(II) Prove : Although Holmes appeared reserve, he worked on the case during their journey. (2)
Q.5 (D) (II) Prove : Although Holmes appeared reserve, he worked on the case during their journey. (2)
Q.5 (D) (II) Prove : Although Holmes appeared reserve, he worked on the case during their journey. (2)
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Answer: Though Holmes kept an impenetrable reserve in the cab, he examined Captain Morstan’s paper, jotted figures in his notebook and kept track of every street they passed.
Holmes examined Captain Morstan’s strange paper with his lens and then sat thinking intently while the others chatted. He jotted figures and notes in his notebook by his pocket-lantern. In the cab, when Watson lost his bearings in the fog, Holmes named every street — Rochester Row, Vincent Square, Vauxhall Bridge Road — so his mind was fully at work.
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