The Norwood Builder: Friesland

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Title: The Norwood Builder: Friesland
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: Someone may have exaggerated a wee bit. And may be a wee bit spoiled.

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Never have I seen a worse-provisioned ship than that steamer. The beef was second-rate and that was bad enough, but when Holmes and I discovered that the gin was gone we almost panicked.

Two days at sea without a dram. We took a great deal of vindictive pleasure in arresting Hans the Forger when we docked, then hit a pub.

The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

[alafaye]

Happy Sunday. This week we are reading The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

A quick recap before we get to our discussion:

-Holmes bemoans cases of interest when a young lawyer entreats him for help

-A man in Norwood who works as a builder has been assumed dead when part of his home was burned, a body removed from it, and the study littered with blood

-The young lawyer is arrested and while Lestrade goes on his case, Holmes conducts his own, starting with the lawyer's family

-Though the father had gone out to get more information on the lawyer, the mother was too eager to tell how the builder had once been her paramour, but she turned him down for being a blackguard and he mutilated her photo, sending it to her on her wedding day. The home of the builder, however, reveals nothing

-Lacking further leads, however, Holmes returns to Baker street; Lestrade calls upon them and says the case was finally sealed when a fingerprint was found in the builder's home, in blood and matching the lawyer's

-Holmes, knowing better as the print had not been there before, creates a ruse of fire and surprises the builder out of his hiding spot. He had found himself in a bad spot with creditors and while he had been sending his money to a pseudo name to escape them by creating his own death, he decided to also get revenge upon his old flame by framing her son for the murder -- by a will naming the lawyer as the heir.

Discuss in the comments.

The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

[alafaye]

Happy Sunday. This week we are reading The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

A quick recap before we get to our discussion:

-Holmes bemoans cases of interest when a young lawyer entreats him for help

-A man in Norwood who works as a builder has been assumed dead when part of his home was burned, a body removed from it, and the study littered with blood

-The young lawyer is arrested and while Lestrade goes on his case, Holmes conducts his own, starting with the lawyer's family

-Though the father had gone out to get more information on the lawyer, the mother was too eager to tell how the builder had once been her paramour, but she turned him down for being a blackguard and he mutilated her photo, sending it to her on her wedding day. The home of the builder, however, reveals nothing

-Lacking further leads, however, Holmes returns to Baker street; Lestrade calls upon them and says the case was finally sealed when a fingerprint was found in the builder's home, in blood and matching the lawyer's

-Holmes, knowing better as the print had not been there before, creates a ruse of fire and surprises the builder out of his hiding spot. He had found himself in a bad spot with creditors and while he had been sending his money to a pseudo name to escape them by creating his own death, he decided to also get revenge upon his old flame by framing her son for the murder -- by a will naming the lawyer as the heir.

Discuss in the comments.