types of books. Aer he had agreed to write 4 second series of stories for the Std, therefore, he decided that his detecive had to die. The last sory in this second series, “The Final Problem’ December 1893), ends with Holmes in Switzelan, fighting for his fe with his greatest enemy, Morir ‘When Wason arrives, both men have disappeared. They have, it seen, both fillen to their deaths, The public were shocked and angry, unable to believe cat their hero was dead. Conan Doyle himself was surprised by this reacdon, but refised for veverl years to waite another Sheslock Holmes story. In 1901, however, he changed his mind, and wrote The Hound of he Bashers He ‘was unveiling, however, to bring Shelock Holmes back to iso the sory took pace before Holmes ‘death’ in Switzerland. When ‘The Hound of the Baskeiles appeared in Augest 1901, the Stand ‘magazine immediately sold 30,000 copies more than sl ‘Too yearsafe the great succes of The Hound of the Baskervilles, Conan Dale wally did bring Shetlack Helmer back to if, In 1903, an American company offered him the enormous sum of 25,000 dollars for six sores, and he could not see. In the shore story ‘The Empty House, Holmes returns to Baker Sueet = to the great shock of Dr Wason! Ie seemed that only Moriarty Jad died in Swiezerland, Holmes had spent the next 0 years ‘aaveling becaue cher enemies had also wanted to kill hin This id noe make much sens, but readers did not care. Their hero had rerurned, and nothing else mattered. After his third series of| adventures, The Rew of Sherlock Holmes (1904), there was one final novel, The Vile of Fea (1915) and ewo more collections of | shoct stories, His Lat Bow (1917) and The Casale of Shek Holes (1927) In total, Conan Doyle wrote four Shetlock Holmes novels and fify-sic shor stories, However, 2s we have already een, he slid not want to be remembered only asthe crestor of Shetock Holmes. He wrote books of historical fiction, including The Eeplois of Bngadier Ger (1896) and The Adventoes of Gennd (1896). He abo wrote science Gcxon storie, the most famous fof which is The Lost World (1912). Hit deste to escape the ‘enormous succes of Sherlock Holme is perhaps understandable, bt widioutShexiock Holmes he would almost certainty not be remembered today ‘Sherlock Holmes is che most famous detective in the woe and is probably the best-known fictional character in literature, There have been hundreds of Sime about his stots aad many actom have become famous for playing the part of Shetlock “Holmes. Perhaps one of the best wat Bal Rathbone, who made fourteen Sherlock Holmes flms for Hollywood between 1939) and 1946, Arthur Conan Doyie was one often children, born into an Ish family in Edinburgh in 1859. His father, Chales Doyle, was an att, but he drank too much and lie wat hard forthe Dayle family Young Arthur was sent away to 2 Catholic school in the north of England, and rarely saw hie ithe. From 1876 to 1881, Conan Doyle studied medicine at the Universi of Edinburgh, then worked 22 ship doctor on a journey tothe West Aficin cost. In 1882, he started work a8 4 doctor in Plymouth, but without much succes. As his medical work did not keep him wry busy, he amused himself by writing stories, the fist of which was printed in Chambers’ Edintugh Jena betore he was twenty. ‘Aer move to Southsea, he began to write more, Hs fast important work, A Study in Serie, appeared in Beton’ Chrismas Anwual in 1887 and introduced the reading public for the first time to Sherlock Holmes I 1885, Conan Doyle married Louiss Hawkins, who died jn 1906. One year air his wie death, he marred Jean Leckie, whom he had met and file in love with n 1897. Conan Doyle had five children, owo with hit fst wife and three wih his second, In 1891, he moved to London and, afer short unsuccesfil eye doctor, gave up all medical work to become 2 fulltume writer. Apart from his Sheslock Holmes sores and ‘other ftion, he wrote a book about the war beeween the British aiid Dutch in South Affica, The Geet Boer War (1900), defending Urish action in South Africa a the time, Comin Doyle ied vies, widkout autos, we bee a member ofthe British pariament. He became a song believer in equaliry forall under the law and helped to fee two men who hud been wrongly sent to prison, Important changes were then tnade to Brith lw eo make it more dificult for innocent people to be sent to prison. This stony is told in Julian Barner 2005 novel Arh and Geo [Afer the deaths of his son, his brocher and his two nephews In World Wr I, Conan Dayle ecame interested inthe siren World and the seach for seientific proof of life afer death, He died in 1930, aged seventy-one. He had done many interesting things in his lie bu, ike Moriarty, had been unable to kill Sherlock Holmes. Even today, people write co Holmes’ Baker Siw adres (aow a bank, asking forthe detective help and uulvice. Sheviock Holmes never realy exised, but he alvays refined to die. To is readers, he i sl alive today ~ the greatest sleeve that ehe word has ever known. ‘The Patient ‘One October evening Sheslock Holmes and I were returning to ‘our fooms in Baker Steet attra long walk had been sharing rooms with Holmes since the death of my wife in 1896, Ie was quite late in the evening, but there was 2 carriage outside the house “A gencieman vs waling for us fn our sing rom He ood, up when we came in. He was about chirty-thee or thirty-four yeas old wih chin artist's hands and looked unhealthy and ted He was dresed completely in black “Good evening! Holmes atid to him cheesflly ‘Place it down again! What can 1 do to help you? “My name is Dr Pery Tevelyan’ sid our visitor, ‘and I ive at 403 Brook Steet “ow hoor seriten «ook on eatalepy, haven't yu? T asked Dr Trevelyan was very pleased and proud that I knew his book. His pale face became quite red "Tehought thatthe book had been completely frgoten!” he ssid "Very few copies were sold Tsuppote you are a doctor ‘yourself si” “Lised to be an army doctor elie ‘and after that Iwas in private practice for a few years? “My own special interest has always been extalepsy he sid‘ ‘would ike to work more on thi digese. Bue one must ake what ‘one can get! I matt not tlk too misch about my own interests, though! I realize chat your time is valuable, Mr Holmes, Wel, tome very suange things have been happening recently atthe house in Brook Steet, and tonight they have reached such a point that I fle chat I ad to come and ask fr your advice and your help! 2 Shetlock Holmes sat down and lit his pipe. "You ate very welcome to both” he sid'Please give me a complete account of the things that are worrying you. Tel meal he deal” ‘Some of them ate very unimportant sid Dr Trevelyan “But the afieis so diicule to undersand tat Iwi tell you the whole sory. “Tam a London University man. I won several prizes at the University, and my teachers thought that I would become avery succesfal doctor. I continued my studies aferwatde, worked st Kays College Hospicl, and wrote my Book on cxalepsy But, gentlemen, Thad no money. A man who wants to become & specialist mus lve inthe expensive area round Cavendish Square = there are only about twelve posible sree, andthe rents are cexremely high! One aio ha to hire « horse and caving, and buy furniture for one house. I would have needed ten yeas to be able to save the necesary money. But suddenly I ad grest surprise "A erangrr came t0 we te one day in my room at King’ College Hospi This gentleman’ name wat Blesington. “Are you the man who has won so many prizes?" he asked “Ves, am" said shaking his hand, “*T want to ask you some questions he sid. "First of al have you any bad habits? Do you drink too mach?” “Really si!" cried. "Please don't be angry” he sid. “I had to ask you that question. Why are you not working at a private special? 1 suppose you havent enough money? I will help you! T wil rent 1 owse for you in Brook Saree.” "Tas have looked a surprised as If, “Oh, 'm making you this offer to help me not jst you!” he s3id "Twill be honest with you. ave a few thousand pounds that Iam not using. I want to ase i to elp you to establish 2 private practice” tut hy Fated im, ‘maenute | want my money co grow!” he replied, bat tot Uo, then?” asked Hf Jurt wunt you to do your job)” he said.“ wil buy the i i your howse, pay the ren, and pay all your cos each: ‘work, Yonsei keep 2 quarter of the money you cam. You will five ie the other three-quarters” “Ik Wasa srange off, Mr Holmes, but 1 accepted it.A few: weeks later I moved into the howte in Brook Steet. Mr lewingron came to live ewe eo. He said that his hestt wat ‘weak: he needed to live near a doctor. He turned the best two rooms into a bedroom and a sitting room for himselt He had strange habits, He seemed to have no fiends and very rarely "Regularly every evening he came into my consulting room ‘0 find out how much I had earned. He ten took all the money and gave me back exactly a quarer off. The res ofthe money he kept in the stongbax i his broom, “Thave been very succes a specialist, Mr Holes, and in the ls year or two Ihave made him a rch man, "A few weeks ago Mr Blessington came down to speak to me, He mentioned « recent London robbery. He seemed to be surprisingly worried and anxious, and he wanted to ge stonger Jocks pat on our doors and windows “He remained in this seange sate of anxiety fora week. He ‘ever stopped looking out of the window and did not go out at a. He seemed co be living in terible fear of something or of somebody; but when asked him about ths he answered me very rudely Then, slowly he seemed to forget his fears, “A recent event, though, has brought all his fears back agai, ‘Two days ago I received a leer, which Iwill ead to you, These Iso address of dite on it Dest Dr Trevelyan, ‘Tam a Russian lor, but I now liv in England. For some years "have been sufering from catlepy. As you ae a great and well known brn specialist, I would like to consul you 1 wil all on you at show quater pat tx tomorrow evens and hope that is convenient for you. “OF coune I was waiting in my consulting room at that time the following evening because catalepny i» rare dsete and wes cexuemely interested. “The Russian wat thin old man who did not look wery mich bike's Jord. There was & young man with him. He was tall and 0od-looking, with a dat, strong face and very poweefil srr and ches He genty supported the old man with a hand wndet his arm as they entered. Then he helped him to si down, "Please forgive me for coming in with my father, doctonsid this young man. His voice was that ofa foreigner, “That quite all ight” I replied "Would you like to say ith your father while I examine him?” “Noy thank you,” he answered. “I will go back into the waiting “Then the young man weat ou and I tured tothe older an to begin dicussing his illnes. He did not seem very intelligent, and he did nor speak English very well ~s0 it was dificule ‘Suddenly he ssopped answering my questions. {saw tht he wat siting very silly, and looking at me with stange, empey yes. He was in a state of etalepey. OF course, a a profesional, I vs excited, I examined him very caefilly and took notes on his condition, He seemed to be in eaacly the same sate 3s othet people who have the nes, “I decided to weat him with some medicine tha I believed to be helpfil to such conditions. The botde was in my storeroom, 6 hich is behind the conmaking room, 20 T went out © get it Unforsantely it took me five minute to find the bottle Then f ‘went back into my consulting room. Mr Holmes, the old man vas not there! "The waiting room wat empty ton. The sevents fad head nothing. Mr Blessington, who had been out for a short walk, came in soon aferwards, but I didnot tell him about the stange

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