Not at all. Dont you understand how I inferred 1 thesethings？
I am certain that I am very stupid, I replied, but I cantfollow your reasoning. For example, how did you deduce thatthis man was an intellectual？
To answer me Holmes put the hat on his head. The hat wastoo big for him and covered his eyes.
It’s a question of volume, 2 said Holmes. If a man has sucha big brain, he must have something in it.
How do you know he has less money now than in thepast？
This kind of hat first came out three years ago. It is a hat ofthe very best quality. If this man had enough money to buysuch an expensive hat three years ago, but he has not boughtanother hat since then, then it is clear that he has much lessmoney now.
Well, that is clear enough, certainly. But how about theforesight？
Sherlock Holmes laughed. Here is the foresight, he said,pointing at the hat-securer. Hat-securers are never sold withhats. This means that he ordered it, which is a certain sign offoresight. But since he has not replaced 3 the broken elastic.
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