{"id":5137,"date":"2013-10-22T06:30:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T06:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=5137"},"modified":"2017-12-11T09:30:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T22:30:28","slug":"journey-to-the-centre-great-middle-lines-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=5137","title":{"rendered":"Journey to the centre: Great middle lines – 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I was teaching migrant English using an abridged version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Speckled Band.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>I enjoyed it so much, I sought out the original unabridged version and found some lines in the middle of the story that reveal Conan Doyle’s sharp wit and great sense of rhythm.\u00a0 It’s also clear at this point that Sherlock Holmes has the suspect worked out and now simply has to nail him.\u00a0 Here, Holmes’s associate, Dr Watson, records an exchange between Holmes and the suspect, who is screaming at him furiously:<\/p>\n

“I know you, you scoundrel!\u00a0 I have heard of you before.\u00a0 You are Holmes, the meddler.”
\nMy friend smiled.
\n“Holmes, the busybody!”
\nHis smile broadened.
\n“Holmes, the Scotland-yard Jack-in-office!”
\nHolmes chuckled heartily.\u00a0 “Your conversation is most entertaining,” said he.\u00a0 “When you go out, close the door, for there is a decided draught.”<\/p>\n

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Sidney Paget, 1892, illustration from The Speckled Band, courtesy Victorian Web.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Yesterday I was teaching migrant English using an abridged version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Speckled Band.\u00a0\u00a0I enjoyed it so much, I sought out the original unabridged version and found some lines in the middle of the story that reveal Conan Doyle’s sharp wit and great sense of rhythm.\u00a0 It’s also clear at this point … <\/p>\n

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