What was really interesting about Holmes' ability to put together a picture
from small detail was the fact he quickly learnt not to explain how he had
achieved this. Members may remember how he gave a remarkable analysis of a
man who came to his offices - how the man was a sailor, how the man had
spent time in the East, how he was in fear of his life from a secret society
and so on. When the man demanded to know how Holmes had done this, and
Holmes had explained (the rolling gate, the tattoo on the arm), the man was
much less impressed and even dismissive of this ingenuity. Holmes wryly
remarked sotto voce to Watson that he should never explain.



-----Original Message-----
From: sridhar C [mailto:cs_gollum@...]
Sent: 15 March 2005 03:27
To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
Subject: Re: [sherlock holmes society of india] The art of deduction


Gee, Thanks Sumal, but that was eons ago when I was in school. I've not even
attempted it for ages. I'd definitely show my own asinine qualities if I
tried it now! :))


Sridhar

sumalsn <no_reply@...> wrote:

Dear Sridhar,
That was cool and very well done. I too have tried on numerous
ocassions but it has always fallen flat. I made an ass of myself
sumal





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