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A Dictionary of Reference and Allusion (English)
dog that did not bark, the
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A Dictionary of Reference and Allusion / dog that did not bark, the [Lit.] / A phrase from Arthur Conan *Doyle's Sherlock *Holmes story ‘Silver Blaze’ (1892). Holmes refers to ‘the curious incident of the dog in the night-time’, namely that a watchdog did not bark during the theft of a racehorse from a stable, suggesting that the dog probably knew the thief [...] (English)
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Adventure XIII: Silver Blaze Adventure XIV / "Before deciding [...] The Simpson incident had shown me that a dog was kept in the stables, and yet, though some one had been in and had fetched out a horse, he had not barked enough to arouse the two lads in the loft. (English)
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