summary of the chapter a case of identity by aurther douyle
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Soon, a potential client is spotted loitering by the front door of 221B Baker Street; the woman seemingly undecided about whether to consult Sherlock Holmes with a problem. This hesitation is taken by Holmes to mean that it is a case involving love, and initially Sherlock Holmes is heartened by the thought of an intriguing case.
The young woman eventually decides to enter the residence of Sherlock Holmes, and she identifies herself as Miss Mary Sutherland. Holmes immediately astounds his new client by identifying her as a typist. Mary Sutherland has brought Holmes a problem of the disappearing fiancé.
Mary Sutherland is a relatively well off young woman, receiving a regular wage from her typing, but also a good income from stock left to her by her uncle. At the moment though, Miss Sutherland hands over all of her income to her mother and stepfather, James Windibank, as she lives at home. Mary Sutherland does intend though, to get marry at some point, and then all of her income will be her own.
Up until recently James Windibank had been reluctant to allow Mary to mix with people outside of her family circle, and so she had little opportunity to find a man that she would be willing to marry. This situation had changed though, when Mary Sutherland had attended the Gasfitter’s Ball when her stepfather had been out of the country on business. At the Ball, Mary had met a young man called Hosmer Angel, and the two had started to see each other.
Mary Sutherland is infatuated with Hosmer Angel, but she apparently knows little about him. She describes him as a strange man, quietly spoken, and often secretive. Hosmer Angel will only meet with Mary when dusk has fallen, he sports long whiskers, and wears tinted glasses.
Any correspondence that Hosmer sends to Mary comes in the form of typewritten letters, and when Mary wishes to write back, she has only a Post Office address to write to. Mary Sutherland has no idea where the man she is so infatuated with lives, nor where he works. One final strange fact about Hosmer Angel is the request he made of Mary, as Hosmer asks that she should always be true to him, no matter what occurs.
"A Case Of Identity" by Conan Doyle.
“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
A Case of Identity opens with Dr Watson visiting his old friend Sherlock Holmes, in the rooms that the once shared at 221B Baker Street. Holmes is as busy as he has ever been, but the detective is yearning for a case where he can really put his powers of deduction to good use. The sensational stories that have been printed in the newspapers all seemingly have obvious solutions, or at least the solutions are obvious to the world’s only consulting detective.
Soon, a potential client is spotted loitering by the front door of 221B Baker Street; the woman seemingly undecided about whether to consult Sherlock Holmes with a problem. This hesitation is taken by Holmes to mean that it is a case involving love, and initially Sherlock Holmes is heartened by the thought of an intriguing case.
The young woman eventually decides to enter the residence of Sherlock Holmes, and she identifies herself as Miss Mary Sutherland. Holmes immediately astounds his new client by identifying her as a typist. Mary Sutherland has brought Holmes a problem of the disappearing fiancé.
Mary Sutherland is a relatively well off young woman, receiving a regular wage from her typing, but also a good income from stock left to her by her uncle. At the moment though, Miss Sutherland hands over all of her income to her mother and stepfather, James Windibank, as she lives at home. Mary Sutherland does intend though, to get marry at some point, and then all of her income will be her own.
Up until recently James Windibank had been reluctant to allow Mary to mix with people outside of her family circle, and so she had little opportunity to find a man that she would be willing to marry. This situation had changed though, when Mary Sutherland had attended the Gasfitter’s Ball when her stepfather had been out of the country on business. At the Ball, Mary had met a young man called Hosmer Angel, and the two had started to see each other.
Mary Sutherland is infatuated with Hosmer Angel, but she apparently knows little about him. She describes him as a strange man, quietly spoken, and often secretive. Hosmer Angel will only meet with Mary when dusk has fallen, he sports long whiskers, and wears tinted glasses.
Any correspondence that Hosmer sends to Mary comes in the form of typewritten letters, and when Mary wishes to write back, she has only a Post Office address to write to. Mary Sutherland has no idea where the man she is so infatuated with lives, nor where he works. One final strange fact about Hosmer Angel is the request he made of Mary, as Hosmer asks that she should always be true to him, no matter what occurs.
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