Sherlock Holmes – Silver Blaze free graded reader

Here is another free graded reader for students of English. This time it is a Sherlock Holmes story called Silver Blaze. This graded reader is for pre-intermediate or intermediate learners of English.
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 Silver Blaze

Silver Blaze

 

Silver Blaze – Sherlock Holmes – pre-intermediate graded reader

“I am afraid, Watson, that I will have to leave London,” said Holmes, as we were sitting together having breakfast one morning.
“Where do you want to go?”
“To Dartmoor, to Kings Pyland.”
I was not surprised. In fact, I had expected Holmes to get mixed up with this strange case a long time ago.
“Can I come with you?” I asked.
“My dear Watson, I would be really happy if you came with me.”

An hour or so later we were sitting on the train which was going to Exeter.
“This is a very interesting case. On Tuesday evening I received messages from colonel Ross and inspector Gregory. Colonel Ross owns the horse, and Inspector Gregory is the policeman who is looking after the case. They asked me for help.”
“Tuesday evening! Is this Thursday morning now. Why didn’t you go there yesterday?”
“Because I made a mistake, my dear Watson. I thought that the horse would appear. But when another morning came and nothing happened I decided to take action. But I was thinking a lot yesterday.”
“So you have an idea?”