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1. 1.

   What was being destroyed repeatedly?

2. 2.

   What lay near the dead man?

3. 3.

   Who was Beppo?

4. 4.

   What did Holmes place on the table?

5. 5.

   Number the sentences in the order of the events in the story.

   1. Mr Sandeford of Reading brought the bust of Napoleon, which Holmes had asked for.
   2. The third bust was found in the front garden of an empty house in Campden House Road, broken into fragments.
   3. Holmes found the black pearl of the Borgias in the broken pieces of the last Napoleon bust.
   4. Holmes and Lestrade made their way to Gelder and Co.
   5. The shop of Morse Hudson in Kennington Road was burgled.
   6. Beppo had made a hole in the wet plaster, dropped in the pearl and covered it again.
   7. Beppo began to search for the busts once he was released from jail.
   8. Dr Barnicot found his house burgled during the night. But nothing was missing except the bust of Napoleon.
6. 6.

   On one such occasion, he confessed that he was quite confused by a case he was handling. 'It seems unimportant, but queer. Very queer.'

   1. Who is being referred to as 'he'? What was the occasion?
   2. What was the first case of burglary that had been reported?
   3. What had been the second case?
   4. What was 'queer' about the cases?