Holmes: (getting up and turning round) I, Madame, might be Mr
Sherlock Holmes. In fact, I definitely was the last time I
looked! And you, you are Lady Henrietta Aquilla of
Porkington. You have rushed here, directly from riding in
the hunt to ask me to recover the famous Aquilla
Diamond which was, two days ago, stolen from your
country house!
1. Why do you think Holmes says 'I, Madame, might be Mr
Sherlock Holmes.?
2. How did Holmes infer everything about Lady Aquilla?
3. Why has Lady Aquilla come to meet Sherlock Holmes?
4. Who else is there in the room other than Sherlock Holmes and
Lady Aquilla?
Answers
Answer:
Hmm its interesting holms
The correct answers to the given questions are as follows:-
1. Why do you think Holmes says 'I, Madame, might be Mr Sherlock Holmes?
: When the Lady enters the house of Holmes and Watson, she assumes that Watson was Holmes and in turn asks Holmes who he "might" be. In a manner of replying with humous, Holmes says that he "might be Mr Sherlock Holmes, in fact, last time when he looked at the mirror he definitely was.
2. How did Holmes infer everything about Lady Aquilla?
: According to Holmes, it was elementary and quite straightforward to be able to infer everything about the Lady. He started explaining by saying that the knock on the door was too loud for a hand, the Lady had used the ornate silver riding crop that she was holding. The leather riding boots she was wearing, the fresh mud on it, and the smell of horse manure indicated that she came directly from hunting. Her hairdo was very expensive and her picture was there in that night’s paper under the headline “Famous Aquilla diamond stolen from Lady Aquilla”.
3. Why has Lady Aquilla come to meet Sherlock Holmes?
Lady Aquilla has come to Sherlock Holmes to ask him to help in recovering her stolen diamond from her country house.
4. Who else is there in the room other than Sherlock Holmes and Lady Aquilla?
Doctor Watson, Sherlock's friend, partner and roommate, is the other person in the room along with Sherlock Holmes and Lady Aquilla.