I'd assumed that it was for a magnifying glass/monocle - essential equipment for a detective (and a gentleman of a Scientific Disposition), and requiring a rather longer tether than spectacles or a normal monocle.
Am trying to remember if I've ever seen him use such an item.
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Am trying to remember if I've ever seen him use such an item.
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I have seen him use the telescope in the handle of his walking stick; and Peter Wimsey had a magnifying glass built into his monocle.
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