The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Entry 2

February 20 2012
Pages: (59-125)


Entry II:


Stories: Black Peter/Golden Pince Nez
     In this next story, an old inspector and acquaintance of Holmes, inspector Stanley Hopkins joins Holmes to investigate a murder incident in a shack. The three investigators studied the shack and thought that the crime was more of an act to steal, and murder was not anticipated. They realized who the killer was and set up a plan for an ambush. It was successful and the killer was one of the crew Patrick Cairns, he wanted to steal all the captain's data records, information, and prove himself the true sailor, he never meant for murder. This case is now solved.
           Another murder occurred at the office in the city of Yoxley. Sherlock investigates a murder scene in an office room.  A secretary officer was murdered and their only clues were a golden set of pince-nez glasses. By fingerprints and traces of skin, the suspect may have been a female, also the witnesses knew of a woman who wore pince-nez glasses. That's not all, Holmes also inspected a large amount of burnt cigarettes in the trash can of the crime scene. Holmes found an open bookcase that is in fact a hidden room. Holmes had learned the story. It turns out, the woman with the glasses came into the secretary office to steal some sort of key, but was caught by the secretary person. She defended herself with a wax-knife and killed the secretary by accident and lost her pince-nez glasses during the brawl. She accidentally knocked over a trash can of cigarettes and knew about the hidden room in the bookcase. This was the story of the woman with pince-nez glasses, now the police are searching for her.

       The diction in the stories portray to be descriptive and appears to make the reader understand the story more clearly. Their word choice for certain clues they search for are detailed and are able to make the reader's mind display more easily. "The mark of which the key was examined upon the brass work of the right hand side of the key-hole, and extended for about four inches". In other words, the key was checked on the keyhole for confirmation in our terms. This novel makes the stories clear for us to understand.