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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
A Case of Identity
Capítulo 3, Página 11
Sherlock
Holmes
sat
quietly
for
a
few
minutes
with
his
fingertips
pressed
together,
legs
stretched
out,
gazing
at
the
ceiling.
Then
he
took
down
his
old,
oily
clay
pipe,
which
served
as
his
counselor,
and
after
lighting
it,
leaned
back,
with
blue
smoke
curling
upwards
and
a
look
of
deep
thought
on
his
face.
"Quite
an
interesting
study,
that
young
woman,"
he
remarked.
"I
found
her
more
interesting
than
her
problem,
which
is
rather
a
common
one.
You'll
find
similar
cases
in
my
index,
like
Andover
in
'77,
and
something
similar
occurred
at
The
Hague
last
year.
Old
as
the
idea
is,
there
were
a
couple
of
details
new
to
me.
But
the
young
woman
herself
was
most
instructive."
"You
seemed
to
notice
a
lot
about
her
that
was
invisible
to
me,"
I
commented.
"Not
invisible,
Watson,
just
unnoticed.
You
didn't
know
where
to
look,
so
you
missed
the
important
parts.
I
can
never
get
you
to
understand
the
significance
of
sleeves,
the
clues
in
thumb-nails,
or
the
big
issues
that
can
hang
from
a
boot-lace.
Now,
what
did
you
notice
about
that
woman's
appearance?
Describe
it."
"Well,
she
had
a
slate-colored,
broad-brimmed
straw
hat
with
a
reddish
feather.
Her
jacket
was
black,
with
black
beads
and
a
fringe
of
little
black
jet
ornaments.
Her
dress
was
brown,
darker
than
coffee,
with
a
bit
of
purple
plush
at
the
neck
and
sleeves.
Her
gloves
were
grayish
and
had
a
hole
at
the
right
forefinger.
I
didn't
notice
her
boots.
She
had
small
round
gold
earrings
and
seemed
fairly
well-off
in
a
simple,
comfortable
way."
Sherlock
Holmes
softly
clapped
his
hands
and
chuckled.
"Well
done,
Watson,
you're
improving
wonderfully.
You've
missed
everything
important,
but
you've
grasped
the
method
and
have
a
quick
eye
for
color.
Never
trust
general
impressions,
my
boy,
but
focus
on
details.
My
first
glance
is
always
at
a
woman's
sleeve.
For
a
man,
it's
better
to
look
at
the
knee
of
the
trouser.
As
you
noticed,
this
woman
had
plush
on
her
sleeves,
which
is
useful
for
showing
traces.
The
double
line
just
above
the
wrist,
where
a
typist
presses
against
the
table,
was
clearly
visible.
A
hand
sewing-machine
leaves
a
similar
mark,
but
only
on
the
left
arm,
and
on
the
side
farthest
from
the
thumb,
instead
of
across
the
broadest
part,
as
it
was
here.
I
then
looked
at
her
face
and,
seeing
the
mark
of
a
pince-nez
on
either
side
of
her
nose,
I
mentioned
short
sight
and
typing,
which
seemed
to
surprise
her."
"It
surprised
me."
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