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Quotation from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
“the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.”
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (Project Gutenberg #1661)
On the train into Hampshire, Watson admires the farmhouses and Holmes answers that their isolation hides crime.
Citation: "the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside." — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (Project Gutenberg #1661). (id the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-q8)
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