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"It was too far for me to go, weak and ill as I was. I
determined to wait until I got back to town before telling my
story to the police. It was a little past six when I arrived, so
I went first to have my wound dressed, and then the doctor was
kind enough to bring me along here. I put the case into your
hands and shall do exactly what you advise."
We both sat in silence for some little time after listening to
this extraordinary narrative. Then Sherlock Holmes pulled down
from the shelf one of the ponderous commonplace books in which
he placed his cuttings.
"Here is an advertisement which will interest you," said he. "It
appeared in all the papers about a year ago. Listen to this:
'Lost, on the 9th inst., Mr. Jeremiah Hayling, aged twenty-six,
a hydraulic engineer. Left his lodgings at ten o'clock at night,
and has not been heard of since. Was dressed in,' etc., etc. Ha!
That represents the last time that the colonel needed to have
his machine overhauled, I fancy."
"Good heavens!" cried my patient. "Then that explains what the
girl said."
"Undoubtedly. It is quite clear that the colonel was a cool and
desperate man, who was absolutely determined that nothing should
stand in the way of his little game, like those out-and-out
pirates who will leave no survivor from a captured ship. Well,
every moment now is precious, so if you feel equal to it we
shall go down to Scotland Yard at once as a preliminary to
starting for Eyford."
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accuracy
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time
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About this test

The text has 1,447 characters and 266 words.

Beyond the basic course characters, the text has digits, extra punctuation, and less common letters (x, v, q). It's one of the texts we use to check your level for the certificate.

At 36 WPM it takes about 8 minutes to type; at 60 WPM, about 5 minutes.