Sign of the Four, The
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Sign of the Four, The by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

The Sign of the Four
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1

Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel- piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff.  For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks. Finally he thrust the sharp point home, pressed down the tiny piston, and sank back into the velvet-lined arm-chair with a long sigh of satisfaction. Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance, but custom had not reconciled my mind to it.  On the contrary, from day to day I had become more irritable at the sight, and my conscience swelled nightly within me at the thought that I had lacked the c

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4of 5 stars Reviewer: timmyj - 6/26/2007 22:22
Subject: Good listening
The reading was well done, was easy to understand, and made a great companion for a week's worth of commuting.

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