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004 - Story 4 How Watson Learned the Trick · Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

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  Speaker 1: Chapter four of four non canonical Sherlock Holmes short stories
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  Speaker 1: by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is a LibriVox recording. All
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  Speaker 1: LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information
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  Speaker 1: or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox dot org. Chapter four,
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  Speaker 1: How Watson learned the trick. Watson had been watching his
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  Speaker 1: companion intently ever since he had sat down to the
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  Speaker 1: breakfast table. Holmes happened to look up and catch his eye.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Watson, what do you think you are?
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  Speaker 3: He asked about you me. Yes, Holmes, I was thinking,
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  Speaker 3: how superficial are these tricks of yours, and how wonderful
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  Speaker 3: it is that the public should continue to show interest
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  Speaker 3: in them.
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  Speaker 1: I quite agree, said Holmes.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, I have a recollection that I have myself
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  Speaker 2: made a similar remark.
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  Speaker 1: Your methods, said Watson, severely.
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  Speaker 3: Are really easily.
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  Speaker 2: Acquired, no doubt.
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  Speaker 1: Holmes answered with a smile.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps you will yourself give an example of this method
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  Speaker 2: of reasoning with.
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  Speaker 1: Pleasure, said Watson.
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  Speaker 3: I am able to say that you were greatly preoccupied
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  Speaker 3: when you got up this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent, said Holmes.
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  Speaker 2: How could you possibly know that?
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  Speaker 3: Because you are usually a very tidy man and yet
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  Speaker 3: you have forgotten to shave.
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  Speaker 2: Dear me, how very clever, said Holmes. I had no idea, Watson,
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  Speaker 2: that you are so apt a pupil. Has your eagle
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  Speaker 2: eye detected? Anything more?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, Holmes, you have a client named Barlow, and you
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  Speaker 3: have not been successful with his case.
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  Speaker 2: Dear me, how could you know that?
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  Speaker 3: I saw the name outside his envelope? When you opened it,
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  Speaker 3: you gave a groan and thrust it into your pocket
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  Speaker 3: with a frown on your face.
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  Speaker 2: Admirable, you are indeed observant.
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  Speaker 3: Any other points, I fear Holmes, that you have taken
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  Speaker 3: to financial speculation.
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  Speaker 2: How could you tell that, Watson, You.
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  Speaker 3: Opened the paper, turned to the financial page and gave
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  Speaker 3: a loud exclamation of interest.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that is very clever of you, Watson.
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  Speaker 3: Any more, Yes, Holmes, you have put on your black
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  Speaker 3: coat instead of your dressing gown, which proves that you
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  Speaker 3: are expecting some important visitor at once. Anything more, I
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  Speaker 3: have no doubt that I could find other points homes,
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  Speaker 3: but I only give you these few in order to
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  Speaker 3: show you that there are other people in the world
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  Speaker 3: who can be as clever as you.
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  Speaker 2: And some not so clever, said Holmes. I admit that
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  Speaker 2: they are few. But I am afraid, dear Watson, that
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  Speaker 2: I must count you among them.
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  Speaker 3: What do you mean, Holmes, Well.
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  Speaker 2: My dear fellow, I fear your deductions have not been
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  Speaker 2: so happy as I should have wished.
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  Speaker 3: You mean that I was mistaken.
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  Speaker 2: Just a little that way? I fear. Let us take
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  Speaker 2: the points in their order. I did not shave because
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  Speaker 2: I have sent my razor to be sharpened. I put
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  Speaker 2: on my coat because I have worse luck. An early
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  Speaker 2: meeting with my dentist. His name is Barlow, and the
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  Speaker 2: letter was to confirm the appointment. The cricket page is
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  Speaker 2: beside the financial one, and I turned to it to
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  Speaker 2: find if Surry was holding its own against Kent. But
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  Speaker 2: go on, Watson, go on. It's a very superficial trick,
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  Speaker 2: and no doubt you will soon acquire it.
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  Speaker 1: End of chapter four, end of four non canonical Sherlock
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  Speaker 1: Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle