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wellinghall ([personal profile] wellinghall) wrote2012-02-18 06:53 pm
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Poirot (for instance) usually seems to have a cord round his neck and chest. Does anyone know what this would be for?

[identity profile] inamac.livejournal.com 2012-02-19 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-02-19 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
Possibly, although I have seen a similar cord in other period dramas.

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.

[identity profile] inamac.livejournal.com 2012-02-19 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I was thinking of Wimsey.