v2 Chapter 258： Handwriting

Zhang Heng and Holmes walked into the living room, and as Mrs. Hudson said, today's Baker Street 221b is particularly lively.

In addition to a group of familiar faces such as Gregson and Lestrade, even a deputy director of the police station came and saw that his mood was not very beautiful. He didn't even sit down and was always at the window. As I kept pace, I saw that my boss was like this, and other people naturally had no reason to sit down.

So there was a group of people in the living room in the dry pestle. There was clearly a place, but no one sat down. The scene looked funny, but no one could laugh. The police officers in Scotland Yard looked serious.

Seeing Holmes walk in, everyone was relieved.

"It looks like you haven't slept well these days," Holmes said. "Restrid, do you have oats and omelette for breakfast."

"It's all this time, so don't make us happy." The short police officer smiled bitterly.

The deputy chief of the police department looked up, and now he looked at Holmes like a drowning man looking at the only straw around him. He strode up and reached out his hand eagerly. Trid, Hopkins and others often talk to me about you, saying that you are the most talented and best detective in London and even in Europe. In addition, we have not yet had time to thank the unknown female corpse on the Thames. Your helping hand. "

"It's trivial and not enough." Holmes shook hands with the deputy director, then motioned to the other side to sit on the sofa.

Seeing that the boss was seated, the police officers in Scotland Yard could finally return to each of them.

Zhang Heng asked Mrs. Hudson to take out a few more chairs from the restaurant and sat down beside Holmes himself.

The Deputy Director seemed to have done a lot of homework before coming to Baker Street. He had known that Holmes had been an Oriental detective lately, so he did n’t say anything when he saw this. He could n’t wait to go straight to the subject and looked at Holmes. Presumably you also know why we are here. "

"It's for the serial killings in the Whitechapel area." Holmes smiled and touched his pipe again. "I saw the news in the newspaper." He paused, "Left-handed, male, Between the ages of thirty and forty, his personality is not strong enough and unstable, and his traditional thinking is conservative. "

"How do you see this?" The deputy director heard the words stupefied. "We don't seem to have started to introduce the case to you, or did you secretly go to the scene to see it before? Actually ... the information in the newspaper is passed It must be modified, not to cover up the truth, but to worry about causing unnecessary panic among the people. "

Holmes pointed to the photo of the letter in the newspaper with a pipe. "The report may have been modified, but the photo is always true. The above inference was not made based on the description in the newspaper, but in the letter sent to the newspaper. The writing shows. "

"Oh?" Mr. Deputy Chief was a little surprised. "Can you see so much from the handwriting?"

"Of course, it's like an art," Holmes said. "A good handwriting expert should be able to see far more information than it means."

Seeing that the deputy director looked suspicious, Mr. Detective took the initiative to explain it. "I won't say age. This part is too much trouble. If you really want to know, you can see a paper I published two years ago, young and old. There are obvious differences in human handwriting. In theory, the age of the writer can be seen in most of the handwriting. Of course, this ability needs to be exercised. The handwriting of men and women is also well recognized. The aesthetics of different genders There is a deviation, and the words of the left-hander are even simpler. Do you notice the ink in the letter? Because it is left-handed to write, the palm is easier to get the handwriting, so this letter takes a lot more space. "

"That character is not strong enough and unstable. How does the tradition of thought come out?" The deputy director wondered.

"Notice that the long letters in this letter are not higher than ordinary letters. You can see that his d is written as a, and the height of i and e is the same. No matter what the environment is, people with strong characters always have the same height. Obviously, on the contrary, this is naturally the case now. Similarly, if you look at the letter k, he writes different sizes, which shows that his character is very unstable, but the capital letters in the letter are quite neat, which shows that his conservative mindset."

Sherlock Holmes said, "The above is the information I found from the handwriting, but your suspicions are not unreasonable, and there is no evidence that the person who wrote the letter is a murderer. At this time, it can't be ruled out that people are troubled by the muddy water. Maybe ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Mr. Deputy Commissioner seems very frank, "You have proven more than once that you are a capable person, this case does not hide from you that the pressure on our police side is not only on the parliament side Even Her Majesty's words came out, asking us to solve the case within a time limit, but so far we haven't got much idea. You also know where the Eastern District is, the situation there is complicated, and the fish and fish are mixed. Gregson and they have locked Some suspects have been ruled out afterwards. We are ... there is no good way, so we can only ask you for help. If the case can be resolved on time, the police will also have to thank you. "

"You're very polite," Holmes said politely. "I happen to be interested in this case, and I'll take it without any compensation."

The Deputy Director was overjoyed, "Great! This is the only good news I heard today. It is almost noon now. I booked a place in the restaurant. You and your friends ..."

Sherlock Holmes interrupted the words, "Once I get to work, I will forget everything else, so there is no need to eat, and we can start now if we can."

"That's better, that's better." The deputy director nodded again and again. "I heard that you and Lestrade both knew each other. Whatever you need to tell them, as long as they are within the police's ability, they will be satisfied unconditionally. . "

Lestrade and others looked a little embarrassed. They were all Scotland Yards and hadn't asked Holmes for help before, but the scene in front of them was still a bit embarrassed. It seems that the dissatisfaction of some deputy directors can be heard from this.

Holmes didn't say anything, he got up and said, "Since so, gentlemen, let's start work quickly."