Shall we have a small quiz based on these words?
| 1. Observations |
| 2. acquaintance |
| 3. apprehension |
| 4. arrangements |
| 5. chloroformed |
| 6. confidential |
| 7. considerable |
| 8. constabulary |
| 9. conversation |
| 10. deliberation |
| 11. difficulties |
| 12. interruption |
| 13. occasionally |
| 14. satisfaction |
| 15. stertorously |
| 16. thoughtfully |
| 17. triumphantly |
| 18. unproductive |
| 1. "I shall get level with you, Altamont," he said, speaking with slow ____(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 2. For answer the man waved a small brown-paper parcel ____ above his head(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 3. But certainly I may claim my four years in this country have not been ____(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 4. Here is the fruit of my leisured ease, the magnum opus of my latter years!" He picked up the volume from the table and read out the whole title, Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with Some ____ upon the Segregation of the Queen(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 5. Instantly he gave an exclamation of ____, strapped up the valise, shut the safe, locked it, and hurried out on to the terrace(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 6. She was bending over her knitting and stopping ____ to stroke a large black cat upon a stool beside her(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 7. The ____ was amazingly indiscreet(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 8. The German lay upon the sofa sleeping ____ with a strap round his upper arms and another round his legs(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 9. The next he was gripped at the back of his neck by a grasp of iron, and a ____ sponge was held in front of his writhing face(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 10. They stood with their heads close together, talking in low, ____ tones(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 11. Von Bork detached a small key from his watch chain, and after some ____ manipulation of the lock he swung open the heavy door(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 12. When I say that I started my pilgrimage at Chicago, graduated in an Irish secret society at Buffalo, gave serious trouble to the ____ at Skibbareen, and so eventually caught the eye of a subordinate agent of Von Bork, who recommended me as a likely man, you will realize that the matter was complex(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 13. But I can assure you that so far as the essentials go--the storage of munitions, the preparation for submarine attack, the ____ for making high explosives--nothing is prepared(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 14. Holmes, but glanced with some ____ at the figure upon the sofa(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 15. There will be no ____ for you or your baggage(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 16. Von Bork, I may say that this is not my first ____ with the members of your family(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 17. We are safe from ____(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
| 18." "I don't know about that," said the other ____(Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow). |
