The Diagnosis Bench

Run Holmes's stated method on Godfrey Emsworth: three hypotheses, one survivor.

This is the story where Holmes writes the method down plainly: eliminate all which is impossible, and whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Test each explanation for the hidden soldier.

Drawn from The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1926) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Case Holmes Wrote Himself, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.