To be in a brown study means to be “deep in thought,” and often refers to gloomy or melancholy contemplation. This is part of a complete episode.
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I listened to your story and today was listening to an Agatha Christie short story from 1923, The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan. Hercule Poirot was observed to be in a brown study while puzzling over a case.