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Jan-22-2005 07:08

OK I'm doing a favour for the Cosa Nostra and Qtn is What was the first Case of Sherlock Holmes Career.
choices are (1)Silver Blaze
(2)The Gloria Scott
(3)The Speckled Band
(4) A study in Blue
Now the first case in his Career was A Study in Scarlet.Assuming a typo I put in No.4 to be told wrong and it was The Gloria Scott.
Now I may be wrong but A Study in Scarlet was written in 1887, Silver Blaze and The Speckled Band 1892 and Gloria Scott not until 1893.
So You can see why I'm confused

Jan-22-2005 07:32

In "Gloria Scott", Watson asks:"But why did you say just now that there were very particular reasons why I should study this case?"

To which Holmes answered: "Because it was the first in which I was ever engaged."

Jan-22-2005 07:41

Ah thank you both. My fault for not understanding the question correctly.