{"product_id":"2940012978462","title":"THE VALLEY OF FEAR","description":"Part 1--The Tragedy of Birlstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1--The Warning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am inclined to think--\" said I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I should do so,\" Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I'll\u003cbr\u003eadmit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption. \"Really, Holmes,\"\u003cbr\u003esaid I severely, \"you are a little trying at times.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was too much absorbed with his own thoughts to give any immediate\u003cbr\u003eanswer to my remonstrance. He leaned upon his hand, with his untasted\u003cbr\u003ebreakfast before him, and he stared at the slip of paper which he had\u003cbr\u003ejust drawn from its envelope. Then he took the envelope itself, held it\u003cbr\u003eup to the light, and very carefully studied both the exterior and the\u003cbr\u003eflap.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is Porlock's writing,\" said he thoughtfully. \"I can hardly doubt\u003cbr\u003ethat it is Porlock's writing, though I have seen it only twice before.\u003cbr\u003eThe Greek e with the peculiar top flourish is distinctive. But if it is\u003cbr\u003ePorlock, then it must be something of the very first importance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was speaking to himself rather than to me; but my vexation\u003cbr\u003edisappeared in the interest which the words awakened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Who then is Porlock?\" I asked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Porlock, Watson, is a nom-de-plume, a mere identification mark; but\u003cbr\u003ebehind it lies a shifty and evasive personality. In a former letter he\u003cbr\u003efrankly informed me that the name was not his own, and defied me ever\u003cbr\u003eto trace him among the teeming millions of this great city. Porlock is\u003cbr\u003eimportant, not for himself, but for the great man with whom he is in\u003cbr\u003etouch. Picture to yourself the pilot fish with the shark, the jackal\u003cbr\u003ewith the lion--anything that is insignificant in companionship with what\u003cbr\u003eis formidable: not only formidable, Watson, but sinister--in the highest\u003cbr\u003edegree sinister. That is where he comes within my purview. You have\u003cbr\u003eheard me speak of Professor Moriarty?\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147441389808,"sku":"2940012978462","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012978462_p0.jpg?v=1763574712","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012978462","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}