我读《福尔摩斯探案集》
我有一个精致的胡桃木书橱。一本厚厚的崭新的《福尔摩斯探案集》夹在中间。就是这本《福尔摩斯探案集》把我领进了书的海洋，丰富了我的人生。
福尔摩斯，不用说你也知道他是一位举世闻名、家喻户晓的名侦探。那么塑造他的是谁呢？是F.柯南道尔 ，（1859 —1930）, 英国杰出的侦探小说家、剧作家。他的《四签名》、《归来记》、《恐怖谷》等闻名于世。
《福尔摩斯探案集》主要讲福尔摩斯是一个乡村绅士的后代，既懂得乡村的风俗，又懂得如何在城市生活。福尔摩斯通过不断地学习、不断地钻研和不断地实践才使自己有了惊人的侦探能力。所以，他所进行的各种侦探既合乎逻辑，又合情理；他对各种案件的解释和判断才会头头是道，才使一个个悬而又悬的问题迎刃而解，才使一宗宗迷案拨云见日。这本书不仅以里面的生动故事引人入胜，结构跌延起伏，情节紧张曲折，扣人心弦，惊心动魄，使我爱不释手，还体现出了一
句意味深长的名言——“凡是勤奋的人，都有锲而不舍的精神。”
福尔摩斯就是一个这样的人。他虽然那时在英国已成了名侦探，但是他还是在不断地刻苦学习。他特意在大英美术博物馆附近租了一间小房子，利用查资料的机会研究有关侦探方面的科学和经验，才能使他化解种种迷团案件，最终让罪恶大白于天下。我想：福尔摩斯一生都在学习，一直研究侦探方面的科学和经验，他的这种不屈不挠的精神，值得我们广大青少年学习。
我爱读这本使我受益非浅的《福尔摩斯探案集》。
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第二篇：《福尔摩斯探案集》阅读思考题参考答案和梗概范文
Level 4 Sherlock Holmes
< Answer Key >
Silver Blaze
Chapter 1
Preview questions
1. I have heard of Sherlock Holmes. He is famous for being an excellent detective.
2. I do not know any detectives in real life, but I read a book about a girl detective called Nancy Drew.
3. I think Silver Blaze is the name of a thoroughbred racing horse.
Review questions
1. Colonel Ross, a rich man who owns King?s Pyland farm, owns Silver Blaze.
2. Dr. Watson found out that John Straker was murdered when he read it in the newspaper.
3. John Straker was responsible for looking after Silver Blaze. He also trained it and exercised it.
Chapter 2
Preview questions
1. I think the curry dinner will be important because it will provide Sherlock Holmes with a clue toward
solving the mystery.
2. At King?s Pyland, I think Watson and Holmes will find some clues about what happened to Silver
Blaze.
3. I think in this chapter, Holmes and Watson will talk to Colonel Ross and Edith Baxter, in order to find
out what happened to Silver Blaze.
Review questions
1. Edith did not like the look of the man who talked to her because his face was white and he was very
nervous. Also he took an envelope from his pocket and offered her money if she would give it to Ned Hunter.
2. When Ned found out about the man, he shouted at the man and undid the rope that tied up his dog. He
set the dog on the man.
3. John Straker couldn?t sleep because he was worried that something was going to happen to Silver
Blaze.
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Chapter 3
Preview questions
1. The title does give a clue about what will happen in the chapter. It tells me there will be a murder in
this chapter.
2. I think John Straker will be murdered.
3. In this chapter, I think Holmes will tell about a how John Straker was murdered.
Review questions
1. Watson thought the man had put a drug into Ned Hunter?s curry dinner.
2. Holmes thought Inspector Gregory was a good detective, but did not have much imagination.
3. The evidence against Fitzroy Simpson included the fact that he had lost a lot of money betting on
horses, he was interested in another horse that was Silver Blaze?s main rival, he owned a heavy stick, and his coat was wet from the rain.
Chapter 4
Preview questions
1. I think the murderer?s blood is on the knife.
2. I do not think Fitzroy Simpson is the murderer because I don?t think his blood will be found on the
knife in John Straker?s hand.
3. I think Holmes will go to King?s Pyland farm in this chapter.
Review questions
1. Holmes did not believe Fitzroy Simpson had murdered John Straker because there were many
questions about Simpson?s involvement in the case that had no good answer.
2. Inspector Gregory asked Watson about the special knife because he thought it was a special kind of
knife, one that a doctor might need.
3. The bills for Mr. Darbyshire were sent to King?s Pyland because Mr. Darbyshire was a friend of John
Straker, and sometimes had letters for him sent to the Straker house.
Chapter 5
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Preview questions
1. I think there are binoculars in Inspector Gregory?s bag.
2. I do not believe Fitzroy Simpson murdered John Straker because there are many things about
Simpson?s involvement in the murder that can not be explained.
3. In this chapter, I think Mrs. Straker will talk to Sherlock Holmes about what she thinks happened to
her husband.
Review questions
1. The fact that there was no wind on the night of the murder is important because that meant it could not
have been wind that blew the coat into the bush. Someone must have put it there.
2. The missing horse was called Silver Blaze because of a white mark on its face, between the eyes.
3. Holmes thought Silver Blaze is still near because horses like to be with other horses, and it was too
famous to sell.
Chapter 6
Preview questions
1. I think the footprints will lead to Capleton Farm.
2. There were two sets of footprints because there were two horses. I think the second set of footprints
belongs to Silver Blaze?s main rival, Desborough.
3. I think Holmes and Watson are going to Capleton Farm.
Review questions
1. Holmes and Watson went to Capleton Farm because the horse footprints led them there.
2. Dr. Watson had to wait about twenty minutes while Sherlock Holmes talked to Silas Brown.
3. Watson thought Holmes was not interested in solving the murder because Holmes said they would
return on the train to London that night.
Chapter 7
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Preview questions
1. I think Holmes will have some fun with the Colonel by pretending he does not know where Silver
Blaze is.
2. I think Holmes will ask Inspector Gregory for a pair of binoculars, because Watson forgot to bring his.
3. I think Holmes will prove that Silas Brown was the person who stole Silver Blaze and murdered John
Straker.
Review questions
1. The sheep were not able to walk properly. Ned thought they had injured their legs.
2. The colonel was puzzled because his horse wasn?t listed as one of the runners, and the jockey he chose
to ride Silver Blaze was riding a big black horse.
3. Silver Blaze?s face had been painted black so no one would recognize him.
Chapter 8
Preview questions
1. I think the murderer is Silas Brown.
2. I think this person murdered Mr. Straker because Mr. Straker tried to stop him from stealing Silver
Blaze.
3. I think the colonel will be very happy that his horse won and the murder has been solved.
Review questions
1. The scarf was significant because John Straker was going to use it to tie around the leg he was going
to cut on Silver Blaze.
2. Straker needed money because he was heavily in debt. He was in debt because he kept a fashionable
wife in London as well as his wife at King?s Pyland farm.
3. The curious thing about the dog was that it did not bark when the man stole the horse. Holmes
concluded the dog must have known the person who stole the horse.
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The Speckled Band
Chapter 1
Preview questions
1. I think a ?speckled band? is a strip of dots on a person?s skin.
2. I think Holmes likes to solve all types of mysteries, but he likes the interesting and difficult mysteries
best.
3. I think Dr. Watson will help Mr. Holmes solve the mystery.
Review questions
1. Sherlock Holmes thought that the case was serious because the young woman visited so early.
2. Holmes surprised the young woman when he knew she had had a long drive in a dog-cart along
muddy roads before she got to the station to catch an early train.
3. The young woman found out about Sherlock Holmes when she read about him in the newspaper.
Chapter 2
Preview questions
1. I think the woman is so afraid because she thinks someone wants to kill her.
2. I think this will be a murder mystery.
3. I think Holmes will help her by traveling with her to her home and finding out who wants to kill her. Review questions
1. I think Dr. Grimesby Roylott is a violent man. I know this because he had to go to jail for beating a
man to death.
2. When Helen Stoner?s twin sister told her stepfather that she was getting married, nothing happened at
first, but a fortnight before the wedding something strange happened.
3. Helen Stoner didn?t hear the whistle because she slept more deeply than her sister.
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Chapter 3
Preview questions
1. I think Julia Stoner was murdered by Dr. Roylott.
2. I think the sisters always locked their doors at night because they were scared of Dr. Roylott?s animals.
3. I think Dr. Roylott will act very violently and kill Julia Stoner.
Review questions
1. A burnt match and a matchbox were found in the hands of the dead woman.
2. We know that Helen?s sister died alone because her bedroom door was locked.
3. Dr. Watson knew that Holmes did not think the gypsies were involved in Julia?s death because he saw
Sherlock Holmes shake his head.
Chapter 4
Preview questions
1. I do not think Miss Stoner is protecting her stepfather because he was a violent man who was not kind
to Helen Stoner or her sister.
2. I think Helen Stoner will get married.
3. I think Holmes will say that Miss Stoner?s story is very interesting and agree to take the case. Review questions
1. Miss Stoner had to sleep in her dead sister?s bedroom because building work was started next to her
own room, and there was a hole in her bedroom wall.
2. It would be safe for Holmes and Watson to visit Dr. Roylott?s house because Dr. Roylott was away for
the day.
3. Holmes thinks the ?clang? sound was made by an iron lock being opened.
Chapter 5
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Preview questions
1. I think Dr. Roylott visits Sherlock Holmes because he wanted to warn Sherlock Holmes to stay away
from him and his stepdaughter.
2. I think Dr. Roylott will punch Sherlock Holmes in order to prove he is a very strong man.
3. I think Holmes asks Watson to take a gun with him when they visit Miss Stoner.
Review questions
1. Dr. Roylott accuses Holmes of changing the subject because Holmes refused to tell him what Helen
Stoner had said.
2. Holmes proves that he is as strong as Dr. Roylott by picking up the poker and bending it straight again.
3. Dr. Roylott said he wanted to do some repairs to her room in order to get Helen Stoner to change
rooms.
Chapter 6
Preview questions
1. I think Holmes and Watson will find animal hairs in the rooms.
2. I think the fake bell rope is for Dr. Roylott?s animals to play on.
3. I think Dr. Roylott will return to the house when Holmes and Watson are looking around at the
bedrooms.
Review questions
1. The ventilator was put in at the same time as the fake bell rope, about two years earlier.
2. Holmes thinks that Dr. Roylott may have a cat as a pet because there was a saucer of milk on top of
the safe.
3. When she hears Dr. Roylott go to bed, Helen Stoner must open her windows and unlock the shutters,
leave a lamp on in the window, and go and sleep in another room.
Chapter 7
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Preview questions
1. I think the title refers to an animal or insect biting a person a killing them.
2. I think the bell rope and ventilator would be used for Dr. Roylott to spy on Helen Stoner and kill her.
3. Holmes and Watson will catch Dr. Roylott trying to kill Helen Stoner.
Review questions
1. The sound the two men heard that made Holmes use his cane was a hissing sound.
2. The leash had a loop at the end because it was used for holding a snake.
3. Sherlock Holmes is not sorry he caused the death of Dr. Roylott because he thinks Dr. Roylott was a
very evil man.
The Engineer’s Thumb
Chapter 1
Preview questions
1. An engineer is a person who knows how to design, build, or operate machinery.
2. I think Watson no longer lived with Holmes because Watson had got married.
3. I think this story will be about an engineer getting his thumb cut off by a big machine.
Review questions
1. Dr. Watson quickly washed and got dressed when he learned that his patient had come from
Paddington Station because he knew from experience that cases to do with railway workers were often serious.
2. Dr. Watson gave Mr. Hatherly some brandy and water to make him feel better.
3. Mr. Hatherly wanted to go to the police because he thought the men who cut off his thumb meant to
murder him.
Chapter 2
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Preview questions
1. I think Mr. Hatherly will want to visit Sherlock Holmes because he thinks Holmes might be able to
solve the mystery and help him.
2. I think Holmes will help Mr. Hatherly by visiting the place where Mr. Hatherly?s accident happened.
3. I think the “evil men” mentioned earlier by Mr. Hatherly will not be in this chapter, because after
reading the title of this chapter, I think it will be about Mr. Hatherly?s visit to Sherlock Holmes. Review questions
1. Sherlock Holmes was dressed in his dressing gown when Dr. Watson and his patient arrived.
2. Colonel Stark suddenly walked to the door and opened it because he wanted to be sure nobody was
listening to his conversation with Mr. Hatherly.
3. Colonel Stark wanted Mr. Hatherly to go to Eyford because he wanted Mr. Hatherly to tell him what
was wrong with a hydraulic stamping machine that was not working properly.
Chapter 3
Preview questions
1. I think Colonel Stark wants Mr. Hatherly to go so late at night so that everybody will be sleeping and
he won?t be seen.
2. I do not think Colonel Stark can be trusted because he acted so secretively and asked so many strange
questions.
3. In this chapter, I think Hatherly will go to Eyford and see the hydraulic stamping machine. Review questions
1. Colonel Stark said he had the hydraulic press because he was using it to press a valuable mineral into
bricks.
2. One horse pulled the carriage.
3. Mr. Hatherly couldn?t see much outside of the house because it was very dark and they were in such a
hurry.
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Chapter 4
Preview questions
1. The books on the table were written in the same language the young lady spoke. I think that language
is German.
2. I think the woman will try to persuade Hatherly to leave the house immediately.
3. I think the machine has an electrical problem.
Review questions
1. Hatherly said he opened the door because he was hot and needed some air.
2. The floor of the machine was made of metal.
3. Hatherly was angry because the colonel had deceived him about what the machine was used for.
Chapter 5
Preview questions
1. I think Hatherly will be trapped by the hydraulic press.
2. I think the young woman will help Hatherly.
3. I think Hatherly will be trapped and injured in this chapter.
Review questions
1. When he could not stand up in the hydraulic press, Hatherly crawled through a gap between two
planks of wood.
2. The woman said jumping out a high window was Hatherly?s only chance.
3. Colonel Stark wanted Hatherly dead because he thought Hatherly had seen too much.
Chapter 6
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Preview questions
1. I think when Hatherly regains consciousness, he will be at the Eyford train station.
2. I think Colonel Stark?s carriage took him there.
3. I think Colonel Stark will go to the police and accuse Hatherly of being a robber.
Review questions
1. Hatherly woke up at dawn.
2. Holmes said Mr. Hatherly was lucky because Colonel Stark was very dangerous and could easily have
murdered Mr. Hatherly.
3. The inspector thinks the drive Mr. Hatherly took was about ten miles because Mr. Hatherly said it was
at least an hour?s drive.
Chapter 7
Preview questions
1. I think the house is to the north of the station.
2. I think the house will catch fire because Sherlock Holmes drops his pipe during a fight with Colonel
Stark.
3. The people in the house have been murdering people with the hydraulic press.
Review questions
1. Dr. Becher owned the house that caught fire.
2. The firemen were puzzled because there was a hydraulic press in the house, and a human thumb.
3. Hatherly was carried back to the railway station, as the station was very close to the house.
The Empty House
Chapter 1
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Preview questions
1. I think Sherlock Holmes is a very intelligent and interesting person.
2. I think this mystery will be about strange things happening in an empty house.
3. This story happens four years after the mystery about Silver Blaze.
Review questions
1. Ronald Adair liked to play cards and was a member of several card clubs.
2. Ronald Adair?s mother and sister went to his room because they wanted to say good night to him.
3. Ronald Adair was murdered by being shot in the head.
Chapter 2
Preview questions
1. I think the title means that Sherlock Holmes will come into the story.
2. I think Watson will go to Ronald Adair?s house and look for clues in his bedroom.
3. The connection between Ronald Adair and Sherlock Holmes is that they both know Colonel Moran. Review questions
1. Holmes wanted people to think he was dead so that his enemies would leave him alone.
2. Two members of the Moriarty gang had escaped.
3. Dr. Watson?s wife had died.
Chapter 3
Preview questions
1. Watson thinks they are going to the Baker Street house to talk about the case.
2. The people that know Holmes is still alive are his brother Mycroft, and the man who tried to kill him
on the cliff path.
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3. Mrs. Hudson moves the dummy every fifteen minutes.
Review questions
1. Holmes knows that people have been watching 221B Baker Street because he saw one of their spies
that morning.
2. Watson begins to be suspicious of the walking stick when he put it on the floor, and it made a noise
that sounded like metal not wood.
3. Holmes calls for help from the police by blowing a whistle.
Chapter 4
Preview questions
1. I think the remaining member of Moriarty?s gang has been trying to kill Holmes.
2. I think this man does have something to do with the Park Lane mystery.
3. Colonel Moran?s special ability is shooting a rifle.
Review questions
1. Holmes suspected Colonel Moran of being the murderer of Adair because he knew Colonel Moran
was one of the best rifle shots in the world.
2. The gun that Colonel Moran used was interesting because it was an air rifle made from a walking stick.
3. Ronald Adair was killed by Colonel Moran, who shot him with an air gun through an open window.
< Summaries >
Chapter One.
Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes, the well known detective, shared a house in London. Dr. Watson kept a diary of their adventures together. This adventure is about a stolen horse.
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Chapter Two
While they were traveling on the train Holmes told Dr. Watson the facts about murder of John Straker. Edith Baxter had been taking Ned his curry supper. Ned was guarding the horse Silver blaze in his stable. On her way to the stable Edith was surprised by an evil looking man who offered her money if he could talk to Ned. Edith ran away from the man to the stable and told Ned what had happened. Ned got his friends to tell John Straker what had occurred. Mr. Straker was worried and got up early to check that everything was alright.
Chapter Three
Holmes and Watson continued their journey. We learned of the discovery of John Straker?s body. He was killed by a blow to the head and there was a cut on his leg. Watson thought the curry supper might have been drugged. The policeman in charge of the case was Inspector Gregory. He had arrested Fitzroy Simpson, whose scarf was found in the dead man?s hand. Edith and Ned both recognized the scarf as belonging to the evil-looking man.
Chapter Four.
Holmes and Watson arrived at the country station. They were met by the police inspector and Colonel Ross, the owner of Silver Blaze. They were shown the body of John Straker.
Chapter Five
Holmes inspected the scene of the crime and found some important clues. Because it had been raining on the night of the murder there were a horse?s foot prints in the damp soil. Holmes and Watson followed the hoof prints and discovered the foot prints of a second horse.
Chapter Six.
Holmes and Watson followed the footprints to Capleton farm and met Silas Brown. At first Brown was very angry but Holmes said something that changed him into someone friendly. Watson was amazed when Holmes said he was going back to London.
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Chapter Seven
Sherlock Holmes surprised everyone by leaving Kings Pyland. The Colonel?s horse won the big race. Holmes told Colonel Ross to wash the face of the winning horse!
Chapter Eight
Holmes shocked the Colonel and Watson by telling them who murdered John Straker. It was not who they thought! John Straker was a bad man who needed money because he was in debt. He hoped to make a lot of money on the race by cheating.
Chapter One
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were woken up early by a young woman in trouble. Her story was one of the strangest in Dr. Watson?s diary. The young woman was very frightened, Sherlock Holmes promised to help her. Holmes surprised the young woman by appearing to know so much about her recent movements. Holmes explained that he could tell things by looking carefully at her clothing and what she was holding in her hand.
Chapter Two
Dr. Grimesby Roylott had worked in India where he developed a liking for strange pets. He had married Helen Stoner?s mother. The marriage made him rich and he moved back to England to live in a big old house. However, there was a mysterious death in the house which appeared to have something to do with a strange whistle.
Chapter Three
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Helen Stoner?s sister died a horrible death. A court investigation couldn?t find out how she had died, but Helen Stoner thought her twin had died of fright. The last words Julia Stoner spoke to her sister were very mysterious, she talked of a “speckled band” and then died. There were some gypsies camped nearby and Helen thought they may have had something to do with the death.
Chapter Four
Helen told Holmes and Watson that she was planning to marry in the spring. Her stepfather took the news calmly, but then began building work in her room, so she had to sleep in her sister?s old room. Holmes was able to determine that Dr. Roylott had been violent with her. After Helen left, Holmes and Watson discussed the case.
Chapter Five
Dr. Grimesby Roylott visits Holmes and Watson. He is very angry warns them not to listen to his stepdaughter. He threatens them and shows off his strength. Holmes and Watson travel to the old house to meet Helen Stoner and look for clues.
Chapter Six
Sherlock Holmes found many strange things in the old house. He worked out a plan. Dr. Watson and he would stay the night in Helen Stoner?s bedroom to see if they could solve the mystery. Holmes and Watson stayed in a hotel near the old house until it was dark. Helen Stoner agreed to the plan to leave a window open and to light a lamp when it was safe for the two friends to climb in.
Chapter Seven
Holmes and Watson waited at the hotel for the lamp to be lit. In the garden outside the old house they got a big surprise! They got inside the house and waited for a long time. At three o?clock in the morning they heard a strange noise and Holmes jumped into action. There was the sound of the strange whistle, then a terrible scream and Doctor Roylott was found dead. Holmes and Watson discovered the horrible truth about the “speckled band.”
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Chapter One
Dr. Watson, who no longer lived in the same house Sherlock Holmes, was awoken to find a new patient waiting for him. A young man had had a terrible experience during the night and needed a doctor and a detective. Dr. Watson looked after the man?s injured hand and discovered that his name was Mr. Victor Hatherly and that he was an engineer. The man believed that someone was trying to murder him.
Chapter Two
Dr. Watson took his patient to meet Sherlock Holmes. The hydraulic engineer told Holmes about a man called Colonel Lysander Stark who visited him yesterday. He asked Hatherly some very strange questions and made him promise not to tell anyone about his visit or the work he was being asked to do. Mr. Hatherly promised. Colonel Stark said that he will pay a lot of money for one night?s work.
Chapter Three
Mr. Hatherly asked about the work he had to do. He was told that the machine he was to look at was used in helping to mine a very valuable mineral. He traveled at night by train into the country to see the machine.
Chapter Four
A frightened woman tried to warn Mr. Hatherly that he was in danger. Hatherly was shown the machine and could quickly tell why it was not working properly. He realized he had been tricked and was very angry.
Chapter Five
Hatherly was trapped inside the machine and it looked as though he would be killed. Just before he was about to be crushed the frightened woman helped him escape. During his escape he was attacked by Colonel Stark with an axe. The colonel chopped off Hatherly?s thumb.
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Chapter Six
Hatherly was unconscious but when he recovered was amazed to find himself at Eyford Station. Holmes found an important clue in a newspaper article written about a year earlier. Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Mr. Hatherly, and the police traveled back to Eyford Station. With the help of a map they tried to find the house where Hatherly was almost murdered.
Chapter Seven
Holmes surprised everyone by telling them where the house that Mr. Hatherly was taken to was. Mr. Hatherly found out the real reason for the press. Local firemen were surprised to find a human thumb and the mystery of how Hatherly got back to Eyford Station was solved.
Chapter One
Dr. Watson thought that Sherlock Holmes was dead. Because of his close friendship with the great detective, Dr. Watson continued to take an interest in the crimes reported in the newspaper. He tried to solve them in the way that Sherlock Holmes would have done. In this story, Watson began to tell us of the murder of Ronald Adair. He was a young man who liked to play cards and gamble for large sums of money.
Chapter Two
Dr. Watson investigated the crime scene at Park Lane but could not solve the crime. While there, he
accidentally met a strange old bookseller who later came to Watson?s house. Watson was shocked to find that the old bookseller was none other than his old friend Sherlock Holmes! Holmes told Watson how he cheated death and had been travelling the world for nearly three years.
Chapter Three
Holmes had more surprises for Watson when he took him to an empty house opposite of 221B Baker Street. Once inside, Watson was amazed to see what looked like Sherlock Holmes moving about in the rooms where
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they used to live. Suddenly a man entered the dark room in which Holmes and Watson were waiting. He carried a false walking stick which is really a gun and shot the model of Sherlock Holmes.
Chapter Four
Holmes and Watson caught Colonel Moran and handed him over to Inspector Lestrade of the London police. Lestrade wanted to accuse Colonel Moran of trying to murder Sherlock Holmes but Holmes surprised
everyone by telling the inspector that he had caught the killer of Ronald Adair. Holmes and Watson returned to their old home where Watson saw the model of Sherlock Holmes which was used to trick Colonel Moran. They also found the special bullet that was fired from an air rifle at the dummy of Sherlock Holmes.
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