A Scandal in Bohemia: Chapter 1, part 3

ˈwʌn ˈnaɪt | ɪt wəz ɒn ðə ˈtwentiəθ əv ˈmɑːʧ | ˈeɪtiːn ˈeɪti ˈeɪt | aɪ wəz rɪˈtɜːnɪŋ frəm ə ˈʤɜːni tu ə ˈpeɪʃn̩t | fər aɪd ˈnaʊ rɪˈtɜːnd tə ˈsɪvl̩ ˈpræktɪs | wem maɪ ˈweɪ ˈleb mi θruː ˈbeɪkə ˈstriːt || əz aɪ ˈpɑːs ðə ˈwel rɪˈmembəd ˈdɔː | wɪʧ məst ˈɔːwɪz bi əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd ɪm ˈmaɪ ˈmaɪnd | wɪð maɪ ˈwuːɪŋ | ən wɪð ðə ˈdɑːk ˈɪnsədənts | əv ðə ˈstʌdi ɪn ˈskɑːlət | aɪ wəz ˈsiːzd wɪð ə ˈkiːn dɪˈzaɪə | tə ˈsiː ˈhəʊmz əˈɡen | ən tə ˈnəʊ ˈhaʊ i wəz ɪmˈplɔɪɪŋ | hɪz ɪkˈstrɔːdn̩ri ˈpaʊəz || hɪz ˈruːmz wə ˈbrɪliəntli ˈlɪt | ən ˈiːvn̩ əz aɪ ˈlʊkt ˈʌp | aɪ ˈsɔːr ɪz ˈtɔːl ˈspeə ˈfɪɡə | ˈpɑːs ˈtwaɪs | ɪn ə ˈdɑːk ˈsɪluˈet | əˈɡens ðə ˈblaɪnd || hi wəz ˈpeɪsɪŋ ðə ˈruːm ˈswɪfli | ˈiːɡəli | wɪð ɪz ˈhed ˈsʌŋk əˈpɒn ɪz ˈʧest | ən ɪz ˈhænz ˈklɑːsp bɪˈhaɪnd ɪm || tə ˈmiː | hu ˈnjuː ɪz ˈevri ˈmuːd ən ˈhæbɪt | hɪz ˈætəʧuːd əm ˈmænə | ˈtəʊl ðeər ˈəʊn ˈstɔːri || hi wəz ət ˈwɜːk əˈɡen || hid ˈrɪzn̩ ˈaʊt əv ɪz ˈdrʌɡ kriˈeɪtɪd ˈdriːmz | ən wəz ˈhɒt əˈpɒn ðə ˈsent | əv ˈsʌm ˈnjuː ˈprɒbləm || aɪ ˈræŋ ðə ˈbel | ən wəʒ ˈʃəʊn ˈʌp tə ðə ˈʧeɪmbə | wɪʧ əd ˈfɔːməli ˈbiːn ɪm ˈpɑːp maɪ ˈəʊn

One night—it was on the twentieth of March, 1888—I was returning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to civil practice), when my way led me through Baker Street. As I passed the well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers. His rooms were brilliantly lit, and, even as I looked up, I saw his tall, spare figure pass twice in a dark silhouette against the blind. He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him. To me, who knew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told their own story. He was at work again. He had risen out of his drug-created dreams and was hot upon the scent of some new problem. I rang the bell and was shown up to the chamber which had formerly been in part my own.