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Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper Hints
How can I get the stolen cane properly reassembled?
1 of 10: You'll need to go by the description you got from the cane's owner.
2 of 10: Click on the "Inventory" icon on the bottom of the screen, then bring up the Dialogues menu so you can review your conversation with Sickert.
3 of 10: He said that the cane's knob is round and made of chiseled silver. Check the knobs over for the best fit to that description.
4 of 10: There are three knobs in a row that are apparently made of silver, but the middle one of those is the only one that really looks like chiseled silver.
5 of 10: It's the fourth knob from the left, so click on it to pick it up, then click on any part of the empty cane reconstruction area next to the measurement numbers to place it.
6 of 10: Sickert said the cane's center ring and tip were also made of chiseled silver, so find the ring and tip pieces that most look like the knob you chose.
7 of 10: The rightmost ring and the fourth-from-left tip are the best choices, so move them over to the cane reconstruction area.
8 of 10: Now for the stick. Sickert said it was ebony, meaning black, which narrows it down to three choices.
9 of 10: Since you saved the stick selection for last, you can just try all three black sticks until you get the right one. You'll know when you have, since Watson will declare the cane finished.
10 of 10: NOTE: If you want to figure it out by measurement, note that the measurements marked along the side of the cane reconstruction area are in centimeters. Checking a standard 12-inch ruler, you'll see that 12 inches equals 30.5 centimeters, so 35 inches would be (35 X 30.5) / 12 = about 89 centimeters. Only one of the three black sticks will make the cane be that length.
