Dear Faisal, Anupama, and other SHians,

Faisal is right. Also, it does not require a handwriting expert to be able to
say if the writer is a man or a woman. There are always exceptions but the two
tend to be markedly different in several aspects.


Sridhar

faisal mujeeb <faisal_mujeeb@...> wrote:
Hi Anupama n everybody,
Good to see somebody from my city i.e Hyderabad!! Anyways as regards your
doubt,if I am not wrong the contents of the letter went something like
"Please,please as you are a gentleman....".Barrymore would have surmised that
the writer is a lady as selodom would you see a gentleman appealing another man
to be a gentleman!
Anyways comments from the others shall probably dispel your doubts better.
Bye.

----- Original Message ----
From: Anupama Machavolu <anu_machavolu@...>
To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
Sent: Sunday, 25 February, 2007 4:41:23 PM
Subject: [sherlock holmes society of india] Introduction

Hi everybody,

I am Anupama from Hyderabad currently working in Satyam Computer Services Ltd. I
am very happy to be a part of this group and know that there are many people who
share the same interests as I. My interest in Conan Doyle's works started in my
class IX where we had the abridged version of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" as
part of our academic curriculum.

I have one observation to make reg The Hound of the Baskervilles

Barrymore, at one point of time mentions to Sir Henry that Sir Charles
Baskerville was at the gate at that hour to meet a woman. The conversation goes
as follows:

Barrymore: " I know why he was at the gate at that hour. It was to meet a
woman".

Sir henry: " To meet a woman! He?"

barrymore:" yes, sir"

sir henry: "And the woman's name?"

barrymore: " i can't give you her name, sir, but i can give you the initials.
Her initials were L.L".

now, my question is how did barrymore, on reading the letter know that the
writer of the letter was a woman?

Even the part of the letter which he has read does not suggest that the writer
is a woman.

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