The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1984

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Dr. John Watson:
Holmes, there's just one thing I don't understand. If the Colonel's name was James and Wood was called either Henry or Harry, them who the deuce was David?

Sherlock Holmes:
Ah, my dear Watson, that name 'David' should have told me the whole story had I been the ideal reasoner which you are so fond of depicting, but, alas, my powers of deduction failed me. You see, 'David' in this case was evidently used as a term of reproach.

Dr. John Watson:
Reproach?

Sherlock Holmes:
Don't you remember how King David sent Uriah the Hittite into the forefront of the battle to die so that he might steal his woman Bathsheba? I think you will find the story in the first or second Book of Samuel. My Old Testament is a little rusty.

Dr. John Watson:
You're quite right, Holmes. Second Book of Samuel, Chapter 11, verses 14-17. You appear to have looked it up yourself since we returned home from Aldershot.

Sherlock Holmes:
How did you know?

Dr. John Watson:
You used this bill from our meal at Waterloo as a bookmarker, did you not?

Sherlock Holmes:
Excellent, Watson.

Dr. John Watson:
Elementary, my dear Holmes. [leaves the room] Good night, old fellow.