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Friday, March 5, 2021

Sherlock Holmes on Rural Crime

It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautified countryside.

Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Copper Beaches," 1892

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