THE ADVENTUREOF THE CROOKED MAN

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

THE MEMOIRS OF

SHERLOCKHOLMES

THEME: Mystery Story

CHARACTERS

THE ADVENTURE OFTHE COOKRED MAN

PEOPLE: * Sherlock Holmes* Watson* Colonel James Barclay* Mrs. Barclay (Nancy Devoy)* Henry Wood* Ms. Morrison* Two maids* Coachman

PLACE:* Aldershot town* Lachine House

TIME - EPOCH:Summer 1.888

During the t r ip, Holmes explains to Watson that James Barc lay was the commander of the R o y a l M a l l o w s . Barclay married a very beautiful woman named Nancy Devoy and their thirty year marriage had been considered a happy couple.

The previous day, Mrs Barc lay and Mss. Morrison had left Lachine House.

When Mrs Barclay returned she asked the maid for some tea.

W h e n t h e m a i d brought the tea, she found that the door was locked and a fur ious f ight was t a k i n g p l a c e between Mr and Mrs Barclay inside the room.

The servants heard Mrs

Barclay reproach her

husband for being a

coward.

Suddenly there was a

c r y f r o m C o l o n e l

Barclay, a crash and

t h e n M r s B a r c l a y

screamed.

The coachman ran outside and

entered the room through the glass

doors which opened onto the lawn.

He found Mrs Barclay had fainted

and was laying upon a couch.

Colonel Barclay lay on the floor near

the corner of the fender. The Colonel

was dead with blood around his

head and a terrible look of fear upon

his face.

The servants heard Mrs

Barclay reproach her

husband for being a

coward.

Suddenly there was a

c r y f r o m C o l o n e l

Barclay, a crash and

t h e n M r s B a r c l a y

screamed.

The coachman ran outside and

entered the room through the glass

doors which opened onto the lawn.

He found Mrs Barclay had fainted

and was laying upon a couch.

Colonel Barclay lay on the floor near

the corner of the fender. The Colonel

was dead with blood around his

head and a terrible look of fear upon

his face.

Holmes reasoned that there must have been a third person in the room that night and that it was this individual that took away the key.

Holmes reasoned that there must have been a third person in the room that night and that it was this individual that took away the key.

F r o m h i s observations Holmes can tell that a man had stood in the road and seen the quarrel between Mr and Mrs Barclay and then run across the lawn and entered the room.

The third person then left the

way he had come taking the

key with him.

F r o m h i s observations Holmes can tell that a man had stood in the road and seen the quarrel between Mr and Mrs Barclay and then run across the lawn and entered the room.

The third person then left the

way he had come taking the

key with him.

Miss Morrison tell that the night of the Colonel's death, she and Mrs Barclay b a c k t o h o m e together. As they walked a severely crippled man was coming towards them. As he passed he recognised Mrs Barclay and called out her name. Mrs Barclay

recognised the man called him

Henry. They both seemed

overcome with emotion at

seeing each other.

Mrs Barclay talked in private

with the man for a few minutes

and Miss Morrison noticed that

after this talk Mrs Barclay

seemed to be very angry.

Miss Morrison tell that the night of the Colonel's death, she and Mrs Barclay b a c k t o h o m e together. As they walked a severely crippled man was coming towards them. As he passed he recognised Mrs Barclay and called out her name. Mrs Barclay

recognised the man called him

Henry. They both seemed

overcome with emotion at

seeing each other.

Mrs Barclay talked in private

with the man for a few minutes

and Miss Morrison noticed that

after this talk Mrs Barclay

seemed to be very angry.

Holmes locates the mysterious crooked man, Henry Wood.

Once Wood is told that Nancy Barclay may be charged with her husband's murder he agrees to tell his side of the story.

H e n r y W o o d g i v e s a n

ext raordinary and t ragic

account of his life.

Holmes locates the mysterious crooked man, Henry Wood.

Once Wood is told that Nancy Barclay may be charged with her husband's murder he agrees to tell his side of the story.

H e n r y W o o d g i v e s a n

ext raordinary and t ragic

account of his life.

He was in the same regiment as James Barclay in India. Henry met Nancy Devoy and the two fell in love although N a n c y ' s f a t h e r

wanted her to marry James Barclay.

During the Mutiny Wood volunteered to slip

through enemy lines and get

help. James Barclay arranged

the route and betrayed Henry to

the rebels. Wood endured years

of slavery and torment which

left him crippled and disfigured.

He was in the same regiment as James Barclay in India. Henry met Nancy Devoy and the two fell in love although N a n c y ' s f a t h e r

wanted her to marry James Barclay.

During the Mutiny Wood volunteered to slip

through enemy lines and get

help. James Barclay arranged

the route and betrayed Henry to

the rebels. Wood endured years

of slavery and torment which

left him crippled and disfigured.

W o o d h a d b e e n reported dead. After his escape from his tormentors he wished fo r h i s f r iends to remember him as he had been and did not make his story known. E v e n t u a l l y W o o d d e c i d e d t h a t h e wanted to see England again.

In his chance meeting with Nancy

he told her what had befallen him

and Nancy then knew the true

character of the man she had

married.

Wood followed Nancy home and

witnessed the altercation between

husband and wife. He entered the

room and at the sight of the man he

had betrayed James Barclay had a

fit. He fell down and hit his head but

he was dead before he fell.

W o o d h a d b e e n reported dead. After his escape from his tormentors he wished fo r h i s f r iends to remember him as he had been and did not make his story known. E v e n t u a l l y W o o d d e c i d e d t h a t h e wanted to see England again.

In his chance meeting with Nancy

he told her what had befallen him

and Nancy then knew the true

character of the man she had

married.

Wood followed Nancy home and

witnessed the altercation between

husband and wife. He entered the

room and at the sight of the man he

had betrayed James Barclay had a

fit. He fell down and hit his head but

he was dead before he fell.

Nelly Ortiz Agudelo