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[wellinghall]

Poirot (for instance) usually seems to have a cord round his neck and chest. Does anyone know what this would be for?

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[inamac.livejournal.com]

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.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

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.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was thinking of Wimsey.