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   cldbentley Teacher
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   Holmes is extremely interested in "all that is bizarre" or unusual.  The nature of this case and its clues are definitely unique, so the interest of Holmes and Watson is peaked.  Because this case is so unusual, Holmes finds it intriguing.

    

    

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   Posted by cldbentley on Thursday November 6, 2008 at 6:53 AM
   
   

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   gbeatty Teacher
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   Early in that story, Holmes remarks to Watson "“You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.”

   When he's presented with the actual announcement that led Wilson into the adventure, we're told "Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when in high spirits. “It is a little off the beaten track, isn't it?” "

   This is evidence that Holmes loves the strange, the odd, the bizarre, and the apparently irrational; he takes pride in showing the rational and logical reasons behind the absurd.

    

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   Posted by gbeatty on Thursday November 6, 2008 at 7:24 AM