The Adventure of the Reigate Squire

The Adventure of the Reigate Squire: Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventure of the Reigate Squire: Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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Librarybelle That was odd, but perhaps the Inspector was unwilling to arrest such important people in the community. It still does not seem right that it took the Inspector seeing their guilty expressions to realize they were the culprits. Leave it to Holmes to solve a crime while he is convalescing! 11mo

IndoorDame I thought it was funny that the inspector was convinced by the looks on their faces not the fact that they were strangling Sherlock 😂. The familial relationship in handwriting confused me. I know handwriting analysis got a lot more weight then, and handwriting itself was more important/strictly taught/distinctive… but I couldn‘t figure out how it would be tied to families since it‘s not like parents were teaching their kids to write 11mo

CogsOfEncouragement @IndoorDame Though I have not seen this consistently among families, I used to have a hard time telling the difference between my SIL‘s and MIL‘s handwriting. It is so very similar. After being familiar with their writing after a few years I was able to see the difference at a glance but not in early days. 11mo

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IndoorDame @CogsOfEncouragement interesting! 11mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Exactly! Is handwriting a skill pre-wired in our DNA or is it a learned skill? And even though handwriting analysis was pretty new then, it seems to be not very reliable today. (edited) 11mo

dabbe @IndoorDame @CogsOfEncouragement #ditto! 11mo

IndoorDame @dabbe I always took it as a learned skill. Everyone I know who learned handwriting from nuns at Catholic schools in the 1940s-70s has a certain likeness about their writing… 11mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Me, too. Everyone in my family has WAY different handwriting! Some of us can barely chicken scratch! 😂 11mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame remembering from my early childhood development classes, reading and writing are both learned and not innate, different from language acquisition, and talking. (edited) 11mo

Cuilin @dabbe I do love a mystery that includes notes and handwriting, even though I don‘t think there‘s much science to back it up. 11mo

dabbe @Cuilin I do, too! And I especially love ciphers! 11mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Reigate Squire: Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Thoughts, Sherlockians?

CogsOfEncouragement I took it to mean, that SH was asking if manners would be a bit lax, or would he be expected to do things like dress for dinner, etc. 11mo

Librarybelle Me too, @CogsOfEncouragement . 11mo

IndoorDame It was a super unnecessary inclusion since the plot would‘ve advanced the same way if he‘d just agreed to go… I guess I figured something like he didn‘t want to be fussed over as he recovered and treated like he was fragile? 11mo

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dabbe I brought this up because there have been quite a few critics who claim that Holmes & Watson had a homosexual relationship in their bachelor days--even though Watson later married. And that would have been a hard-to-handle topic back then. Others thought Holmes had always been so enamored with Irene Adler (“the“ woman) that he never wanted to be tempted by any woman ever again. Lots of other opinions out there, too, but those are two big ones. 11mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Excellent point. If he's going to recoup, he'd probably want to hang around in his pj's. 😀 11mo

dabbe @IndoorDame And since the case that gave him a mini-breakdown made him famous all over Europe, he probably didn't want any women fawning over him. 11mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Reigate Squire: Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Thoughts, Sherlockians?

Librarybelle Honestly, my edition (as an ebook) had the clue so tiny I could not see it clearly. I had not realized there is a name on it of a person we learn nothing about in the story. How odd! 11mo

IndoorDame It was a glaringly extreme version of the Holmes knows things you don‘t feeling 😂😂😂 It kinda reads like Doyle meant to write one more scene and then decided against it. This is exactly why we invented continuity editors because things like this drive me crazy 😵‍💫 11mo

dabbe @Librarybelle Very odd! 11mo

dabbe @IndoorDame And at the very end of the story when Holmes is explaining how he solved the handwriting mystery. To throw in someone like that and then forget about it! C'mon, Doyle! This makes me think that this is possibly a pivotal part when Doyle shows that he's tiring of Holmes and is ready to write him off. 11mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Reigate Squire: Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#TheReigateSquire #TheReigateSquires #TheReigatePuzzle Me: 😳
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Thoughts, Sherlockians?

CogsOfEncouragement I think this one was a lot of fun. I caught on that SH was faking a fit to stop the Inspector from so stupidly saying too much to Alec. Watson‘s great concern for his dear friend‘s health clouded his confidence in SH but was best for keeping Alec confident in his perfect crime. 11mo

Librarybelle I liked this and agree with @CogsOfEncouragement ..I suspected that Holmes was faking it. Fairly early on I suspected the real culprits too, which is rare for me! Interesting that there are multiple titles for this one. 11mo

IndoorDame Do we know if the different titles are all from Doyle, or if they appear later from publishers putting together collections or something? 11mo

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Read4life I enjoyed this one and also picked up on SH faking it and the culprits. It was a fun read. 11mo

dabbe @IndoorDame My readings showed that the first title was SQUIRE in the 1st pub. in THE STRAND, possibly due to the main culprit, Alec. When published in book form, it was changed to SQUIRES for both Cunningham men. In the US publication in Harper's Weekly, it was changed to PUZZLE because Americans frown on nobility. 🤩 11mo

dabbe Love all the comments above. It was a fun read, wasn't it? And of course we knew Sherlock was faking it because, well, he's Sherlock, right? 😂 11mo

kelli7990 I liked this one. I didn‘t know there were 3 different titles. 11mo

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LitsyEvents

The Adventure of the Reigate Squire: Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin

Hi, Sherlockians~
Sorry I'm late; I was out of town this past weekend. Next up: “The Reigate Squire”; link for more information re: the story is below (with a summary--spoiler alert!). Next discussion will be on 7/20 and will be led by me. Have a lovely week! 💚
Link: https://bit.ly/3LlqcCt

Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2754805

dabbe Thank you! 🤩😀🤗 12mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Reigate Squire: Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Hi, Sherlockians~
Sorry I'm late; I was out of town this past weekend. Next up: “The Reigate Squire”; link for more information re: the story is below (with a summary--spoiler alert!). Next discussion will be on 7/20 and will be led by me. Have a lovely week! 💚
Link: https://bit.ly/3LlqcCt

Librarybelle Thank you! 12mo

dabbe @Librarybelle 😘 12mo

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