“ The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. ”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). copy citation
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
|---|---|
| Source | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Topic | world study observation |
| Date | 1902 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2852/2852-h/2852-h.htm |
Context
“He returns immaculate in the evening with the gloss still on his hat and his boots. He has been a fixture therefore all day. He is not a man with intimate friends. Where, then, could he have been? Is it not obvious?»
«Well, it is rather obvious.»
«The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. Where do you think that I have been?»
«A fixture also.»
«On the contrary, I have been to Devonshire.»
«In spirit?»
«Exactly. My body has remained in this armchair and has, I regret to observe, consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee and an incredible amount of tobacco.” source
«Well, it is rather obvious.»
«The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. Where do you think that I have been?»
«A fixture also.»
«On the contrary, I have been to Devonshire.»
«In spirit?»
«Exactly. My body has remained in this armchair and has, I regret to observe, consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee and an incredible amount of tobacco.” source
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