Dawson: Now, wait just a moment. How the deuce did you know I was a doctor?
Basil: A surgeon, to be exact. Just returned from military duty in Afghanistan. Am I right?
Dawson: Why, ha-ha, yes. Major David Q. Dawson. But how could you possibly--?
Basil: Quite simple, really. You've sewn your torn cuff together with a Lambert stich, which, of course, only a surgeon uses. And the thread is a unique form of cat-gut, easily distinguished by its peculiar pungency, found only in the Afghan provinces.
Dawson: Amazing!
Basil: Actually, it's elementary, my dear Dawson.
Basil: A surgeon, to be exact. Just returned from military duty in Afghanistan. Am I right?
Dawson: Why, ha-ha, yes. Major David Q. Dawson. But how could you possibly--?
Basil: Quite simple, really. You've sewn your torn cuff together with a Lambert stich, which, of course, only a surgeon uses. And the thread is a unique form of cat-gut, easily distinguished by its peculiar pungency, found only in the Afghan provinces.
Dawson: Amazing!
Basil: Actually, it's elementary, my dear Dawson.
Dawson : Now, wait just a moment. How the deuce did you know I was a doctor?
Basil : A surgeon, to be exact. Just returned from military duty in Afghanistan. Am I right?
Dawson : Why, ha-ha, yes. Major David Q. Dawson. But how could you possibly--?
Basil : Quite simple, really. You've sewn your torn cuff together with a Lambert stich, which, of course, only a surgeon uses. And the thread is a unique form of cat-gut, easily distinguished by its peculiar pungency, found only in the Afghan provinces.
Dawson : Amazing!
Basil : Actually, it's elementary, my dear Dawson.
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