The Adventure of the Cardboard Box - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story Quotes

“What is the meaning of it, Watson? said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. "What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

“I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in their solution.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

“Holmes had sent on a wire, so that Lestrade, as wiry, as dapper and as ferret-like as ever, was waiting for us at the station.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

“But I have in my hands here a little problem which may prove to be more difficult of solution than my small essay in thought reading,”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story