Why Does Holmes Tell A Past Story

In this story, Holmes recalls one of his first most exciting investigations. Reginald Musgrave comes to Holmes to recall the past day’s events. He tells Holmes how he found his butler looking at his family’s Musgrave Ritual. Reginald then proceeds to fire the butler. It was not a little time later the butler was missing, and the maid was acting hysterical at the notion that he was gone and goes missing herself. Holmes then proceeds to follow the butler’s footsteps and decipher the Musgrave Ritual. Holmes is successfully able to decipher the riddle and is able to find the missing butler, but is unsuccessful in finding the maid. This story by Conan Doyle shows why all detective stories are not the same, and how he is able to tell a past story