Sherlock Holmes
“As we traipsed back and forth across the city, I could not help but feel uneasy. Everywhere we went, I was constantly looking over my shoulder and sensing eyes on me – a beady, predatory gaze. Somewhere, anywhere, Sebastian Moran might be lurking. He might be tracking us on foot or, worse, observing us along the sights of a rifle from some window or rooftop.
If Holmes shared my apprehension, he did not show it. Although he was far from being at full strength, he had regained much of the vigour ...he had sacrificed to the Chlorodyne. I was still angry at him for the extraordinary risk he had taken by deliberately acquiring an addiction to the substance. I could now, however, dredge up a certain admiration too. So dedicated was he to justice that he would push himself to extremes, endanger his health and even his life, in its name.
Our first port of call was the offices of local weekly broadsheet The Oxford Times, where Holmes prevailed upon the editor to allow him access to its “morgue”.MoreLess
If Holmes shared my apprehension, he did not show it. Although he was far from being at full strength, he had regained much of the vigour ...he had sacrificed to the Chlorodyne. I was still angry at him for the extraordinary risk he had taken by deliberately acquiring an addiction to the substance. I could now, however, dredge up a certain admiration too. So dedicated was he to justice that he would push himself to extremes, endanger his health and even his life, in its name.
Our first port of call was the offices of local weekly broadsheet The Oxford Times, where Holmes prevailed upon the editor to allow him access to its “morgue”.MoreLess
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