《Stage 2 - Sir Arthur C. Doyle - Sherlock Holm》.pdf

CASSETTE AVAILABLE SHERLOCK HOLMES SHORT STORIES Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up his stairs; he watches the door opening — and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street — visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them. OXFORD BOOKWORMS take students through six stages towards real reading in English. Each one has been chosen for its enjoyment value and its quality of writing. Cover illustration by Alan Morrison Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-421650- 0 Sherlock Holmes Short Stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle retold by Clare West OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS The Speckled Band 1 Helen's Story At the time of this story, I was still living at my friend Sherlock Holmes's flat in Baker Street in London . Very early one morning, a young woman, dressed in black, came to see us . She looked tired and unhappy, and her face was very white . 'I'm afraid ! Afraid of death, Mr Holmes!' she cried. 'Please help me ! I'm not thirty yet and look at my grey hair ! I'm so afraid!' Very early one morning, a you