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 II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE.
“We’re hunting in couples again, Doctor, you see,” said Jones in his consequential way.
For Context:
CHAPTER II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
On entering his room, I found Holmes in animated conversation with two men, one of whom I recognised as Peter Jones, the official police agent, while the other was a long, thin, sad-faced man, with a very shiny hat and oppressively respectable frock-coat.
“Ha!
Our party is complete,” said Holmes, buttoning up his pea-jacket and taking his heavy hunting crop from the rack.
“Watson, I think you know Mr. Jones, of Scotland Yard?
Let me introduce you to Mr. Merryweather, who is to be our companion in to-night’s adventure.”
“We’re hunting in couples again, Doctor, you see,” said Jones in his consequential way.
“Our friend here is a wonderful man for starting a chase.
All he wants is an old dog to help him to do the running down.”
“I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end of our chase,” observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily.
“You may place considerable confidence in Mr. Holmes, sir,” said tHe police agent loftily.
“He has his own little methods, which are, if He won’t mind my saying so, just a little too theoretical and fantastic, but he has the makings of a detective in him.
