Reading "David"
One name, three readings — test what the dying quarrel's strange word could mean.
Nobody in the case is called David. Score each interpretation against the facts the word must fit, then take the canon's answer.
Drawn from The Crooked Man (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1893) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Word Was David, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.