Holmes says to Mortimer: "I observe from your forefinger that you make your own cigarettes." Holmes presumably noticed tobacco stains, or, perhaps, Mortimer let a few cigarettes burn until they scorched his fingers.
Holmes and Watson are following Sir Henry Baskerville and Dr Mortimer into Oxford Street and so down Regent Street when Holmes spots a mysterious bearded figure sitting in a hansom cab on the other side of the street who abruptly flees when Holmes attempts to confront him.
Dr Mortimer's stick.A walking stick
He smoked a pipe and used fine Virginia tobacco.
He places Monsieur Bertillon above Holmes as having a more precisely scientific mind.
Holmes says to Mortimer: "I observe from your forefinger that you make your own cigarettes." Holmes presumably noticed tobacco stains, or, perhaps, Mortimer let a few cigarettes burn until they scorched his fingers.
Holmes and Watson are following Sir Henry Baskerville and Dr Mortimer into Oxford Street and so down Regent Street when Holmes spots a mysterious bearded figure sitting in a hansom cab on the other side of the street who abruptly flees when Holmes attempts to confront him.
Dr. (or mister if you please) James Mortimer read it from an old paper written by a Baskerville.
Dr Mortimer's stick.A walking stick
He smoked a pipe and used fine Virginia tobacco.
He places Monsieur Bertillon above Holmes as having a more precisely scientific mind.
Dr. Mortimer informs Holmes that Rodger Baskerville, who was a cousin of Sherlock Holmes' client, Sir Henry Baskerville, had a reputation for being a man of great intellect but also for leading a reckless life. He suggests that Rodger had a fascination with the supernatural and was rumored to have died under mysterious circumstances in the wilds of South America. Mortimer believes that Rodger’s behavior and his untimely death may be linked to the legendary curse that haunts the Baskerville family. This information sets the stage for the investigation into the eerie events surrounding the Baskerville estate.
The Sherlock Holmes stories are typically told from the point of view of Dr. John Watson, who is Sherlock Holmes's close friend and companion. Watson serves as the narrator of the stories and provides the readers with insights into Holmes's deductive reasoning and investigative methods.
He surmised that the walking stick was presented to Dr Mortimer when he left the Charing Cross Hospital, but the presentation was on the occasion of his marriage.
". . . Recognizing, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe -' _____'Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?' asked Holmes, with some asperity. _____'To the man of precisely scientific mind the work of Monsieur Bertillon must always appeal strongly.' _____'Then had you not better consult him?' _____'I said, sir, to the precisely scientific mind. But as a practical man of affairs it is acknowledged that you stand alone. I trust, sir, that I have not inadvertently -' _____'Just a little,' said Holmes. -- Dr. Mortimer and Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Chapter 1)
Dr. Mortimer
Holmes and Watson follow the other two to their hotel.