THE VALLEY OF FEARBy Sir Arthur Conan DoyleCONTENTS [PART I—The Tragedy of Birlstone] [Chapter I—The Warning] [Chapter II—Sherlock Holmes Discourses] [Chapter III—The Tragedy of Birlstone] [Chapter IV—Darkness] [Chapter V—The People of the Drama] [Chapter VI—A Dawning Light] [Chapter VII—The Solution] [PART II—The Scowrers] [Chapter I—The Man] [Chapter II—The Bodymaster] [Chapter III—Lodge 341, Vermissa] [Chapter IV—The Valley of Fear] [Chapter V—The Darkest Hour] [Chapter VI—Danger] [Chapter VII—The Trapping of Birdy Edwards] [Epilogue]Illustrations [“What’s this, Mr. Holmes? Man, it’s witchcraft! Where in the name of all that is wonderful did you get those names?”] [For an instant I could have sworn that the faintest shadow of a smile flickered over the woman’s lips.] [“Watson, would you be afraid to sleep in the same room with a lunatic.”] [“If your heart is as big as your body, and your soul as fine as your face, then I’d ask for nothing better,” said McMurdo.] [It was all he could do to keep himself from screaming out.] [“Oh, Jack, I implore you to give it up!”] [“Not a sound, for your lives!” McMurdo whispered.]PART IThe Tragedy of BirlstoneChapter IThe Warning