Flight of Irene Adler, Holmes's defeat

1 A bird's-eye view of Baker Street on the hazy morning of 21 March 1888, with one amber window glowing in Holmes's lodgings where he and Watson sit over toast and coffee before the King bursts in.

2 The King of Bohemia bursts into the Baker Street sitting-room and seizes Holmes by both shoulders, hungry for news.

3 On the steps of Briony Lodge, Sherlock Holmes recoils, white-faced, as the housekeeper tells him Irene Adler has left England for good.

4 Three men burst into the abandoned drawing-room of Briony Lodge, where overturned furniture and open drawers tell of Irene Adler's hasty flight.

5 Sherlock Holmes, beaten by Irene Adler yet level and faintly ironic, lifts her cabinet photograph beside his cheek and names it as his price.

6 Holmes turns for the door with the photograph against his chest, leaving the King of Bohemia alone in the ransacked drawing-room, his hand still held out with the emerald ring on the palm.