Sherlock Holmes Bibliomancy Reading

This oracle points to a randomly selected line from Sherlock Holmes. The surrounding passages are provided for context.

 

Your passage is from CHAPTER V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS.

 

For Context:

CHAPTER V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS

The streaming umbrella which he held in his hand, and his long shining waterproof told of the fierce weather through which He had come.

He looked about him anxiously in the glare of the lamp, and I could see that his face was pale and his eyes heavy, like those of a man who is weighed down with some great anxiety.

“I owe you an apology,” he said, raising his golden pince-nez to his eyes.

“I trust that I am not intruding.

I fear that I have brought some traces of the storm and rain into your snug chamber.”

“Give me your coat and umbrella,” said Holmes.

“They may rest here on the hook and will be dry presently.

You have come up from tHe south-west, I see.”

“Yes, from Horsham.”

“That clay and chalk mixture which I see upon your toe caps is quite distinctive.”

“I have come for advice.”