The Deduction - Sherlock Style
Holmes reveals brilliant deduction to astonished Watson
Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson9 lines
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Sherlock Holmes: The murderer was left-handed, smokes French cigarettes, and has a limp.
Dr. Watson: How could you possibly know all that from looking at a footprint?
Sherlock Holmes: Not just the footprint, Watson. The ash by the window, the disturbed mud pattern.
Dr. Watson: The ash tells you he's left-handed?
Sherlock Holmes: The ash tells me he smokes Gauloises. French. Expensive. The window tells me he's left-handed.
Dr. Watson: I'm not following.
Sherlock Holmes: He opened it with his left hand. The fingerprints on the handle are smudged leftward.
Dr. Watson: Brilliant. And the limp?
Sherlock Holmes: Look at the footprints again, Watson. He favors his right foot.
Scene Beats
Intellectual superiorityRapid deductionCondescending patienceMethodical revelation