To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 11-14

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In Chapter 11-15 things continue to get exciting. These chapters continue to explore Watson’s character and his determination to be better than Holmes. Watson understands that he won’t be able to solve a mystery without Holmes. He deals with that frustration. Watson tries to take on the mysterious stranger on the moor before Holmes finds him. The irony of the situation, is that the stranger turns out to be Watson’s master. After this incident Holmes will humiliate Watson. Watson comes upon Holmes with the help of Frankland. Frankland is convinced that he has spotted the convict and Watson is convinced that he really knows what is going on. They spot a young boy who is glancing behind him as if to make sure no one is watching. Only to find out …show more content…

Watson starts asking all sorts of questions to himself. Holmes explains that he saw Watson’s brand of cigarette stubbed out near the hut. As for Holmes presence in the hut, the moor, and in Devonshire he says that he hid so the enemies would not know of his direct involvement. Holmes lied to Watson, he says, so that no one would discover him, should Watson decide to compare his notes or bring his master some food. Watson becomes very upset once he finds out that Holmes has forwarded his reports and has kept them close at hand. While recounting the day's visit to Coombe Tracey, Watson learns from Holmes that Laura and Mr. Stapleton share a close relationship and that Beryl, the woman masquerading as Stapleton's sister is actually his wife. Shocked at these revelations, the doubting Watson demands proof, and Holmes tells of his own investigation into Stapleton's past, and his career as a schoolmaster up north. Stapleton, it becomes clear, is the enemy they have been after, and he has been using his sister to get at Sir Henry and Laura Lyons. He seduced Lyons and used her to lure Charles onto the moor. Watson and Holmes decide to visit Laura Lyons again, to tell her of Stapleton's ruse and hopefully, to shift her

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