A Study in Scarlet, Chapter 5 summary
Chapter 5 of 14 · Part 1 · 10 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 5, Sherlock Holmes uses a newspaper advertisement about the wedding ring to lure someone connected with Drebber’s death, but an apparently elderly woman answers instead. After the visitor escapes his pursuit, Holmes concludes that a disguised young man has deceived him and that his suspect has help.
What happens
- Watson cannot sleep as he thinks about Drebber’s appearance, the suspected poisoning, and the unexplained blood.
- Holmes reveals his advertisement for the ring and asks Watson to prepare his revolver for a dangerous visitor.
- A visitor calling herself Mrs. Sawyer claims the ring for her daughter Sally, and Watson hands over a copy.
- Holmes follows the visitor, who hires a cab and gives an address in Houndsditch.
- The passenger disappears before the cab arrives, and inquiries expose the address as false.
- Holmes concludes that the visitor is a skilled young actor helping the suspect, then returns to pondering the case.
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What to notice
Holmes revises his view of the suspect after the escape. His failed pursuit becomes evidence that someone is prepared to help the man he seeks.
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What does Holmes discover about the visitor’s Houndsditch address?
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