The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it dese…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined. ✨ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection With illustrated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 4 Novels, 56 Short Stories and 120+ illustrations, p.874, Ageless Reads
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The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined. ✨ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection With illustrated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 4 Novels, 56 Short Stories and 120+ illustrations, p.874, Ageless Reads

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