Chapter 1
The Visitor's Stick
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1 A high view over a long grey Baker Street terrace on a damp London morning.
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2 Holmes's "eyes in the back of his head" turn out to be a polished silver-plated coffee-pot.
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3 At the breakfast table, Holmes lights a cigarette and turns to Watson with a rare, open compliment.
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4 Watson's proud smile stiffens as Holmes says most of his conclusions were wrong
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5 On the settee, Holmes raises one finger beside the stick's silver-banded head
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6 A close view of the middle of Dr. Mortimer's Penang-lawyer stick.
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7 A curly-haired spaniel waits on the doorstep below 221B as its owner pulls the bell
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8 Holmes has just turned from the window, stick in hand.
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9 Dr. James Mortimer bursts in and rushes toward his lost stick in Holmes's hand
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10 Dr. Mortimer leans in, his forefinger stopped a hair's breadth from Holmes's temple
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11 Holmes has just been called only the second highest expert in Europe.
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