Question

How did holmes argue that the owner of the stick must be quite young?

Answer 1

In the novel The Hounds Of Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Doctor Watson was examining the walking stick left by a stranger in their home, who came to visit them but returned without leaving any card but his walking stick.

Explanation:

• Generally a walking stick would be associated with an old person, but on the contrary Holmes presumed that the owner is quite young.
• Holmes examined the date written on the stick, and the letters C. C. H written on the stick.
• They concluded that C.C.H must stand for Charing Cross Hospital and it must have been presented to the owner of the stick when he would have left the hospital for becoming a country practitioner, owing to his unsuccessful career.
• Joining all these clues together Holmes concluded that the owner of the stick is a young man below thirty years of age, which proves to be true as the chapter proceeds.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation: holmes argued that the owner of the stick could not have been the staff of the Charing Cross Hospital as only a doctor with well-established London practice could hold such a position. A doctor with such a good position and practice would not go away to the country. so, Dr. MOortimer could only have been a house surgeon or a house physician. little more than a senior student and science he left the hospital 5 years ago ., he must be less than 30  years old .........

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