Mr
Lestrade was a detective frame Scotland Yard and often (1. came)
(2. to visit) my friend Sherlock Holmes. Holmes.(3. could) often (4. help)
Lestrade.
"Will you (5.bring) a good case for me today?" Holmes (6. inquired). "I can't say that", answered Lestrade. "It is still (7. being investigated) now." He then (8. told) us that someone (9. had stolen) plaster busts of Napoleon and (10. broken) them. "Four days ago, when nobody (11. was looking), a madman (12. took) a bust of
Napoleon from the shop in Kensington Road and (13. broke) it to pieces.
Nobody (14. had seen) him (15. enter) the shop." "Why are you (16. interested) in this?" Holmes (17. was surprised).
"I'm sure he (18. will steal) one again sooner or later," Lestrade
(19. answered). While I (20. was dressing) the next day, Lestrade (21. invited) us to the scene of
robbery. The owner of the house (22. was) a journalist, too troubled that
day to write anything about what (23. had happened). "I (24. have been collecting) the
Napoleon busts for many years and nobody has ever (25. tried) to rob me. Last
night I (26. woke) up by a loud cry. I (27. swore) to myself that I
(28. would catch) the thief if I (29. found) my gun but the door (30. was locked). When I
(31. got) out in the morning, I (32. noticed) that one of the Napoleon
busts (33. had disappeared).