Here's a famous exchange from Arthur Conan Doyle's Silver Blaze : 'Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention ?' 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.' What was Sherlock Holmes' response ?
Sherlock Holmes' Silver Blaze Deduction
The core of the mystery in this excerpt lies in Sherlock Holmes' interpretation of seemingly insignificant events.
During the conversation:
- Holmes points to the "curious incident of the dog in the night-time" as a key detail.
- The other person notes that the dog "did nothing in the night-time", implying no event occurred.
Holmes's genius is revealed in his understanding that the dog's inaction *was* the significant clue. A normal dog would bark if a stranger approached its master's stable. Since the dog remained silent, it indicates the dog knew the intruder.
Therefore, when the other character states the dog did nothing, Holmes's implied (and often stated in adaptations/analysis) response is that this very lack of action constitutes the crucial, "curious incident".
This aligns perfectly with the statement:
$That was the curious incident.$
Important Questions from Literature
Match List-I with List-II:
List-I List-II (A) Meghe Dhaka Tara (I) Govind Nihalani (B) Garam Hawa (II) Habib Tanvir (C) Tamas (III) Ritvik Ghatak (D) Jis Lahore Nahin Vekhya O Jamya-e-nai (IV) M.S. Sathyu Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Mahabharata has over 1,00,000 verses.
(B) Mahabharata was written by Valmiki.
(C) V.S. Sukthankar is associated with the critical edition of Mahabharata.
(D) The critical edition of Mahabharata took 47 years to complete.
(E) The critical edition of Mahabharata ran into over 13,000 pages.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Who wrote the essay "Naipaul's India and Mine" (1984) as a reply to V.S. Naipaul's An Area of Darkness ?
Identify the one that has not been paired correctly.
Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution made the provision for use of English, alongside Hindi, for official purposes, for fifteen years?
