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I . Story One : The Red - Headed League One autumn morning I went to see my friend Sherlock Holmes at his rooms in Baker Street . He was talking to an older gentleman , who was short and fat , with a red face and bright , fiery red hair . I said I was sorry and turned to leave . But Holmes pulled me into the room and closed the door . “ You could not have come at a better time , my dear Watson , ” he said . “ Mr Wilson , this is Dr Watson . He has helped me in many of my best cases . ” The fat gentleman half rose from his chair and gave a little nod . “ Mr Jabez Wilson has begun to tell me one of the strangest stories I have heard for a long time , ” said Holmes . He sat back in his armchair and put the tips of his fingers together , as he always did when he was thinking hard . “ I cannot yet say if there is a crime in it . Mr Wilson , will you kindly start again ? I want to hear every detail once more . ” Our visitor took a dirty newspaper from his coat pocket and spread it on his knee . While he looked for something on the page , I studied him , as Holmes always did with people . I did not learn much . He looked like an ordinary London shopkeeper : fat , slow and quite pleased with himself . There was nothing special about him except his blazing red head and the unhappy look on his face . Holmes saw what I was doing and smiled . “ Well , Watson , it is clear that he once did hard work with his hands . He takes snuff , he is a Freemason , a member of an old secret society , he has been in China , and he has done a lot of writing lately . Apart from that , I can tell nothing . ” Mr Wilson stared at my friend . “ How on earth did you know all that , Mr Holmes ? It is true . I began life as a ship’s carpenter . ” “ Your right hand is bigger than your left , my dear sir . You worked with it , and the muscles grew . You wear a Freemasons ’ pin on your coat . Your right sleeve is very shiny near the wrist , and your left sleeve has a smooth patch at the elbow , where you rest it on the desk . That means writing . And above your right wrist there is a tattoo of a fish . Only in China do they colour fish scales that soft pink . There is also a Chinese coin on your watch chain . ” Mr Wilson laughed loudly and took a pinch of snuff , a fine tobacco powder that some men breathe in through the nose . “ Well , I never ! At first I thought you were very clever . But now I see there was nothing in it at all . ” “ You see , Watson , ” said Holmes , “ I make a mistake when I explain . Have you found the advertisement , Mr Wilson ? ” “ Here it is , sir . This is where it all began . ” I took the paper and read :
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