The New Mysteries Of Sherlock Holmes - Plot & Excerpts
Soon it became apparent that her relative was unlikely to live beyond the New Year, and we agreed that my wife should remain in Cornwall over Christmas. On an impulse, I wired Sherlock Holmes and invited him to join me in London for the festive season. My old friend was disinclined to desert his Sussex home, but when he asked if I would care to spend a few days at his villa, I gave an enthusiastic assent.‘I am reminded of our bachelor days, Watson,’ Holmes said on Christmas Eve as he stoked the fire. An excellent meal prepared by his housekeeper Mrs Langridge had been accompanied by a first rate claret and both of us were in a state of mellow contemplation. ‘How well I remember your persistent inquisition when I indulged in some modest stroke of detection, as well as your chagrin once I revealed the simple mechanics of my process of reasoning.’I laughed and said, ‘I hope you do not consider that my accounts of your cases failed to do you justice.’‘On the contrary, I could not have wished for more generosity in a biographer.’‘It was almost as great a privilege to draw the attention of a wider public to your gifts as it was to share in your adventures,’ I said warmly.
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