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Sherlock Holmes rarely spoke of Irene Adler by name. To him, she was always “the woman.”
It was not love. Holmes distrusted any feeling that might cloud his judgment.
Yet this woman earned a respect he gave to very few people.
I am Dr. Watson, his friend. Let me tell you how they met.
One evening in March 1888, I passed our old rooms in Baker Street.
Since my marriage, my home and medical practice had kept me away.
But there was Holmes at the window, pacing as I remembered.
That restless stride meant only one thing: a new problem had caught his attention.
I rang the bell. Holmes welcomed me into the room we had once shared.
Marriage suits you, Watson.
You have gained seven pounds at least.
And you are seeing patients again.
I never told you that. How did you know?
The medicine on your finger. The stethoscope bulging inside your hat.
Your shoes tell me something else.
Someone scraped off the mud so roughly that they cut the leather.
I laughed. His explanation made the mystery disappear.
The letter had no signature or return address.
It sounds simple when you explain it. Why do I miss these things?
You see them, but you do not stop to notice them.
How many steps did you climb to reach this room?
I have climbed them hundreds of times. I have no idea.
Seventeen. Now, try your powers on this letter.
“A gentleman will call at a quarter to eight on a confidential matter.”
“Please do not be alarmed if he wears a mask.”
A masked visitor?
What do you suppose he wants?
Let us learn something about him first.
Guess too soon, and you start bending the facts to fit.
Well, this paper is expensive. He must have money.
Good. But the paper can tell us more.
Hold it against the light.
Those letters in the paper must be the maker’s initials.
Some stand for “paper company.” But look at “Eg.”
This gazetteer lists a town called Egria.
It is in Bohemia, and it has paper mills.
So our visitor writes on Bohemian paper.
Exactly. And his English follows German word order.
A German speaker, then, with a reason to hide his face.
Listen. Perhaps he has arrived to explain the rest.
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