Dr. Watson Letter To Clark

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After being struck at the shoulder and struck down by enteric fever during the second Afghan war as assistant surgeon, Dr. Watson arrives to England by medical board. They gave him a permission to spend nine months attempting to improve his health condition. At that time, he gain eleven shillings per day besides that he had no family or friends, therefore he decided to go to London. In the beginning, Dr. Watson was staying in a private hotel spending so much money. Such fact was leading him into a meaningless existence. This made him realized that he had two options: to leave the city or to make an alteration in his living style. He chose the second one. He was at the Criterion Bar the day he took that decision. There, he met with the Young …show more content…

Such article talked about “The Science of Deduction and Analysis” considered by Sherlock as an art. To explain better to Dr. Watson, Sherlock use as example the statement he inquired of Dr. Watson in their first meeting. How did he know dr. Watson had been in Afghan? In that very moment, a fellow brought to Sherlock a letter from Tobias Gregson. The letter said that he needs his opinion because there has been a crime during the night at 3, Lauriston Gardens, off the Brixton Road. A body of a gentleman well-dressed with cards in his pocket baring the name of Enoch J. Drebber has been found in the empty house. According to the evidence, there had been no robbery. The body din not present wounds, but there were marks of blood in the room. At first, instance, Sherlock resolved not to go but Dr. Watson insisted. So they set out on. When they arrived, Lestrade and Tobias Gregson were there. Sherlock noticed that the pathway was a mess. There were many marks of footsteps. So it will be complicated to know how many people had been the night before police men arrived and did the …show more content…

Tobias Gregson said” there´s been a woman here" and in that very moment, Sherlock wanted to know if the detectives had found something else in his pockets. They found a gold watch, a gold chain, a gold ring with masonic device, a gold pin, a Russian leather card case, seven pounds thirteen, a pocket edition of Bocaccio’s Decameron with the name of Joseph Stangerson upon the fly-leaf and two letters. One addressed to Drebber and one to Stangerson. Thanks to the address of the letter, Sherlock assumed that the victim was about to return to New