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sherlock60This week we are reading The Disappearance of Lady Carfax.
A short little case that almost ends in trajedy.
Our case begins with a hopeful inquiry of a retired nanny -- her charge though grown writes to her faithfully.
Until recently.
It is now five weeks without a letter and Holmes is called to investigate. He sends dear Watson who is at loose ends it appears and Watson's trail leads him to a maid who left her mistress in poor spirits. The maid would have left the woman's service soon enough, having recently become engaged, but the lady in question had been rude when the maid enquired about a man who had bothered her.
Watson confronts the man, but discovers through Holmes that the man had been a former would-be-lover of the lady and was seeking her hand in marriage now he had made his fortune. So much for that lead.
But soon enough Holmes and Watson follow another lead -- a husband and wife who were the last to see the lady in question. They claimed they had all departed ways at the hotel, but Holmes' investigation reveals that no such thing happened; all three instead went to London.
The trail falls cold until a man and then a woman sell a few pieces of jewelry likely belonging to the missing lady. Holmes has someone follow the wife the second time and discovers not only their home, but also a visit to a mortician.
Holmes confronts the man, but is forced from the home because of legal procedures -- namely not having a warrant. Worry abounds, many fearing the missing lady is dead, but Holmes recalls a thrown away comment at the mortician -- that an ordered coffin is an unusual size -- and forces his way back into the home to have a second look at the coffin. Though a first look at it revealed an old woman, the second look reveals a hidden bottom where they find the missing woman!
Though the husband and wife are gone, the woman is saved.
Thoughts?
A short little case that almost ends in trajedy.
Our case begins with a hopeful inquiry of a retired nanny -- her charge though grown writes to her faithfully.
Until recently.
It is now five weeks without a letter and Holmes is called to investigate. He sends dear Watson who is at loose ends it appears and Watson's trail leads him to a maid who left her mistress in poor spirits. The maid would have left the woman's service soon enough, having recently become engaged, but the lady in question had been rude when the maid enquired about a man who had bothered her.
Watson confronts the man, but discovers through Holmes that the man had been a former would-be-lover of the lady and was seeking her hand in marriage now he had made his fortune. So much for that lead.
But soon enough Holmes and Watson follow another lead -- a husband and wife who were the last to see the lady in question. They claimed they had all departed ways at the hotel, but Holmes' investigation reveals that no such thing happened; all three instead went to London.
The trail falls cold until a man and then a woman sell a few pieces of jewelry likely belonging to the missing lady. Holmes has someone follow the wife the second time and discovers not only their home, but also a visit to a mortician.
Holmes confronts the man, but is forced from the home because of legal procedures -- namely not having a warrant. Worry abounds, many fearing the missing lady is dead, but Holmes recalls a thrown away comment at the mortician -- that an ordered coffin is an unusual size -- and forces his way back into the home to have a second look at the coffin. Though a first look at it revealed an old woman, the second look reveals a hidden bottom where they find the missing woman!
Though the husband and wife are gone, the woman is saved.
Thoughts?
