I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before.
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Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair.
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Our visitor readjusted his glasses and began:
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“I talked as if Dr. Watson were a resident instead of being merely a visitor,” said she.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor’s stick?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me, since I had expected a typical country practitioner.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
And if we take this as a working hypothesis we have a fresh basis from which to start our construction of this unknown visitor.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“I seem to have walked right into the thick of a dime novel,” said our visitor.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
There were several Mortimers, but only one who could be our visitor.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“Who knew that you were going to the Northumberland Hotel?” asked Holmes, glancing keenly across at our visitor.
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Merriam-Webster
— one that visits
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Macmillan
— someone who visits a place or a person
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Other Word Forms
visitors
Usage
10 uses of ‘visitor’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle