![]() ![]() Raising his stick to defend himself, the man mistakenly broke a shop window. On Christmas morning, a tallish man, walking with a stagger (in celebration of the season perhaps), carrying a goose on his back had got into a scuffle with a group of roughs. Upon inquiring about it, Holmes informs him of the rather whimsical incident which has brought it into his possession. Here Watson finds Holmes lying on his couch (aside: I was interested to find the word ‘couch’ in the original story, only to learn of its French origin from Google, not simply an American word for sofa as I thought it was, the word sofa itself being Arabic), in a dressing gown and with his pipe rack close by, contemplating a ‘very seedy and disreputable hard felt hat’. The story opens with Dr Watson arriving at 221B, Baker Street, a couple of days after Christmas to wish him ‘the compliments of the season’. Holmes Studying Henry Baker’s Hat by Sidney Paget via Wikimedia Commons ![]()
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