Stories / The Greek Interpreter

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Questions Inside Questions

Rebuild Melas's interrogation trick — smuggling his own questions into a captive's catechism.

Forced to interpret for kidnappers, Mr Melas plays the one card they cannot see: Greek. Forge the chain of his quiet counter-interrogation.

Drawn from The Greek Interpreter (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1893) — read the summary & analysis, or try What Each Answer Betrayed, this story's analysis tool. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.