“ One cannot always have the success for which one hopes. ”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). copy citation
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
|---|---|
| Source | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Topic | success hope |
| Date | 1902 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2852/2852-h/2852-h.htm |
Context
“I will take an unpleasant remembrance back to London with me tomorrow.”
“Oh, you return tomorrow?”
“That is my intention.”
“I hope your visit has cast some light upon those occurrences which have puzzled us?”
Holmes shrugged his shoulders.
“One cannot always have the success for which one hopes. An investigator needs facts and not legends or rumours. It has not been a satisfactory case.”
My friend spoke in his frankest and most unconcerned manner. Stapleton still looked hard at him. Then he turned to me.”
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