"He was more than six feet high, was in the prime of life, had small feet for his height, wore coarse, square-toed boots and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar. He came here with his victim in a four-wheeled cab, which was drawn by a horse with three old shoes and one new one on his off fore leg."
-- A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. An example of Sherlock Holmes's remarkable deductive powers.
I started reading this as my first e-book, using the kindle app I put on my iPhone. But I had such an adorable little Peebles Classic Library edition on my shelf, that soon I found myself with the book in my hands, tearing through the pages.
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I love this quote. It's been a long time since I've read Arthur Conan Doyle but he hasn't lost his cleverness.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I like the picture on your header. With the city in the foreground and woods and the mountain in the background, it looks like the best of all worlds.
I haven't ever read Arthur Conan Doyle, but I do have some of his books on my Kindle. I may have to read one soon :)
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Love, love, love Sherlock Holmes! Great quote from a wonderful first novel.
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Congratulations on building such a fun and informative blog! I found it interesting to learn you are a lawyer. I attended Gonzaga School of Law but only for a year. (Doubted my decision about wanting to be an attorney after I started to realize exactly how much tedious left-brained paperwork was going to be involved.)
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And the tactile book wins again! :D Digital text just can't compare with a book, can it?
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