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ACD Re-read: The Copper Beeches
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luthienberenThis tale is one of the creepiest in my opinion and quite unsettling, so forgive me for skirting around the case! I shall leave that to braver souls than I.
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There appears to be no overt clue here, beyond that it may be early on in their acquaintance since Watson doesn't mention his wife.
Yet in contradiction to the above Holmes later refers back to SCANDAL, Mary Sutherland, Twisted lip and the Noble Bachelor which places this tale at least after those. In three of these Watson is apparently married and Noble meant to be soon. Here though no mention is made of this.
Amusing if perplexing!
Doyle clearly didn’t keep ordered notes, making Watson a rather unreliable narrator who plays his audience wonderfully.
( Holmes&Watson etc. )
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There appears to be no overt clue here, beyond that it may be early on in their acquaintance since Watson doesn't mention his wife.
Yet in contradiction to the above Holmes later refers back to SCANDAL, Mary Sutherland, Twisted lip and the Noble Bachelor which places this tale at least after those. In three of these Watson is apparently married and Noble meant to be soon. Here though no mention is made of this.
Amusing if perplexing!
Doyle clearly didn’t keep ordered notes, making Watson a rather unreliable narrator who plays his audience wonderfully.
( Holmes&Watson etc. )
