The Blue Carbuncle. Use of English. A2

On the morning after Christmas. I visited Sherlock Holmes and found him examining an … … hat and a goose left by Peterson, a commissionaire.

The hat 🎩 was left by a … .

Sherlock Holmes was … (examine) the hat 🎩.

Peterson had … (witness) a man fleeing after an altercation leaving behind the goose and hat.

The goose: had a … (a small label attached to something for identification) reading "For Mrs. Henry Baker," but no further clues about its owner.

Holmes deduced from the hat that its owner, Henry Baker, was a middle-aged intellectual who had … (fall) on hard times.

He also speculated that Baker's wife no longer … (care) for him, as the hat was neglected and dusty.

Holmes placed an … (advertise) for Henry Baker to claim his items.

That evening. Baker appeared and … (admit) financial difficulties.

He explained that the goose … (come) from a "goose-club" al the Alpha Inn.

Holmes gave Baker another goose in exchange and confirmed that Baker was … (involve) in any wrongdoing.

Tracing the original goose to Covent Garden Market, Holmes discovered that it … (sell) by a woman named Mrs. Oakshott.

While investigating, he and I … (encounter) James Ryder.

James Ryder … (be) an employee at the Hotel Cosmopolitan.

The gem known as the blue carbuncle … (steal).

Ryder confessed that he … (steal) the gem and hidden it inside the goose.

He … (intend) to retrieve it later.

However, the … goose had been stolen.

Ryder, terrified of arrest, … (plead)for mercy.

Holmes, noting Ryder's genuine fear, … (allow) him to go free, saying, "After all, Watson, I am saving a soul.

He will not … such an act again.

James Ryder … (commit) a crime.

The story is … (fascinate).

The story is worth … (read).