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the Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Oily clay pipe |
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Then he took down from
the rack the old and oily clay pipe, which was to him as a counsellor,
and, having lit it, he leaned back in his chair, with the thick
blue cloud-wreaths spinning up from him, and a look of infinite
languor in his face.
I left him then, still puffing at his black clay pipe, with
the conviction that when I came again on the next evening I
would find that he held in his hands all the clues which would
lead up to the identity of the disappearing bridegroom of Miss
Mary Sutherland. By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle From: A Case of
Identity
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| Blue smoke rings |
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Then he lit his pipe,
and leaning back in his chair he watched the blue smoke-rings
as they chased each other up to the ceiling.
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle From: The Five Orange Pips
Dinner was over, and the table cleared before Holmes alluded
to the matter again. He had lit his pipe and held his slippered
feet to the cheerful blaze of the fire.
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle From: The Adventure of the Abbey
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| It was the mans own pouch |
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"Well, well, it
just happens that I have already read all the available evidence,
including the report of the inquest, with
some care. By the way, what do you make of that tobacco pouch,
found on the scene of the crime? Is there no clue there?"
Hopkins looked surprised.
"It was the man's own pouch, sir. His initials were inside
it. And it was of sealskin -- and he was an old sealer."
"But he had no pipe."
"No, sir, we could find no pipe. Indeed, he smoked very
little, and yet he might have kept some tobacco for his friends."
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| Sealskin tobacco-pouch |
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The amazing strength,the
skill in the use of the harpoon, the rum and water, the sealskin
tobacco-pouch with the coarse tobacco -- all these pointed to
a seaman, and one who had been a whaler. I was convinced that
the initials 'P. C.' upon the pouch were a coincidence, and
not those of Peter Carey, since he seldom smoked, and no pipe
was found in his cabin.
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle From: The Aduenture of Black Peter
Holmes sat up at attention, his pipe halfway to his lips.
"This must be serious, Watson.
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle From: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington
Plans
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