1.
The woman had probably been awake for many hours before she reached Baker Street.
2.
Holmes and Watson were living together in Baker Street when this case happened.
3.
Watson was planning to go to the countryside that day before Holmes woke him.
4.
Holmes expected that the young woman’s problem would be serious.
5.
Holmes promised that he and Watson would keep the woman’s story secret.
6.
The woman was already a widow when she came to see Holmes.
7.
Holmes offered the woman a seat by the fire and a cup of hot coffee.
8.
The woman trusted Holmes because he had once helped her friend.
9.
Holmes had read about the woman’s problem in a newspaper before she arrived.
10.
Holmes noticed a train ticket in the woman’s left hand.
11.
From the dirt on her jacket, Holmes concluded that she had travelled by cart that morning.
12.
Watson immediately understood how Holmes had worked out all these details.