The Train-Written Will

Grade a document written on the rails — how much of it could ever be legible?

Holmes read the will's zigzag hand and named the train: good writing at stations, bad over points, none in the tunnel. Set the journey and see what fraction of a will it allows.

Drawn from The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1903) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Overnight Thumb-Print, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.