Ep. 004 - "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Chapter 1

BQB almost missed podcasting this month because he was enjoying a vacation in sunny Orlando, Florida, hobnobbing with Mickey Mouse and eating pineapples under palm trees and such. But he came back just in time to entertain his 3.5 listeners. Here, the world renowned poindexter reads the first chapter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's work, "The Hound of the Baskervilles." Who would think that a simple stick left in a waiting room would lead to so many deductions?  We learn Holmes' investigatory process, namely, how he can observe an item and find details and information everywhere, where others would not notice anything.  Simple little clues about the stick tell Holmes so much about its owner. Watson believes he has received a compliment from Holmes, i.e. that the great investigator has applauded the good doctor's observations about the stick but rather, as the chapter moves on, we learn that Holmes says that Watson is not a genius, he is not a source of light but rather, a "conductor of light." So...that's a really nice way of telling Holmes that he was wrong but by being so wrong he helped Holmes figure out what was right. Talk about backhanded compliments.