Check T if the statement is true or F if it is false.

1 Hilton Cubitt sought Holmes’s help in solving the mystery
because his wife was frightened by the strange symbols.
2 Elsie Patrick ran away to England to escape her engagement
with Abe Slaney, the son of a Chicago crime boss.
3 Abe Slaney had been employed by Elsie’s father and still
loved her.
4 Holmes successfully tricked Abe Slaney by pretending
to be Elsie in a note.
true//false//true//true

Self-Check

Do you understand and infer the meaning of the mystery story?
Can you understand the plot by annotating the text?