His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, hi…

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His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). His Last Bow, p.106, Arthur Conan Doyle
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