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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Quotes: The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action I can recall in our association. I was alone.
         

The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action I can recall in our association. I was alone.


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