The Adventure of the Speckled Band and Other Stories of Sherl... by Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes and Watson visit the pub, where the proprietor informs them that the bird was purchased from a Covent Garden dealer. He tells Holmes that he had purchased the goose at the Alpha Inn, a pub near the British Museum. Happily accepting the replacement bird, Baker declines to take away the original bird's entrails, convincing Holmes that he knew nothing about the gem. When Baker appears in response to advertisements that Holmes places in the London newspapers, Holmes offers him a new goose. Holmes closely studies the hat and its condition, deducing Henry Baker's age, social standing, intellect, and domestic status. Peterson returns excited, carrying the stolen gem, and reports that he found it in the goose's crop. Peterson takes the goose home for dinner, and Holmes keeps the hat to study as an intellectual exercise.

Although the goose bears a tag with the name Henry Baker, there is little hope of finding an owner with such a common name. Both had been dropped in the street during a scuffle. In Baker Street, Watson finds Holmes contemplating a battered old hat brought to him by Peterson, a commissionaire, who seeks Holmes's help in returning the hat to its rightful owner, along with a Christmas goose.

The police arrest John Horner, a plumber with a criminal record who was in Countess's room repairing a fireplace grate. Plot Īs London prepares for Christmas, newspapers report the theft of a near-priceless gemstone, the 'Blue Carbuncle', from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1892. ' The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' is one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the seventh story of twelve in the collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle at Wikisource OL1518127W Page_number_confidence 95.89 Pages 294 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.17 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211223175747 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 777 Scandate 20211221043532 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Tts_version 4.Peterson shows Holmes and Watson the surprising item found inside the goose, 1892 illustration by Sidney Paget Urn:lcp:adventureofspeck0000unse_j3s5:epub:330a2cdf-08d6-4613-8bbe-4b2e7f9efba9 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier adventureofspeck0000unse_j3s5 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s25m55q5q2m Invoice 1652 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200248 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:07:42 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40759312 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

The Adventure of the Speckled Band and Other Stories of Sherl... by Arthur Conan Doyle