The Adventure of the Speckled Band Quotes

The Adventure of the Speckled Band Quotes

NB: The page numbers refer to the relevant pages in The Complete Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes, published 1978 by Castle Books, a division of Book Sales Inc. of Secaucus, New Jersey.

"She raised her veil as she spoke, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable state of agitation, her face all drawn and grey, with restless, frightened eyes, like those of some hunted animal." Section 1, pg. 108

"'Alas!' replied our visitor. 'The very horror of my situation lies in the fact that my fears are so vague, and my suspicions depend so entirely upon small points, which might seem trivial to another, that even he to whom of all others I have a right to look for help and advice looks upon all that I tell him about it as the fancies of a nervous woman.'" Section 1, pg. 109

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