THE GREEK INTERPRETERSFall Meeting: October 15, 2003 |  |
An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist
THE GREEK INTERPRETERSFall Meeting: October 15, 2003 | |
An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist
1. __ __ __ __ our judgement (what the lady's charming personality must not be permitted to do to.)
2. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (how Captain Crocker referred to the Brackenstall name.)
3. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (what Holmes sent to summon Captain Crocker to Baker Street.)
4. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (where the Randall gang made a burglary a fortnight earlier.)
5. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the emotion choked down by Jack Crocker.)
6. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ and trousers (how the dead man was dressed when he died.)
7. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the rail station serving Abbey Grange.)
8. __ __ __ (the general age of the Abbey Grange lodge-keeper.)
9. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the size of the mantlepiece in the dining room.)
10. __ __ __ __ __ (the number of servants at Abbey Grange.)
11. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the first name of Lady Brackenstall's maid.)
12. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the name of the Scotland Yard inspector who sent for Holmes.)
13. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Lord Brackenstall's first name.)
14. __ __ __ __ __ (one of these held the beeswing dregs.)
15. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the country in which Lady Brackenstall was raised.)
16. __ __ __ __ (Lady Brackenstall's first name.)
17. __ __ __ __ __ (the nature of Holmes' stooping face when he roused Watson.)
18. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (a certain element about the lady's story.)
19. __ __ __ __ __ (the number of times #12 has called on Holmes for help.)
20. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ - Southampton shipping line.
21. __ __ __ __ __ __ (the condition of the bell-rope end.)
22. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the nature of the London reek as Holmes and Watson left Baker Street.)
23. __ __ __ __ __ (the panelling in the large dining room.)
24. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (what the withdrawing screw had not done to the wine cork.)
