This is a collection of smaller individual mysteries. They do not necessarily relate to one another. Sherlock Holmes is an extremely clever and observant character. He could tell where his colleague Dr. Watson went in the morning and how good his staff was without Watson having to say anything. Holmes says the difference between him and other people is that he does not just see what is around him, he observes what is around him. Most people can go up the same flight of stairs their entire life and not think a thing about it. Holmes would know exactly how many steps there were. This picture is what many people pictured as Sherlock Holmes and Watson for a long time. These actors were from one of the earlier movies in the 1940s. The stories became popular again recently with the new movie with Robert Downy Jr.
In the first story of the book Holmes refers to someone as the woman. We later find out that Holmes was trying to get to an incriminating picture of that woman and the King. Holmes had almost outsmarted and tricked the woman as Holmes tends to do with anyone. Surprisingly the woman caught on and fled the country with the picture and her new husband. Holmes was shocked but the woman promised that she would not reveal the picture. The fact that someone could see past Holmes's tricks, especially a woman, was a concept that Holmes never believed possible.
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