A man by the name of Alexander Holder, of the banking firm of Holder & Stevenson, of Threadneedle Street, needed Sherlock Holmes help urgently and seemed to be in complete desperateness. When he got into Sherlock Holmes' house, he banged his head against the wall madly. When to man calmed down, Holmes started top interview Mr Holder.Mr Holder recollected that the day before, a name card of the highest, noblest most exalted names of England was sent to him. The man immediately asked for fifty thousand pounds which he needed urgently on the following Monday. Not only so, this man left the beryl coronet with Mr Holder. The beryl coronet was a magnificent piece of jewellery with thirty-nine enormous beryls. Feeling unsafe about leaving the precious jewellery in the office, Mr Holder bought it home and locked it in the bureau of his dressing room.
That night after dinner, Mr Holder told his son Arthur, and his niece Mary about his experience about the coronet. That night, he being a light sleeper, was so than usual. About two in the moring, Mr Holder was being woken up by some sound in the house. The sound had stopped but it left an impression that a window had been gently closed somewhere. Then, suddenly, there was sound of footsteps moving in the next room. Mr Holder thus peeped into his dressing room and screamed in anger as he saw Arthur holding the coronet in his hand, one of the gold corners, with three beryls was missing. And so, Arthur was said to have stolen the beryls and thus Mr Holder dialed for the police. Hearing the commotion, Mary came out from her room and advanced to Arthur and Mr Holder. When she saw the coronet in Arthur's hand, she screamed in horror and fainted. Now, Mr Holder had gotten Arthur behind bars.
When being asked about the characters of the Arthur and Mary, Sherlock Holmes felt something amiss about the character of Mary, saying that girls of her age should be going out recently and staying at home all the time. Mr Holder also claimed that the beryl coronet was twisted.
Thus, Sherlock Holmes decided to inspect the crime scene, Mr Holder's house. And the first place he inspected was the stable lane outside of the house. Then,he proceeded and went upstairs to examine the dressing room. He requested Mr Holder to open the bureau in order for him to examine the beryl coronet. Seeing that there was a corner it lost, Holmes tried to bent the coronet, but to no avail. Thus, he concluded that no ordinary man could have broke off part of the coronet.
After spending some time at Mr Holder's house, Sherlock Holmes went back to Baker Street and then rushed off again, this time, without the company of Dr Waston. He returned when Dr Waston had just finished his tea, and before long, Holmes was out to the West End. He did not return till late into the midnight. 
The next morning, their client, Mr Holder arrived at nine and announced a bad news to them. That was, Mary had abandoned him. She had written a note saying that she had brought upon him and that she would leave him forever, hoping he would not try and find her. This helped Holmes and proved his point. Holmes announced to Mr Holder saying that he had solved the whole mystery and that he had retrieved the three lost beryls.
Slowly, Holmes explained the whole process of him solving the mystery. He started saying that Sir George Burnwell and Marry had fled together, suggesting them to be the culprit. He said that the night of the crime, Mary slipped through into the dressing room and spoke to her lover which led to the stable lane. His footmarks showed him walking from the lane and stood there as talked. She told him of the coronet and his greed bent her to his will. As Arthur could not sleep, he heard a tread pass his door. So he rose, looking out was surprised to see his cousin walking very stealthily along the passage way, until she disappeared into the dressing room. He waited to see what had came to this strange affair. Then, Arthur saw her carrying the precious coronet in her hands. She passed down the stairs and passed the coronet to someone through the window in the gloom. Arthur ran into the snow and caught Sir George Burnwell and they both tugged at one side of the coronet. In the scuffle, Arthur cut him over the eye. Then, something snapped. Finding that he had got the coronet in his hand, he rushed back into the dressing room. He found the coronet bent and was intending to straightened it when Mr Holder came. When accused, Arthur took the more chivalrous view and preserved Mary's secret. So, when Mary saw the coronet, she shrieked and fainted. Then, when she regained her consciousness, she asked for five minutes to leave the house, in order to check if the missing piece was at the scene.
Holmes said that by judging the footprints, he could tell that a woman had stood talking to a man. Then near the stable lane, he saw many footmarks in a mass. He concluded that a struggled had happened and blood stains could be found near the struggle. Now the only problem was, who the thief was. It could not be the maids as there was not a need to cover the maids actions. However, if it would be Mary, and as Arthur loved her, there could be a reason why he wanted to cover his deed. Then, who would have the ability to make her betray her uncle, it was obviously a lover. Then, when Sherlock Holmes confronted the villain, however he denied everything. Then Holmes pointed a pistol at the head of him and so he became more true. Then Sherlock Holmes said that he would give him a thousand pounds a piece and the villain grew so angry saying that he sold them for six hundred a piece. So he manged to get the address of the receiver and thus bought them at a thousand pounds each. And as for Mary and Sir George Burnwell, they would soon receive their punishment.
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