The Valley of Fear

Valley of Fear

Q1-`The whole story he [Barker] has told us is a lie`. Enlist all the propositions Holmes has made in recent scenes to support his statement. Q2- Describe the involvement in McMurdo`s character from act I to act II. Support your ideas with evidence from the text. Consider the following points as you build up your notes. -- His relationships with other people e.g Ettie, Baldwin, Mcginty and Morris. How did he manage his work, his past history and his attitude to violence and times of danger. the valley of fear

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In Chapter Six, Holmes notes that Mrs. Douglas and Barker are collaborating on the lie. There was no way that the murderer could have killed Douglas and left in the amount of time allotted. The assassin must have been alone with Douglas for some time before killing him. The gunshot was clearly the cause of death, but it most likely happened earlier than Barker described. In fact, the housekeeper had mentioned hearing a muffled noise like a door slamming a half hour before the gunshot was said to have gone off, and this was probably the real shot. What, he wonders, did Barker and Mrs. Douglas do in that half hour? It is a badly stage-managed affair, he observes.

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