Once Holmes was visited by the person with a request for help. He was in a worn suit, a shirt with shabby cuffs and an old top head on his head. Holmes refused to help him. When the man left, disappointed Watson jumped on his friend:
- Sherlock, you are a great detective. How could you refuse to help the poor man?
- My dear friend, he was not absolutely poor. It his purse there was 115 pounds and 25 pence.
- But how do you know ?
- It is elementary, Buddy. Let’s count it together.
- a arithmetical problem. B (esp. Pl.) Colloq. Arithmetic work, esp. Elementary. —v. (-mm-) find the sum of. in sum in brief. Sum up 1 (esp. Of a judge) give a summing-up.
- form or express an opinion of (a person, situation, etc.).
- summarize. [latin summa]
SUN
Abbr. Sunday.
- lounge n. Room with large windows to receive sunlight.
- —n. - a the star round which the earth orbits and from which it receives light and warmth. B this light or warmth.
- any star. —v. (-nn-) refl. Bask in the sun. under the sun anywhere in the world. sunless adj. [old english]
