... 10 Sherlock thought that the oil lamp was the cause ofthe fire 11 Many silver coins were found in the house 12 The three criminals were never caught by the police 33 C Crossword Down: a kind of ... like the strong smell ofthe Indian cigars that her father smoked They locked themselves in their rooms because their father kept a baboon and a cheetah on the grounds Helen heard a whistle and the ... layer of dirt all over the floor ofthe hydraulic press Mr Ferguson tried to help Mr Hatherley escape from the house The only way to escape was to jump out the window Mr Hatherley woke up at the...
... accused of this theft on the basis ofthe statement of James Ryder, the upper-attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan There is a reward for a person who finds and returns it.” So the mysterious hat then ... solved the whole mystery The marriage of each ofthe daughters would mean that the money they had would be split between them, and the money left for the Doctor would be much smaller Therefore, ... seen, but his clothes were found behind a curtain, the box with the toy for his son on the table, and there were traces of blood on the floor in the bedroom and on the window-sill The victim’s coat...
... DEFINITIONS The drawer ofthe check is the customer ofthe bank The drawer writes the check The drawee is always the bank The payee ofthe check is entitled to present the check for payment to the bank ... Payee 3, and Payee may present the draft to the drawee for payment The endorsements on the back ofthe check may then appear as shown in Exhibit 3. 2 25 Checks and the Risk of Fraud Exhibit 3. 2 ... “Bounces”? If the bank “dishonors” a check— refuses to pay it the “suspension” ofthe obligation ofthe drawer to the payee stops and the holder ofthe check may then again demand payment from the drawer...
... ofthe Smithian approach from the theory of surplus, the equilibrium approach from the theory of conflict; but they were ahead of their times We will discuss them in sections 3. 2 .3 and 3. 2.4 3. 2.2 ... relation to each levelof quantity offered by the other Assuming that the market-demand curve is given, that each ofthe two agents, at each price level, takes thelevelof production ofthe competitor ... the formation ofthe latter in purely subjective terms From the point of view ofthe history of ideas, the solution ofthe problem was impeded by the Smithian origin ofthe notion of ‘exchange...
... 3 Flexible Factory Layouts: Issues in Design, Modeling, and Analysis 3. 1 3. 2 3.33. 4 Introduction Literature Review Flexible Layout Configurations ... each We also examine the relationship between factory layout and material handling and show that the realization of layout flexibility largely depends on the configuration ofthe material handling ... requirements The shortening of product life cycles and the increased variety in product offerings require that facilities remain useful over many product generations and support the manufacturing of a...
... account of his doings: of his summons to Odessa in the case ofthe Trepoff murder, of his clearing up ofthe singular tragedy ofthe Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally ofthe mission which ... Adventures ofSherlockHolmes 15 “G” with a small “t” woven into the texture ofthe paper “What you make of that?” asked HolmesThe name ofthe maker, no doubt; or his monogram, rather.” “Not at all The ... advance ofthe official release dates, for time for better editing Please note: neither this list nor its contents are final till midnight ofthe last day ofthe month of any such announcement The official...
... on the corner ofthe table Holmes had brought up a long thin cane, and this he placed upon the bed beside him By it he laid the box of matches and the stump of a candle Then he turned down the ... data The presence ofthe gypsies, and the use ofthe word 'band,' which was used by the poor girl, no doubt to explain the appearance which she had caught a hurried glimpse of by the light of her ... sad news to the terrified girl, how we conveyed her by the morning train to the care of her good aunt at Harrow, of how the slow process of official inquiry came to the conclusion that the doctor...
... name ofthe murdered man linked the one event with the other There only remained a single bust the Reading one and the pearl must be there I bought it in your presence from the owner and there ... connected chain of inductive reasoning, to trace it from the Prince of Colonna's bedroom at the Dacre Hotel, where it was lost, to the interior of this, the last ofthe six busts of Napoleon which ... being made Now you clearly see the sequence of events, though you see them, of course, in the inverse order to the way in which they presented themselves to me Beppo had the pearl in his possession...
... ofthe disappearing bridegroom of Miss Mary Sutherland A professional case of great gravity was engaging my own attention at the time, and the whole of next day I was busy at the bedside ofthe ... that the only man who really profited by the incident, as far as we could see, was the stepfather Then the fact that the two men were never together, but that the one always appeared when the other ... could be the result of a disguise the whiskers, the glasses, the voice, and I sent it to the firm, with a request that they would inform me whether it answered to the description of any of their...
... really an object of interest to the celebrated Mr SherlockHolmes Then I, rather imprudently, wished you good-night, and started for the Temple to see my husband We both thought the best resource ... midnight ofthe preceding night and ran in this way: My Dear Mr Sherlock Holmes, You really did it very well You took me in completely Until after the alarm of fire, I had not a suspicion But then, ... "Never to return. " "And the papers?" asked the King hoarsely "All is lost." "We shall see." He pushed past the servant and rushed into the drawingroom, followed by the King and myself The furniture...
... is all perfectly familiar to me There is, of course, the other woman, the drink, the push, the blow, the bruise, the sympathetic sister or landlady The crudest of writers could invent nothing ... analysis of cause and effect which gives the charm to an investigation The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive In these cases, ... as ofthe swimmer who leaves the bank, she hurried across the road, and we heard the sharp clang ofthe bell "I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his cigarette into the...
... Turner Above the woods which lined it upon the farther side we could see the red, jutting pinnacles which marked the site ofthe rich landowner's dwelling On the Hatherley side ofthe pool the woods ... and say, 'There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes. '" James McCarthy was acquitted at the Assizes on the strength of a number of objections which had been drawn out by Holmes and ... this, then? It is the butt-end ofthe gun as the son stood listening And this? Ha, ha! What have we here? Tiptoes! tiptoes! Square, too, quite unusual boots! They come, they go, they come again of...
... it as the front of a picture does to the back It was one ofthe main arteries which conveyed the traffic ofthe City to the north and west The roadway was blocked with the immense stream of commerce ... have divined in the cellar ofthe City branch of one ofthe principal London banks Mr Merryweather is the chairman of directors, and he will explain to you that there are reasons why the more daring ... "it was perfectly obvious from the first that the only possible object of this rather fantastic business ofthe advertisement ofthe League, and the copying ofthe Encyclopaedia, must be to get...
... Street SherlockHolmes was well known to the force, and the two constables at the door saluted him One of them held the horse's head while the other led us in "Who is on duty?" asked Holmes "Inspector ... with the news that the boy was putting in the horse "I want to test a little theory of mine," said he, pulling on his boots "I think, Watson, that you are now standing in the presence of one ofthe ... wife." "It was not the wife; it was the children," groaned the prisoner "God help me, I would not have them ashamed of their father My God! What an exposure! What can I do?" SherlockHolmes sat down...
... know." The little man stood glancing from one to the other of us with halffrightened, half-hopeful eyes, as one who is not sure whether he is on the verge of a windfall or of a catastrophe Then ... broken only by his heavy breathing and by the measured tapping ofSherlockHolmes' s finger-tips upon the edge ofthe table Then my friend rose and threw open the door "Get out!" said he "What, sir! ... more words were needed There was a rush, a clatter upon the stairs, the bang of a door, and the crisp rattle of running footfalls from the street "After all, Watson," said Holmes, reaching up his...
... from the very heads of your profession Still, of course, if you would like to draw out ofthe business, there is plenty of time to so.' "I thought ofthe fifty guineas, and of how very useful they ... friend, Mr Sherlock Holmes, before you go to the official police." "Oh, I have heard of that fellow," answered my visitor, "and I should be very glad if he would take the matter up, though of course ... I got a few patients from among the officials One of these, whom I had cured of a painful and lingering disease, was never weary of advertising my virtues and of endeavoring to send me on every...
... it were, right out ofthe carriage and into the hall, so that I failed to catch the most fleeting glance ofthe front ofthe house The instant that I had crossed the threshold the door slammed ... into the darkness "I glanced at the books upon the table, and in spite of my ignorance of German I could see that two of them were treatises on science, the others being volumes of poetry Then ... out!' "And then suddenly in the silence I heard a sound which sent my heart into my mouth It was the clank ofthe levers and the swish ofthe leaking cylinder He had set the engine at work The lamp...
... were all in the train together, bound from Reading to the little Berkshire village There were Sherlock Holmes, the hydraulic engineer, Inspector Bradstreet, of Scotland Yard, a plainclothes man, ... "Of course there can be no doubt as to the nature of this gang." "None at all," said Holmes "They are coiners on a large scale, and have used the machine to form the amalgam which has taken the ... "There is the gravel-drive, and there are the rose-bushes where I lay That second window is the one that I jumped from." "Well, at least," said Holmes, "you have had your revenge upon them There...