Closing Passage

From A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The novel ends with Watson resolving to publish the truth, since Lestrade and Gregson have taken credit in the press—establishing the very premise of the Holmes chronicles.
Part II, Chapter 7 ('The Conclusion')

Holmes quotes Horace: 'Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo / Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplor in arca.' Watson vows: 'Never mind... I have all the facts in my journal, and the public shall know them.'

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