“I may remind you,” Holmes continued, “that the professor’s salary can be ascertained in several trustworthy books of reference. It is seven hundred a year.” (from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle)
Those were the days: "several trustworthy books of reference", imagine that.
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@wim_v12e When I read this, I didn't realize that the professor that Holmes is referring to is Moriarty. 😄
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@julin "He is unmarried. His younger brother is a station master in the west of England. His chair is worth seven hundred a year. And he owns a Greuze."
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