# Quote — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear

> The vocabulary of Bradshaw is nervous and terse, but limited.

- Author: [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle.md)
- Book: [The Valley of Fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-valley-of-fear.md)
- Page: 772
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes#The_Valley_of_Fear_(1915)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-valley-of-fear/the-vocabulary-of-bradshaw

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