Page 124 "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist"




Arthur Conan Doyle



[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and nonfiction.]

     From page 124 of the book:  "...That day, the door to his room had been left ajar, as it would be during those baking, midwestern summer days, and I found him sitting at his desk reading. He was bathed in the bright sun streaming through venetian blinds, which in turn lit up the pale, cream-colored cinder block walls, providing a highlight of background against which he rested. His dark hair covered his ears, while his shoulders supported a grin which revealed two dimples. He hadn't the chance yet to furnish his room, so the emptiness of being newly arrived on campus was augmented by the room's hollow look. His book was opened to the first page of "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist," by Arthur Conan Doyle. How anyone could read in that late August heat was beyond me. How one could read Sherlock Holmes in that heat gave me pause for admiration."

                                                                                                                
The following link takes you to the full text of Conan Doyle's story: http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=DoySoli.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all

This link takes you to IMDB's entry for the PBS TV series episode (this series is one of the best things ever to have appeared on television): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506456/