The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: No. 39 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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Librarybelle This shows that even Holmes can be led astray (Armstrong and his tactics). It also shows a tad bit of vulnerability with Holmes—Watson‘s concern that Holmes will seek opium again. 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle Also, Holmes shows quite a bit more emotion and empathy with Staunton as he kneels over his wife--even the picture shows that. Our mathematical-solving machine has quite a bit of heart, and it keeps growing over these stories. 1mo

Cuilin The impulse to put the doctor at ease in the cottage and communicate his understanding is demonstrating a softer side to Sherlock than we‘ve seen before. 1mo

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Read4life Sorry, @dabbe & @Cuilin My father in law passed Thursday and I haven‘t read this for this week‘s discussion. 1mo

Cuilin @Read4life So sorry for your loss Lynn. Take time with your family, books and stories will wait. 1mo

dabbe @Read4life So sorry to read this. Stories can wait; you take care of you and your family. You're in my thoughts. ❣️ 1mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: No. 39 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @cuilin
#TheMissingThreeQuarter

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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Librarybelle I think it really shows society‘s abhorrence of different classes getting together—Staunton has to essentially hide his bride! These works are near the end of the Gilded Age, and there is so much disparity between the rich and the poor and the lack of attention to the poor by the rich. 1mo

dabbe I also have to add that Staunton really pisses me off. You put your wife in a lonely place because you want that inheritance money from an uncle you can't stand. The uncle states to Holmes that he has absolutely no interest in Staunton's personal life, so why would Staunton worry about being disinherited? He basically locks her away in a castle (like in a fairy tale). And she willingly goes along with it? #oy! 1mo

Cuilin He fell love, they married, she had to hide and then she died!! Says it all. 1mo

dabbe @Cuilin Reminds me of the song from A CHORUS LINE: “What I did for love.“ 1mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: No. 39 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @cuilin
#TheMissingThreeQuarter

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

Librarybelle I‘m not sure if this is the best answer for this, but I felt for this story Holmes really had to use minute clues to solve the mystery. He also had to employ, to borrow the word used by @CogsOfEncouragement , manipulation throughout—not only with Mount James, but also to get the telegram contents. In turn, Holmes is manipulated by Armstrong and led to venture to every village seeking Staunton. 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle I love how you said “mystery“ because to me, there was no crime anywhere ... just a missing person who was missing for (I guess) good reason. Why he couldn't have just left a note saying he had urgent business and wouldn't be able to play, I have no idea. Well, I guess that would then mean no story, right? 🤣 1mo

Cuilin A missing persons case 🤷‍♀️ I liked the mystery though again I got excited when they talked about rugby. 🏉 1mo

dabbe @Cuilin Indeed. If only he could have written another note saying “Gotta go away for a while“ or something to that effect. But then, no story. 1mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: No. 39 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @cuilin
#TheMissingThreeQuarter

Can you believe we're at story 39? 🤩 Sorry for the later-than-usual post.

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CogsOfEncouragement Another entertaining tale. Using the dog to track a scent he himself placed was clever. 1mo

CogsOfEncouragement I also enjoyed SH manipulating Lord Mount-James to consider how the disappearance of Godfrey could possibly be a problem to himself in order to get him to care. Very amusing. 1mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Excellent word to describe what SH did: manipulating. 🙌🏻 1mo

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Librarybelle Oh yes, @CogsOfEncouragement ! I loved the manipulation part! Very clever. I was more satisfied with this story than last week‘s story. 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle It had one of the most tragic endings, too! 1mo

Librarybelle Yes, @dabbe ! 1mo

Daisey I found the commentary about sports in this one entertaining as well along with all of the manipulation. 1mo

dabbe @Daisey And from someone who knows next to nothing about rugby, I learned quite a bit! 🤩 1mo

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. I can‘t believe we‘ve read 39 stories together. 1mo

Cuilin Loved it. As someone who loves Rugby it may have influenced my feelings about this story. 1mo

dabbe @kelli7990 IKR? 🤩 1mo

dabbe @Cuilin I'm intrigued to learn more about it! 1mo

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LitsyEvents

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: No. 39 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

repost for @dabbe:

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheMissingThreeQuarter

Hi, Sherlockians~
Interesting discussion this past Saturday! Our next SH read, “(TAo) The Missing Three-Quarter“, is linked below (spoiler alert). Discussion will be on 12/21 and will be led by @dabbe. Happy Hump Day. 🐫

Link: https://shorturl.at/22xVn

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dabbe Thanks for the repost! ❣️🎄❣️ 1mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: No. 39 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheMissingThreeQuarter
@LitsyEvents

Hi, Sherlockians~
Interesting discussion this past Saturday! Our next SH read, “(TAo) The Missing Three-Quarter“, is linked below (spoiler alert). Discussion will be on 12/21 and will be led by @dabbe. Happy Hump Day. 🐫

Link: https://shorturl.at/22xVn

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Librarybelle Thank you! 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle YW! 😘 1mo

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