Sign of four Flashcards
(50 cards)
sinewy forearm and wrist..
all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture marks
his great powers..
his masterly manner
‘my mind,’ he said..
‘rebels at stagnation. give me problems, give me work….. and i am in my own proper atmosphere’
expression of extraordinary..
concentration upon his clean- cut hawk-like features
automaton, ….
a calculating machine… inhuman at times
mary’s sensitive face..
was composed but pale
entered the room with…
a firm step and an outward composure of manner
her lip trembled…
her hand quivered, and she showed every sign of intense inward agitation.
you are a wronged woman…
and shall have justice
an army surgeon..
with a weak leg and a weaker banking account
he was bright..
eager and in excellent spirits
it was clear that…
he thought our night’s work might be a serious one
a dense, drizzly
fog lay low upon the great city
staring brick buildings..
the monster tentacles which the giant city was throwing ot into the country
we had indeed…
reached a questionable and forbidding neighbourhood
mud-coloured clouds…
dropped sadly over the muddy streets
an oasis of art…
in the howling desert of South London
in that sorry house…
it looked as out of place as a diamond of the first water in a setting of brass
the strange, jerky little fellow…
with his high, shining face
it was a bearded, hairy face…
with wild cruel eyes and an expression of concentrated malevolence
pondicherry lodge stood in its own grounds…
and was girt round with a very high stone wall topped with broken glass
a gravel path..
wound through desolate grounds to a huge clump of house
the vast size of the building..
with its gloom and its deathly silence, struck a chill to the heart
in a horrible smile…
a fixed and unnatural grin…. more jarring to the nerves than any scowl or contortion
