The Return of Sherlock Holmes - 2

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Chapter 2 The Adventure of the Norwood Builder "From the point of view of the criminal expert," said Mr. Sher-lock Holmes, "London has become a singularly uninteresting city since the death of the late lamented Professor Moriarty." "I can hardly think that you would find many decent citizens to agree with you," I answered. "Well, well, I must not be selfish," sai d he, with a smile, as he pushed back his chair from the breakfast -table. "The com- munity is certainly the gainer, and no one the loser, save the poor out-of-work specialist, whose occupation has gone. With that