Solution to Lord Cavell and ‘his disturbing events’ and to your doubts

The order in which the items were stolen was:

First: gold lighter

Second: watch chain

Third: cuff links

Fourth: cigar box

Fifth: diamond tie pin

Thanks for your comments, my dear pupils.
Thanks for your comment Oldtimer. In Spanish this word means veterano, which has similar root to the English word veteran.
 
Doubts on vocabulary 
 
Mateo ‘trying to avoid’ means ‘intentando evitar’, thanks for [...]

Reading suggestions

Holmes and Watson on chairs by Sidney Paget
Taken from sherlockian.net
Here you are my reading recommendations. I want you to share my liking for Holmes’s Aventures. Not only it is good for your English but also for your logic, your common sense and scientific rigour.  
 
 In English

A Sherlock Holmes Collection. Burlington Books. It is based on a vocabulary of [...]

The complete stories on Sherlock Holmes

 
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is the creator of the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, protagonist of the famous serie of histories that began with ‘A Study in Scarlet’ (1887). But  the Scottish writer was also the author of scientific fiction stories and  historic romances as well as a master in short stories.
 

Cover of the first edition [...]

Sherlock Holmes in action

This is a video of a fight scene from “The Solitary Cyclist” starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and David Burke as Dr. Watson.

Do you understand anything?
If you do, please write what you understand.

Lord Cavell and his “disturbing events”

Good afternoon, my dear friends, this is Doctor John Watson
 We accepted  Monpinillos’s offer. The idea of proposing you  Holmes’s puzzles looks attractive to Holmes and me. We know you are a selected group of pupils.
My friend Holmes is now trying to avoid an international scandal. He is working for one European Royal Family. I can’t tell you anything more. [...]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

 Taken from wikimedia
 
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes, who is the best-known detective in literature and the embodiment of sharp reasoning. Doyle himself was not a good example of rational personality: he believed in fairies and was interested in occultism. Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty [...]

Sherlock Holmes

 

Taken from wikimedia

 
Introduction 
Sherlock Holmes is the main characterof a series of4 novels y 56 ficction stories, gathered in which is named the Sherlockian Canon. They were published, in their majority, in The Strand Magazine. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887 .
Sherlock Holmes is the prototype of brain detective by excellence. The character influenced toposterior detectives creations. Although we can consider to  C. August Dupin, created by Edgar [...]

Blog in class

I am sure that my pupils will be glad to use this new tool, the  Holmes’s Puzzles  blog. My pupils said when I told them it:
- Oh, fantastic!
- You are nice!
- How modern are you!
I am waiting for your participation.