04-10-2018, 12:51 AM
Highly Qualified Deduction
Holmes knew this lady lied because
gore found on her dress didn’t match,
and from knots in a pull-rope which
had tied her to her chair deduced
a sailor was involved, which meant
an officer, for no deck ape
would dare have conversation with
a lady, as she surely was.
And so Holmes found the officer
commanding that same liner which
had carried her from India,
who struck a fatal blow and whom
the lady’s heart made her protect.
How perfect Holmes’ deductions were
in his Victorian domain—
when ladies never mixed with deckhands
and Lord Baden-Powell had not yet
taught each Scout a sailors’ knots.
Holmes knew this lady lied because
gore found on her dress didn’t match,
and from knots in a pull-rope which
had tied her to her chair deduced
a sailor was involved, which meant
an officer, for no deck ape
would dare have conversation with
a lady, as she surely was.
And so Holmes found the officer
commanding that same liner which
had carried her from India,
who struck a fatal blow and whom
the lady’s heart made her protect.
How perfect Holmes’ deductions were
in his Victorian domain—
when ladies never mixed with deckhands
and Lord Baden-Powell had not yet
taught each Scout a sailors’ knots.
Non-practicing atheist