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The Valley of Fear
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Part 1 - The Tragedy of Birlstone

Chapter 1
- The Warning

"I am inclined to think--" said I.
"I should do so," Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.
I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I'll admit that I was
annoyed at the sardonic interruption. "Really, Holmes," said I severely, "you are a little

trying at times."
He was too much absorbed with his own thoughts to give any immediate answer to my
remonstrance. He leaned upon his hand, with his