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1"Well, that is clear enough, certainly. But how about the foresight and the moral retrogression?" Sherlock Holmes
2laughed. "Here is the foresight," said he putting his finger upon the little disc and loop of the hat-securer. "They are
3never sold upon hats. If this man ordered one, it is a sign of a certain amount of foresight, since he went out of his
4way to take this precaution against the wind. But since we see that he has broken the elastic and has not troubled to
5replace it, it is obvious that he has less foresight now than formerly, which is a distinct proof of a weakening nature.
6On the other hand, he has endeavoured to conceal some of these stains upon the felt by daubing them with ink, which is a
7sign that he has not entirely lost his self-respect." "Your reasoning is certainly plausible." "The further points, that
8he is middle-aged, that his hair is grizzled, that it has been recently cut, and that he uses lime-cream, are all to be
9gathered from a close examination of the lower part of the lining. The lens discloses a large number of hair-ends, clean
10cut by the scissors of the barber. They all appear to be adhesive, and there is a distinct odour of lime-cream. This
11dust, you will observe, is not the gritty, grey dust of the street but the fluffy brown dust of the house, showing that
12it has been hung up indoors most of the time, while the marks of moisture upon the inside are proof positive that the
13wearer perspired very freely, and could therefore, hardly be in the best of training." "But his wife--you said that she
14had ceased to love him." "This hat has not been brushed for weeks. When I see you, my dear Watson, with a week's
15accumulation of dust upon your hat, and when your wife allows you to go out in such a state, I shall fear that you also
16have been unfortunate enough to lose your wife's affection." "But he might be a bachelor." "Nay, he was bringing home
17the goose as a peace-offering to his wife. Remember the card upon the bird's leg." "You have an answer to everything.
18But how on earth do you deduce that the gas is not laid on in his house?" "One tallow stain, or even two, might come by
19chance; but when I see no less than five, I think that there can be little doubt that the individual must be brought
20into frequent contact with burning tallow--walks upstairs at night probably with his hat in one hand and a guttering
21candle in the other. Anyhow, he never got tallow-stains from a gas-jet. Are you satisfied?" "Well, it is very
22ingenious," said I, laughing; "but since, as you said just now, there has been no crime committed, and no harm done save
23the loss of a goose, all this seems to be rather a waste of energy." Sherlock Holmes had opened his mouth to reply, when
24the door flew open, and Peterson, the commissionaire, rushed into the apartment with flushed cheeks and the face of a
25man who is dazed with astonishment. "The goose, Mr. Holmes! The goose, sir!" he gasped. "Eh? What of it, then? Has it
26returned to life and flapped off through the kitchen window?" Holmes twisted himself round upon the sofa to get a fairer
27view of the man's excited face. "See here, sir! See what my wife found in its crop!" He held out his hand and displayed
28upon the centre of the palm a brilliantly scintillating blue stone, rather smaller than a bean in size, but of such
29purity and radiance that it twinkled like an electric point in the dark hollow of his hand. Sherlock Holmes sat up with
30a whistle. "By Jove, Peterson!" said he, "this is treasure trove indeed. I suppose you know what you have got?" "A
31diamond, sir? A precious stone. It cuts into glass as though it were putty." "It's more than a precious stone. It is the
32precious stone." "Not the Countess of Morcar's blue carbuncle!" I ejaculated. "Precisely so. I ought to know its size
33and shape, seeing that I have read the advertisement about it in The Times every day lately. It is absolutely unique,
34and its value can only be conjectured, but the reward offered of £ 1000 is certainly not within a twentieth part of the
35market price." "A thousand pounds! Great Lord of mercy!" The commissionaire plumped down into a chair and stared from
36one to the other of us. "That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are sentimental considerations in the
37background which would induce the Countess to part with half her fortune if she could but recover the gem." "It was
38lost, if I remember aright, at the Hotel Cosmopolitan," I remarked. "Precisely so, on December 22nd, just five days ago.
39John Horner, a plumber, was accused of having abstracted it from the lady's jewel-case. The evidence against him was so
40strong that the case has been referred to the Assizes. I have some account of the matter here, I believe." He rummaged
41amid his newspapers, glancing over the dates, until at last he smoothed one out, doubled it over, and read the following
42paragraph: "Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery. John Horner, 26, plumber, was brought up upon the charge of having upon
43the 22nd inst., abstracted from the jewel-case of the Countess of Morcar the valuable gem known as the blue carbuncle.
44James Ryder, upper-attendant at the hotel, gave his evidence to the effect that he had shown Horner up to the
45dressing-room of the Countess of Morcar upon the day of the robbery in order that he might solder the second bar of the
46grate, which was loose. He had remained with Horner some little time, but had finally been called away. On returning, he
47found that Horner had disappeared, that the bureau had been forced open, and that the small morocco casket in which, as
48it afterwards transpired, the Countess was accustomed to keep her jewel, was lying empty upon the dressing-table. Ryder
49instantly gave the alarm, and Horner was arrested the same evening; but the stone could not be found either upon his
50person or in his rooms. Catherine Cusack, maid to the Countess, deposed to having heard Ryder's cry of dismay on
51discovering the robbery, and to having rushed into the room, where she found matters as described by the last witness.
52Inspector Bradstreet, B division, gave evidence as to the arrest of Horner, who struggled frantically, and protested his
53innocence in the strongest terms. Evidence of a previous conviction for robbery having been given against the prisoner,
54the magistrate refused to deal summarily with the offence, but referred it to the Assizes. Horner, who had shown signs
55of intense emotion during the proceedings, fainted away at the conclusion and was carried out of court." "Hum! So much
56for the police-court," said Holmes thoughtfully, tossing aside the paper. "The question for us now to solve is the
57sequence of events leading from a rifled jewel-case at one end to the crop of a goose in Tottenham Court Road at the
58other. You see, Watson, our little deductions have suddenly assumed a much more important and less innocent aspect. Here
59is the stone; the stone came from the goose, and the goose came from Mr. Henry Baker, the gentleman with the bad hat and
60all the other characteristics with which I have bored you. So now we must set ourselves very seriously to finding this
61gentleman and ascertaining what part he has played in this little mystery. To do this, we must try the simplest means
62first, and these lie undoubtedly in an advertisement in all the evening papers. If this fail, I shall have recourse to
63other methods." "What will you say?" "Give me a pencil and that slip of paper. Now, then: 'Found at the corner of Goodge
64Street, a goose and a black felt hat. Mr. Henry Baker can have the same by applying at 6:30 this evening at 221B, Baker
65Street.' That is clear and concise." "Very. But will he see it?" "Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since,
66to a poor man, the loss was a heavy one. He was clearly so scared by his mischance in breaking the window and by the
67approach of Peterson that he thought of nothing but flight, but since then he must have bitterly regretted the impulse
68which caused him to drop his bird. Then, again, the introduction of his name will cause him to see it, for everyone who
69knows him will direct his attention to it. Here you are, Peterson, run down to the advertising agency and have this put
70in the evening papers." "In which, sir?" "Oh, in the Globe, Star, Pall Mall, St. James's Gazette, Evening News,
71Standard, Echo, and any others that occur to you."
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