Sherlock and holmes the adventure of the faithful fusilier.THANK YOU, MRS. HUDSON Mrs. Hudson is the landlady of the fictional house 221B Baker Street, in which Sherlock Holmes lives, in the Sherlock Holmes detective stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. She is described as a very good cook by Dr. John Watson. . THAT WILL BE ALL I BELIEVE YOU HAVE OTHER PRESSING DUTIES TO ATTEND TO. OF COURSE, SIR. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SO, AS I WAS SAYING, WATSON Wat·son , James Dewey Born 1928. American biologist who with Francis Crick proposed a spiral model, the double helix, for the molecular structure of DNA. He shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for advances in the study of genetics. ... NO ONE HEARD FROM RICOLETTI OF THE CLUBFOOT clubfoot or talipes (tăl`əpēz'), deformity in which the foot is twisted out of position. Maldevelopment is usually congenital, although it can result from injury or disease (e.g., poliomyelitis) after birth. OR HIS HORRID WIFE EVER AGAIN. SMASHING GOOD STORY, HOLMES. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SAY ... WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU OBTAIN THIS MUSKET musket: see small arms. musket Muzzle-loading shoulder firearm developed in 16th-century Spain. Designed as a larger version of the harquebus, muskets were fired with matchlocks until flintlocks were developed in the 17th century; flintlocks were , HOLMES? IT LOOKS ANCIENT AND YET STILL STURDY ENOUGH TO TAKE INTO BATTLE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AH, YES ... THE 'BROWN BESS'. IT WAS DELIVERED JUST THIS MORNING. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I PURCHASED IT FROM AN ANTIQUE DEALER antique dealer n → anticuario/a antique dealer n → antiquaire m/f antique dealer antique n → IN THE WEST END ..." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "... A MAN OF FLAWLESS REPUTATION." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A WONDERFUL PIECE OF WORKMANSHIP, WOULDN'T YOU SAY, WATSON? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] QUITE, BUT WITHOUT A PROVENANCE, I SUPPOSE WE WILL NEVER KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE MAN WHO ORIGINALLY OWNED IT. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN THAT, YOU WOULD BE GREATLY MISTAKEN. HOW SO? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS GUN WAS OWNED BY A FUSILIER IN THE KING'S SERVICE 130 YEARS AGO. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THAT IT MOST LIKELY WAS USED IN THE CONFLICT KNOWN AS 'THE SEVEN YEAR WAR'. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THAT HE, THE OWNER, WAS LEFT-HANDED, FIVE FOOT TEN INCHES IN HEIGHT OR GREATER ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ... AND THAT HE WAS A FAITHFUL PRACTITIONER OF WAT wat n. A Buddhist temple in Thailand or Cambodia. [Thai, from Sanskrit v  MRS MRS - Modifiable Representation System.An integration of logic programming into Lisp. ["A Modifiable Representation System", M. Genesereth et al, HPP 80-22, CS Dept Stanford U 1980]. . HUDSON'S AMERICAN NEPHEW CALLS 'PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.' [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HOLMES! HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT A MAN SO LONG PASSED FROM THE SCENE? AH ... I HAVE IT. THIS WAS ALL TOLD TO YOU BY THE ANTIQUE DEALER. QUITE THE CONTRARY, WATSON. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HE CONFESSED TO ME, RATHER SHEEPISHLY sheep·ish adj. 1. Embarrassed, as by consciousness of a fault: a sheepish grin. 2. Meek or stupid. sheep , THAT HE KNEW NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. NO, WATSON, IT IS ALL RIGHT HERE ... IN FRONT OF YOU ... IF YOU KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO LOOK. THEN YOU MUST ENLIGHTEN ME, HOLMES. HOW DO YOU KNOW OF HIS POSITION AND HIS SERVICE TO THE KING? THAT IS THE EASIEST PART. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SEE THE BRASS PLATE ON THE BUTTSTOCK? IT IS INSCRIBED in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. KRRC KRRC Kings Royal Rifle Corps (UK) . A QUICK VISIT TO MY BOX OF CLIPPINGS BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER K TOLD ME THAT THIS INSCRIPTION COULD ONLY REFER TO ONE OF THE KING'S MOST TRUSTED FUSILIERS, A MEMBER OF GEORGE II'S KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army formation founded as the Royal Americans and to be recruited from American colonists. It was eventually recruited by the Hanoverian subjects of King George III. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THAT WE WAS INVOLVED IN THE SEVEN YEARS WAR Seven Years War, 1756–63, worldwide war fought in Europe, North America, and India between France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia, Great Britain, and Hanover on the other. IS INDICATED BY THE DATE OF 1760 INCRIBED UNDER THE INITIALS. HOW UNOBSERVANT ANT OF ME. ONE OF YOUR BAKER STREET IRREGULARS The Baker Street Irregulars are several different groups, all named after the original, from various Sherlock Holmes stories. The original The original irregulars were a group of fictional characters featured in the Sherlock Holmes stories. COULD'VE DEDUCED THAT. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BUT THE FACT THAT HE WAS LEFT-HANDED? OR NEARLY SIX FEET TALL? HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY KNOW THESE THINGS "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. ? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LOOK HERE, WATSON ... AT THE HAND GRIP AND THE BARREL. SEE THOSE FAINT INDENTATIONS? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OVER MANY YEARS OF USE, A RIGHT-HANDED MAN WOULD LEAVE THE IMPRINT OF THE THUMB OF HIS RIGHT HAND HERE IN THE GRIP AREA ... ... WHILE THE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND WOULD HAVE SLIGHT INDENTATIONS HERE, ON THE UNDERSIDE IF THE STOCK. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AS YOU CAN SEE THESE FAINT IMPRESSIONS ARE JUST THE OPPOSITE, THUS IMPLYING A LEFT-HANDED MAN. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OF COURSE! AND HIS HEIGHT? ELEMENTARY, WATSON. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THUS MUSKET IS AN UNUSUALLY LONG WEAPON. A MAN OF SHORT STATURE Short stature refers to a height of a human being which is below expected. Shortness is a vague term without a precise definition and with significant relativity to context. WOULD TEND (EVER SO SLIGHTLY) TO SCRAPE OR BEND THE ROD GETTING IT DOWN INTO AND OUT OF THE MUZZLE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OBSERVE THE RAMMING ROD THROUGH MY GLASS, THIS ONE IS FREE OF IMPERFECTIONS. NO, WHOEVER OWNED THIS WEAPON WAS TALL ENOUGH TO MANEUVER IT STRAIGHT IN AND OUT EVERY TIME. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT ALL SOUNDS SO SIMPLE WHEN YOU EXPLAIN IT! BUT WHAT OF YOU ALLUSION TO 'PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE." AGAIN, WATSON, MY GLASS WILL TELL THE TALE. SEE HOW CAREFULLY THE OWNER MAINTAINED THIS WEAPON? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EVEN AFTER ALL THESE INTERVENING YEARS, THE TRIGGER AND HAMMER MECHANISMS REMAIN FREE OF RUST ... ... EVIDENCE OF PROPER OILING TECHNIQUES AND CAREFUL STORAGE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE FLASH PAN APPEARS TO BE NEVER THAN THE OTHER PARTS, INDICATING THAT AS PARTS WORE OUT THEY WERE REPLACED WITH NEW ONES. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE POWDER FLASK STILL HELD A RESIDUE OF BLACK POWDER, WHICH I EXAMINED UNDER MY MICROSCOPE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I QUICKLY ASCERTAINED THAT OUR UNKNOWN FUSILIER USED ONLY THE FINEST QUALITY POWDER AVAILABLE TO HM AT THE TIME. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE BANDOLIER CONTAINS NO UNMENDED RIPS OR TEARS. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BUT YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS ONES THAT WERE TIGHTLY STITCHED BEFORE THEY COULD ENLARGE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NO, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, WATSON. THE OWNER OF THIS MUSKET PRACTICED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AS IF HIS LIFE DEPENDED ON THE CONDITION OF HIS EQUIPMENT. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PRENVETIVE MAINTENANCE ... WHAT A SIMPLE, BUT VITAL CONCEPT. WHY SCOTLAND YARD MUST HEAR OF THIS! I'VE ALREADY SENT INSPECTOR LESTRADE A MONOGRAPH ON PM THAT I PUBLISHED LAST WEEK. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AND WHAT OF US ... OUR CONSULTING BUSINESS!? CAN'T WE PUT THESE PRINCIPLES TO USE AS WELL? APPARENTLY YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED WATSON, THAT LATELY MY REVOLVER HAS BEEN FIRING WITH GREATER ACCURANCY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OUR CARRIAGE WHEELS HAVE BEEN TURNING WITH LESS SQUEAKING AND WOBBLING wobbling Vox populi Ataxia, see there . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OUR PLUMBING HAS BEEN WORKING WITHOUT STOPPAGE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AND MY VIOLIN HAS NEVER SOUNDED SO SWEET. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] YES, YES ... COME TO THINK OF IT YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT! BUT HOW? I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN UNDERCOVER LATELY WITH THIS 'RED-HEADED LEAGUE' MATTER. WHEN HAVE YOU HAD TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) TO DO PM? SOMEONE AT THE DOOR ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHA-? MY WORD ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WILL THAT BE \ALL FOR THIS EVENING, MR. HOLMES? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] YES, MRS. HUDSON ... THAT WILL BE ALL. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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