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562. Who is the new client that talks of a missing fi ancé? Who was the missing fi ancé she speaks of? Where did she fi rst meet him? What surprising relationships do they have?3. How do Mary Sutherland and Sherlock Holmes differ in their views of “the little things” in the story “A Case of Identity” in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?4. Holmes asks for two items from Miss Sutherland. What are they?5. Sherlock asks Watson to describe Miss Sutherland’s appearance. What does Watson miss?6. Who is after the small fortune the whole time and behind the crime?7. Why is Miss Mary Sutherland so easily taken advantage of? Comment on the opinion that Sherlock Holms assigns certain character traits to womanhood. In this case, we get romance and heartbreak. Analyze the quote “I have seen those symptoms before,” said Holmes, throwing his cigarette into the fi re. “Oscillation upon the pavement always means an affaire de coeur. She would like advice, but is not sure that the matter is not too delicate for communication. And yet even here we may discriminate. When a woman has been seriously wronged by a man she no longer oscillates, and the usual symptom is a broken bell wire. Here we may take it that there is a love matter, but that the maiden is not so much angry as perplexed, or grieved. But here she comes in person to resolve our doubts”.8. What does Sherlock Holmes assume will happen when Miss Sutherland hears the outcome of her case?9. How does the story “A Case of Identity” in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes cast doubt on the idea that justice is inevitable? Comment on the quote “‘The law cannot, as you say, touch you,” said Holmes... “yet there was never a man who deserved punishment more. If the young lady has a brother or a friend, he ought to lay a whip across your shoulders... it is not part of my duties to my client, but here’s a hunting crop handy, and I think I shall just treat myself to —”.