I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.The more knowledge the better seems like a solid rule of thumb, even though I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity’s unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.-Sarah Vowell

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Sherlock Holmes is presented with a case by Peterson the commissionaire who comes across a goose with a tag on it labeled Henry Smith and a hat.  Holmes investigates the hat and discovers that it belongs to a man who has just had a shave and shows he had a big intellect due to its large size.  He also showed foresight by doing something to the hat to protect it from the wind.  He once had money but now he does not.  His wife does not care for him anymore or else she would have dusted the hat.  That is why he was bringing home such a fine goose.  

When Peterson finishes off the goose he finds inside a blue diamond. He rushes over to Holmes to see what he can make of it.  Holmes recognizes it as the Countess of Morcar\s Blue Carbunkle that was stolen from her hotel room days ago and whom John Horner is being held in police custody for the robbery because he had been there near the jewel and because he had a history of robbery.  Henry Smith came to pick up his hat and his goose and he seemed innocent so how did the Blue Carbuncle wind up in his goose and who is the real thief?

This was a delightful little story that takes place right after Christmas leaving Holmes in a charitable mood.  It was fun trying to figure out who stole the diamond and how they got it out of the hotel and how it somehow wound up in a goose.  I thoroughly enjoyed this story.  I give it four out of five stars.

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