The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: resumen de Chapter 11

Qué sucede

1. Alexander Holder accepts a valuable coronet as loan security, takes it home, and finds Arthur holding it with three gems missing.
2. Holder has Arthur arrested, but Holmes questions the accusation and examines the house, window, and tracks in the snow.
3. Holmes tests the coronet’s strength, investigates in disguise, and obtains a discarded shoe belonging to Sir George Burnwell.
4. The next morning, Holder reports Mary’s departure, and Holmes produces the recovered fragment with its three stones.
5. Holmes explains that Mary gives Burnwell the coronet, while Arthur retrieves it during a struggle and stays silent to protect her.
6. Holmes describes buying back the gems, and Holder leaves intending to apologize to Arthur.

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En qué fijarte

Holmes offers an innocent explanation for the action Holder treats as decisive evidence. The question anticipates his reconstruction of Arthur’s attempt to repair the damage.

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