Question

Describe how Sherlock Holmes solved the case of the missing black pearl from Prince of Borgia's bedroom.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Holmes’s words to Watson in the first of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories make a serious point about how the detective has trained himself to view the world.

"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room... how many are there?"

"How many? I don't know."

"Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed.”