Sherlock Holmes And The Queen Of Diamonds - Plot & Excerpts
It was just after one o’clock and all but one of her guests had already arrived and was now seated in the elegantly-furnished library, sipping tea, eating daintily cut, finger-sized sandwiches and discussing the topics of the day. Among them was a photographic journalist from the Illustrated London News. He was there to describe the gathering for the society pages, and presently was taking notes and hanging on every word, especially if it dealt with gossip. After a dismal start the day had finally started to brighten. But Elaina’s heart still felt heavy. The previous night she had dropped Thomas Howard at his lodgings, a rather mean boarding house in Houndsditch, where he had thanked her for her kindness in taking him to see Sherlock Holmes and apologized if his behaviour had seemed rude or ungrateful. ‘Reckon I prefer to do this thing my own way, ma’am,’ he’d concluded. ‘And to be straight with you, I found that Holmes feller a hard man to like.’ ‘Please,’ she said.
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