Page 2 - The Noorwood Mistery

@apter one

A wild, excited young man
BEFORE READING ' ife in London is not what it was,' said Sherlock Holmes
1 Write sentences describing these people from The Norwood Mystery. L to Dr Watson. They were sitting at the breakfast table
in their Baker Street rooms one morning in the summer of
1894. Holmes was smoking a cigarette and Watson was
reading the newspaper.
'True, Holmes,' said the doctor. 'For most people life is
much better now.'
'But for me, Watson, life is not so interesting, ' explained
Holmes. 'I loved to read the newspaper, hoping to find some
news of an interesting crime for me to investigate or a
dangerous criminal for me to catch. Where are all those investigate to find
a Sherlock Holmes b Doctor Watson c John McFarlane d Inspector Lestrade out about something
clever criminals these days?' He smiled sadly. criminal a person
who does something
'Sometimes I don't understand you, Holmes,' said Watson.
that is against the
'I like living a quiet life myself.' law
sadly in an unhappy
Holmes did not reply, but opened his newspaper in a lazy way
way and started to read. Suddenly they heard a loud knock knock the noise
when someone hits
at the street door downstairs. They heard the knock again a door

e Mrs McFarlane f Sergeant Judd • g Mrs Lexington h Jonas Oldacre

2 Which of these things do you think you will read about? Tick two boxes.
a 0 Sherlock Holmes tries to find the murderer of Mrs McFarlane.
b 0 Jonas Oldacre marries Mrs McFarlane.
c 0 Inspector Lestrade arrests John McFarlane for murder.
d 0 Mrs Lexington asks Sherlock Holmes for help.
e 0 Sherlock Holmes saves an innocent man.
f 0 Sergeant Judd is a criminal.
g 0 Dr Watson investigates a murder without Holmes.