Question

.. "I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee pot in front of me."

a. Who said this to whom?
b. What did this statement explain?​

Answer 1

"I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me," said he. While Watson assumes that Holmes had used his superhuman powers of deduction to ascertain what Watson is doing, he had merely used his powers of observation.