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THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Vol. 27 MARCH, 1904
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.
By ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
VI. --- The Adventure of Black Peter.
I HAVE never known my friend to be in better form, both mental
and physical, than in the year '95. His increasing fame had
brought with it an immense practice, and I should be guilty of
an indiscretion if I were even to hint at the identity of some
of the illustrious clients who crossed our humble threshold in
Baker Street. Holmes, however, like all great artists, lived
for his art's sake, and, save in the case of the Duke of
Holdernesse, I have seldom known him claim any large reward
for his inestimable services. So unworldly was he -- or so
capricious -- that he frequently refused his help to the
powerful and wealthy where the problem made no appeal to his
sympathies, while he would devote weeks of most intense
application to the affairs of some humble client whose case
presented those strange and dramatic qualities which appealed
to his imagination and challenged his ingenuity.
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