‘It was worth a wound—it was worth many wounds—to know the depth of loyalty and love that lay behind that cold mask’— how does this comment throw light on the kind of relationship between Holmes and Watson?
a. Identify the words in the advertisement that gave away the fact that it was placed by John Garrideb.
b. Make a list of words which are spelt differently in American and British English.
Look at the highlighted expressions in the following sentences from the text and explain their figurative meaning.
•'I went through it, sir, with a fine-toothed comb and never a Garrideb could I catch.'
•'They are my favourite covert for putting up a bird, and I would never have overlooked a cock pheasant as that.'
•'There is no bolt-hole for you in this country.'
•'When his castle in the air fell down, it burried him beneath the ruins.'
