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Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the world-famous detective,
Sherlock Holmes, was not above telling tales about himself
in which he was the laughing-stock. Here is one of those
stories. As he tells it, he was waiting at a taxi- stand
outside the railway station in Paris. When a taxi pulled
up,he put his suitcase in it and got in himself. As he
was about to tell the taxi-driver where he wanted to go,
the driver asked him: "Where can I take you, Mr.
Doyle?"
Doyle was flabbergasted. He asked the driver whether he
knew him by sight. The driver said: "No Sir, I have
never seen you before.'' The puzzled Doyle asked him what
made him think that he was Conan Doyle. The driver replied:
"This morning's paper had a story about you being
on vacation in Marseilles. This is the taxi-stand where
people who return from Marseilles always come to. Your
skin colour tells me you have been on vacation. The ink-spot
on your right index finger suggests to me that you are
a writer. Your clothing is very English, and not French.
Adding up all those pieces of information, I deduce that
you are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."
Doyle said: "This is truly amazing. You are a real-life
counter-part to my fictional creation, Sherlock Holmes."
"There is one other thing," the driver said.
"What is that?"
"Your name is on the front of your suitcase."
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