A Study in Scarlet

I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the ______.

He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple ______, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand.

Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable ______, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places.

A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of ______.

The matter is a perfectly trivial one”—he jerked his thumb in the direction of the old hat—“but there are points in connection with it which are not entirely devoid of interest and even of ______.