You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, J…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you? For me, said Sherlock Holmes, there still remains the cocaine bottle. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (1989). Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories, p.113, Wordsworth Editions
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You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you? For me, said Sherlock Holmes, there still remains the cocaine bottle. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (1989). Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories, p.113, Wordsworth Editions

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