When we speak or write, we generally use words in groups. Such a group of words which makes complete sense is called a sentence. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner. Jack and Jill went up the hill. Two and two make four. It is getting dark. Kinds of sentences There are four kinds of...
The plot revolves around a precious blue carbuncle (a garnet which can come in a variety of colours but never blue) going missing. Suspicion falls on a plumber, John Horner, who was seemingly the only person in the suite occupied by the Countess of Morcar when her precious gem was stolen. Moreover, Horner has a previous conviction for robbery. He is arrested and seems destined for seven years of penal servitude.
Watson visits Holmes at Christmas time and finds him contemplating a battered old hat, brought to him by the commissionaire Peterson after it and a