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Chapter 1

The King's commission at Baker Street

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  1. An opening bird's-eye view of Baker Street on the night of 20 March 1888: a quiet brown-brick terrace, a lone hansom cab, and one warm window glowing behind a pale blind.

    1 An opening bird's-eye view of Baker Street on the night of 20 March 1888: a quiet brown-brick terrace, a lone hansom cab, and one warm window glowing behind a pale blind.

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  2. In the amber firelight of the Baker Street sitting-room, Holmes sprawls in his armchair with a lit cigarette and points toward the stairs as he delivers his maxim.

    2 In the amber firelight of the Baker Street sitting-room, Holmes sprawls in his armchair with a lit cigarette and points toward the stairs as he delivers his maxim.

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  3. In the amber gloom of the Baker Street sitting-room, Holmes jabs a finger at "Egria" in the gazetteer and sends up a triumphant cloud of smoke.

    3 In the amber gloom of the Baker Street sitting-room, Holmes jabs a finger at "Egria" in the gazetteer and sends up a triumphant cloud of smoke.

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  4. The masked King of Bohemia fills the doorway of the Baker Street sitting-room, seen from below.

    4 The masked King of Bohemia fills the doorway of the Baker Street sitting-room, seen from below.

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  5. At the peak of his outburst, the towering King of Bohemia stands with the torn black mask crushed in his raised fist, his bare face desperate, and cries out that he is the King.

    5 At the peak of his outburst, the towering King of Bohemia stands with the torn black mask crushed in his raised fist, his bare face desperate, and cries out that he is the King.

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  6. The bare-faced King of Bohemia bows his head in shame as he admits the compromising photograph shows them both.

    6 The bare-faced King of Bohemia bows his head in shame as he admits the compromising photograph shows them both.

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  7. Unmasked, the King of Bohemia leans forward in the amber lamplight of Baker Street and pleads his case, one open palm held out to the listening detective.

    7 Unmasked, the King of Bohemia leans forward in the amber lamplight of Baker Street and pleads his case, one open palm held out to the listening detective.

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  8. Seen from directly above, the King's heavy hand has just released the fat chamois bag onto Holmes's stained, paper-strewn table.

    8 Seen from directly above, the King's heavy hand has just released the fat chamois bag onto Holmes's stained, paper-strewn table.

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